Category: Events

 

The 25th Annual Strawberry Social will be held, rain or shine, on Saturday, June 22^nd from Noon to 3:00 PM at the N-AHS museum, 120 High St, Newark.

Strawberry shortcakes can be enjoyed on the comfortable grounds of the museum.  If bad weather arrives, we’ll move inside.  The Loose Marbles, comprised of Marbletones’ members Fred Burgess and Jim Shear will provide the musical entertainment.  The museum’s new exhibit will be on display, along with the always fascinating permanent exhibits.  There’s no charge to take in either the museum or the music.

Strawberry shortcake will sell for $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for children under 12.  We have take-out trays for people on the go.  All profits support the works of the Historical Society.

Celebrate summer in the Finger Lakes by joining us for this fundraiser and experience the pleasure of local strawberries at their peak.

Join us on Thursday, June 13th at 7 p.m. for
the next quarterly membership meeting. Our
featured speaker will be Carol Bailey who will present “Wayne County Granges”. This ties
in with the new exhibit. Carol is the NY State Grange Historian. She is also Lyons Town/Village Historian, as well as a member of N-AHS. You are sure to enjoy this program, with plenty of local history.

The 20th Annual Newark-Arcadia Museum Open House will be held at the museum on Friday, June 7th from 4  to 8 PM, and Saturday, June 8th from 10 AM to 8 PM.

A ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of the new exhibit will  be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

The new major exhibit, Hometown Grown:  200 Years of Agriculture will be unveiled.  It will feature a great variety of artifacts including farm tools, a farm to table kitchen, Newark nurseries, dairies, the Newark Fair & Fairgrounds, Edgett-Burnham Cannery, and more.  Also opening will be a special exhibit celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the founding of Newark.

Other activities will include Cynthia Russell’s presentation of “The Nurseries and Nurserymen of Newark”, on Friday at 7:00  and Saturday at 2:00.  The program will highlight the history of the nursery industry in Newark and the nurserymen responsible for its growth from its early beginnings to it becoming one of the most important nursery centers in the United States.

To help celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the opening of the Newark-Arcadia Museum, there will be cake at 12 noon on Saturday.

There’s more to come.  It will be an excellent opportunity to experience what the museum has to offer.