Featuring Dr. Cynthia Falk

Saturday, August 2, 1pm

$10 per person, members free

Did you know that the Slate Valley Museum is in a Dutch barn? What is Dutch about it? And before becoming a museum, how would it have been used? Barns and other agricultural buildings can tell us a lot about the who, when, where, and how of farming and farm communities. Join us to find out more about our barn and others from throughout New York State.

Dr. Falk is the Associate Dean of the School of Graduate Studies at SUNY Oneonta and Professor of Material Culture at the Cooperstown Graduate Program. She teaches material culture methodology, historic preservation, designing for accessibility, and thematic courses in America’s tangible heritage. She has also authored several works, includingthe book, Barns of New York: Rural Architecture of the Empire State (Cornell, 2012).