Exhibits & Articles






2023 Sugar Loaf (opening May 6th)
"Sugar Loaf History: Mountain and Hamlet" Lecture by Dr. Richard Hull (Part 1)
Co-hosted Dec 14, 2022 with Orange County Land Trust, Sugar Loaf Historical Society, Vision Hudson Valley, and Warwick Historical Society.
2022 Maple Ave. School
"A Look at the Life of W. A. Lawrence'
Presented at the Annual Meeting January 15th
Exterior art exhibit at the 1915 Erie Station by Village of
Chester Arts runs from May 1st through ?
Unveiling & Dedication of the "W.A. Lawrence Historic
Marker" at the site of the former factory and home of W.A.
Lawrence, First President of the Village of Chester and Civic Leader.
Saturday, May 21, 2022. Link to videos: https://tinyurl.com/5583tkud
Alex Prizgintas begins his “Travelogues of Orange County”
videoseries in Chester. Travelogue No. 1 showcases the Erie
Railroad's Chester Station which, in the spring of 1842, was the
center of a major innovation in marketing and transportation that
would make millions for the railroad. It would also revolutionize
business for dairy farmers all while saving countless thousands of
infants from disease and death. Let us see what else this renovated
gem, now the home of the Chester Historical Society,
"Chester Black Dirt" program! Saturday, June 17 from
10 a.m. noon. Speakers included Naomi Hanson, executive director
of Museum Village, and EJ Szulwach. This exciting program took
place at Meadow Blues Coffee, 8 Greycourt Avenue, Chester.
2020 Our Museum Closed by Covid-19
2020 Our Museum Closed by Covid-19
InsideOut, an exterior art exhibit by Village of Chester Arts ran from July 24th through August 8th.
Maple Avenue School (virtual exhibit)
2018 Celebrating the Past Twenty Years of Chester
2017 New York Women's Suffage Centennial
2016 Everything Erie
2015 100th Year 1915 Erie Station
2014 Made in Chester
2013 Those Who Served
2012 Civil War Exhibit
2011 Bygone Hats
2010 Tom's Canvas
2009 Radio Days
2008 Chester Through The Lens
2007 Summer Fun in Chester
2006 Young Chester Artists
2005 From Hillside to Historic
2004 Chester: Then & Now
2003 All Aboard: Chester to Port Jervis
2002 Chester Artists
2001 Milky Way
2000 Chester History
1999 Grand Opening
