Canajoharie Library

Arkell Museum and Canajoharie Library will be closed Sunday, April 4th for the Easter Holiday.

Happy Opening Day to all the baseball fans out there! Paul Sample Ball Game (Sand Lot Ball Game), 1938 Oil on canvas ... Gift of Bartlett Arkell, 1939 #ArkellMuseum #PaulSample #OpeningDay2021 #openingday #mlb #baseball See more

Happy Saturday! This month we are celebrating women in history, society, politics and STEM!

Today is Tolkien Reading Day! Today is a day to enjoy and share the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien! We will be featuring some of our favorite quotes throughout the day! #TolkienReadingDay #Tolkien

Calling all book adventures! Do you pour over the maps found in books? Here is a list of great literary maps! https://bookriot.com/best-fantasy-maps/

Register today, and join us tomorrow to learn about women artists in the Arkell Museum's collection!

Today is World Storytelling Day! To hear great stories sign up for our virtual event on April 14th featuring Ganondagan State Historic Site and their great Story Circle Program. This event is FREE, but registration is required. Great for homeschoolers, at-home learners, and lovers of good stories! #WorldStorytellingDay ... https://fb.me/e/7j8WpHpiJ See more

Save the Date! Tuesday January 18th @ 2 pm Master Storyteller Jonathan Kruk will be telling favorite tales from Eric Carle's wonderful picture books! On Zoom! Won't you join us? For more information check out our Facebook event: http://ow.ly/fXnA50D9XYg

Wishing you a happy and cozy Saturday!

What ARE you reading this winter? Let us know in the comments!

We are honored to receive this award from the Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce! We love our region and serving our community!

Merry Christmas patrons and visitors! May it be full of laughter, smiling faces, and tasty things to eat! Beech-Nut Advertising Collection Christmas Calling Card

Scrolls in the snow Detail of Memorial Garden architecture Arkell Museum and Canajoharie Library December 2020 #MuseumMomentofZen #MomentofZen

Check out our latest Musical Art Exhibition featuring the talented artists Caroga Arts Collective: Caroga Lake Music Festival and the landscapes of our permanent collection! View it here on Facebook Youtube at https://youtu.be/nc9_i0L93BM

There are a million Best Book lists out there, but we found this one to be nice an user friendly! Enjoy! https://www.libraryjournal.com/?page=best-books-2020

Eric Carle homeschool activity packs are available! Stop in and check one out today! Geared to younger learners.

What do we do when the Museum galleries close? You can get a sneak peek at the installation work inside our Night Watch Gallery by heading into the Library's Historic Reading Room and looking through the windows into the gallery!

Happy Saturday everyone!

Holiday and Winter themed craft packs are STILL Available! For kids and kids at heart! Stop on by and grab a few! Great for keeping hands busy on indoor days!

Hey creatives! Check out this fun read on Overdrive/Libby. Don't know Overdrive/Libby grab your library card and check out this link: https://pac.sals.edu/polaris/custom/econtent.aspx

Caroga Arts is delighted to present a virtual performance in collaboration with the Arkell Museum! Caroga Arts Ensemble performs Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40 Featuring Arkell Museum's... Winslow Homer collection Watch the live stream at 6:00pm EDT on October 28, 2020 on the Caroga Arts and Arkell Museum Facebook pages and YouTube channels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=funy0IEarps&feature=youtu.be Caroga Arts Ensemble is comprised of top professional musicians from around the country who have performed at the Caroga Lake Music Festival. Performers include top competition prizewinners, School of Music faculty and members of America’s leading orchestras and chamber groups. Lauren Roth, Violin Nicole Sauder, Violin Eliza Wong, Violin Clayton Tillotson, Violin Kaleigh Acord, Violin Wes Luke, Violin Ally Goodman, Viola Amber Sešek, Viola Nao Kubota, Viola Kyle Price, Cello Daniel Lim, Cello Nathan Watts, Cello Kit Polen, Bass Dave Scholl, Bass See more

Hannukah is the Jewish Festival of Lights, and is celebrated beginning this year at sundown on December 10 and lasts eight days.

