Opening Saturday, October 19, 2019. Today we often take ambulances and emergency medical services for granted: a lifesaving ride is only a phone call away. This was not always the ... Read more

Exhibition Opening, Saturday, December 1st, 11 am – 6:30 pm The NCHS’s exhibition, A Stitch in Time: Needlework from Westchester, 1774 to the Present, traces the artistry and social history ... Read more

2017 marks the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New York State. New York State awarded this right to women three years before the 19th Amendment expanded it nationwide. In ... Read more

Illustrated with contemporary prints, photographs, and newspaper excerpts, the Abraham Lincoln and Horace Greeley: Uncertain Allies exhibition traces the complicated relationship between Lincoln and Greeley, whose aims and ideals were ... Read more

Dolls in Toyland features many dolls and toys enjoyed by happy children in the past. Dolls have been a part of the human experience since ancient times. Sometimes they represented ... Read more

Stop by the Curiosities of Yesteryear Exhibit to see and touch everyday objects used by men, women, and children throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries! The exhibit features over 50 ... Read more

The Downton Chappy – Costumes of the Downton Abbey Era exhibit featured costumes from the Society’s extensive costume collection and was based on the popular TV series, Downton Abbey. Lady ... Read more

My name is Emily Simon and I’m a senior at Horace Greeley High School. For my Senior Experience, I decided to intern with New Castle Historical Society. Initially, there were ... Read more

New Castle has been favored with many notable residents, past and present, who have made an impact locally and nationally. Producers, directors, actors, and writers have found New Castle an ... Read more

On view at the New Castle Town Hall, New Castle’s Beginnings – Our Founding Farms traces our town’s origins from Native American lands through the farms of the nineteenth century, ... Read more

Costume Exhibit at Horace Greeley House Come and view gorgeous wedding gowns from the Historical Society’s extensive costume collection and gowns on loan from friends of the Society! On view ... Read more

The bitter, highly personal presidential campaign of 1872, in which Horace Greeley tried to unseat incumbent U.S. Grant, was re-enacted in an exhibition at the Greeley House. The exhibition was ... Read more