Path Through History 2025: Ten Broeck Mansion & Albany County Tour

Choose your path through history! Join the Albany County Historical Association | Ten Broeck Mansion in celebrating Path Through History on Saturday October 11 from 11 am -4 pm.

Join us for an exploration of the rich and diverse history of Albany County by choosing your path to explore. There will be driving, walking, and biking options.

How to participate:

1 ) Register for the tour via this webpage. If you have having trouble registering, please call our office (Tuesday-Saturday) 518-436-9826.

2) Plan your day! We suggest starting your tour at the Ten Broeck Mansion but you may start at any historic site along the route. Each historic site will be open from 11 am- 4 pm. You will be emailed maps about a week before the event.

Participating Historic Sites & Museums:

• Albany County Historical Association | Ten Broeck Mansion, Albany NY
• Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands NY
• Irish American Heritage Museum, Albany NY
• Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence, Albany NY
• Watervliet Historical Society Museum and Cultural Center, Watervliet NY

3) Special events at participating sites:

• Watervliet Historical Society - Special talk by Tom Ragosta, Board President at 1 pm: “Boats and Boatmen on the Canal” in commemoration of the completion of the Erie Canal.

4) Special events at the Ten Broeck Mansion from 11 am -4 pm (park in our free Livingston Avenue lot):

• Village Volunteers Fife & Drum Corps will play on the Ten Broeck Mansion grounds at 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, and 2:30 pm.
• Free full-length tours1 pm, 2 pm, and 3 pm (pre-registration recommended via our tours page).
• Free walk-through tours from 11 am - 1 pm.
• Meet historians and local history organizations including representatives from the American Italian Heritage Museum, New York State Archives Partnership Trust, and Rapp Road Historical Association.
• Free family art kits & self-guided garden discovery tours
• Ten Broeck Museum Shop open 11am - 4 pm: books & fine locally made artisan goods

Crossroads of History History Presentations at King's Place (on Ten Broeck Mansion campus): free (see separate listing for registration)

Safety Practices & Suggestions:

• Keep in mind that if you wish to visit each site, you will need to pace yourself!
• You may visit all of the sites or choose to visit a few sites and have a more in-depth experience.
• Wear comfortable walking or hiking shoes - many historic and natural sites have uneven walkways.
• Use your GPS/phone to set the directions for the next stop, following the recommended route on our map.
• Drive carefully: bring a friend to help navigate. Never text or re-set your phone while driving.
• The tour passes private property & private historic homes and farms. Enjoy the view but do not park on or visit private sites.
• Bring your own lunch to enjoy at select sites or stop at the many roadside farmstands or restaurants along the way. Shop local!
• Keep Albany County beautiful. Practice "leave no trace."
• Programs are free, but donations are appreciated to help all of the historic sites continue their important work.
• Enjoy Albany's hospitality and unique ambiance! Albany Distilling Co. (a 2 minute walk from the Ten Broeck Mansion) is offering 25% discount on your order October 11, 2025 - you must check in at the Ten Broeck Mansion to get your Path Through History discount sticker.

Images: (below) Hall Place, Arbor Hill, Albany NY; Village Fife & Drum Corps.Ten Broeck Mansion interior, Albany NY; Albany Rural Cemetery, Mendands NY; Watervliet Historical Society Museum, Watervliet NY, Albany Distilling Co., Albany NY.