Whether in the Library and at home on your device a library card gets you free books and audio books all year long!

Did you know? December 10 is Dewey Decimal System Day! The day celebrates the library classification system, and the birth of Melville Dewey, the inventor of the system. The Dewey Decimal System is one of the most popularly used library organization systems in the world, and has been in use since 1876. To find out more check out the link below for a fun article from the NYPL The New York Public Library! http://ow.ly/vT1e50CI0qA

Arkell Museum and Canajoharie Library Board Meeting tonight at 6 pm. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87537675552... Meeting ID: 875 3767 5552 Passcode: 879451 One tap mobile +16465588656,,87537675552#,,,,,,0#,,879451# US (New York) +13017158592,,87537675552#,,,,,,0#,,879451# US (Washington D.C) Dial by your location +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 875 3767 5552 Passcode: 879451 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdl6rcMUm9

Join us tomorrow on Facebook Live or Youtube at 6 pm for the premiere of A Musical Art Exhibition an immersive music and art collaboration between Caroga Artists and the Arkell Museum.

Join us for Storytime - Wednesday December 9 at 11 am! Stop in to the Library to get your little a free scarf and egg shaker! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89424575561

Hey there Mohawk Valley! From 10/23 to 10/ 31 come to the Library and Museum and pick up a Halloween Kit! Choose a fun Halloween themed tote bag and a kit full of stickers, coloring pages, crayons, and a fun DIY photo frame for you to display your awesome 2020 Halloween costume picture! #CanjoStrong #MohawkValley #ExploreMoreMontgomery #MontgomeryCountyNY

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Zoom Preschool Story Time is cancelled this week! We hope to back at it next week!

Attention Canajoharie Library Patrons! We have started a Museum Pass Program. Stop in and check out our Museum Pass for Hanford Mills Museum! Only two beautiful fall weekends left until they close for the season. Our Hanford Mills pass is for a family to get into the museum for FREE! The pass is first come, first served, and is available for check out at the Library Desk. Note: Hanford Mills is open by appointment only. So check out the pass and give them a call!

On this day in 1993 author Toni Morrison became the first African American woman to win the Nobel prize for literature. Come on in and check out her amazing work. #OTD #NobelPrizeforLiterature #ToniMorrison

Today's Zoom Storytime is cancelled. Don't worry we will be back at it next week! Thanks everyone!

You count! So make sure you get counted! Have you filled out your census? Keep your eyes open for billboards like these around the county reminding you to fill out your census. It is quick and easy. Need help? That's totally cool! Stop by your local library. We can help! ... Thanks to Montgomery County census funding for the billboards. Census data is used by local and state officials, schools, hospitals, museums, libraries. and non profits when applying for funding that expands services for people just like you!

World Post Card Day has us thinking of all the great vintage postcards out there from Canajoharie ! Check out this postcard of the original library building- note the front door was still in use! There is no date on the card, but it probably comes from the late 1920s or early 1930s. Do you have vintage postcards from Beech-Nut or of Canajoharie? We would love to see them! #WorldPostCardDay #BeechNut #CanjoStrong #MontgomeryCountyNY

Check this out! We are part of Montgomery County Tourism's Be a Tourist in Your Own Town project! Read their great blog post to see other things to do right here in the Village of Canajoharie! @MontgomeryCoNY #ExploreMoreMontgomery #ArkellMuseum #CanajoharieLibrary #CanjoStrong http://www.visitmontgomerycountyny.com/be-a-tourist-in-you/

We recently learned some fun facts about our beloved Library Lions! Their names are: Jim and Jen, and they originally sat in front of the Spraker homestead. Special thank you to Alida Spraker Coulter for sharing her family history and the history of our lions! #CanajoharieLibrary #CanjoStrong #MontgomeryCountyNY #MohawkValley