High school graduation is often the first significant secular ritual in the lives of young Americans. There are other rituals in which we ma...

When you visit our museum website (www.minermuseum.org) the first image you see is a lovely painted portrait of Alice T. Miner welcoming you...

The Alice has a very diverse and deep collection. The most obvious elements of the collection are those one would see on a tour of the museu...

We have often seen a bumper sticker that says, "No Farms No Food." This may be interpreted in a few different ways, but - as have ...

On Thursday, December 10 The Alice will start the holiday season off in high style with a visit from Martha Gallagher, The Adirondack Harper...

I wanted to share an article I recently read from our archives about William H. Miner from the "Bell Telephone News" April, 1921: ...

When it comes to books we all have our preferences... I appreciate a story that draws me in so fully that I forget to eat dinner. And, as a ...

We have a fun evening in store for visitors and friends of The Alice coming up on the first Friday in November... Tim Hartnett will be joini...

I recently visited the cemetery in Chazy where Alice and William Miner are interred. Also buried at Riverview are William Miner's grandp...

There is a wonderful variety of characters and historical figures to learn about at The Alice, with research frequently focusing on one Gene...

Diane M. Chase writes about her tour of The Alice with her children in her blog: ADK Family Time: Alice T Miner Museum

You may be surprised to learn this! Right here in this Colonial Revival influenced museum, first opened in 1924, resides a hand-written lett...

Recently I created an exhibit of objects from the collection related to Benjamin Franklin - it is quite varied in subject and materials; inc...

With birds nesting and spring cleaning in full swing, I have been preparing the museum for our spring and summer visitors. Recently I put to...

To followers of this blog this will come as no surprise, but 2008 was a significant year for a 15th century illuminated manuscript in The Al...

Alice T. Miner was from a very large family by today's standards. I have found conflicting reports on how many children her parents, Ber...