Slate Valley Museum

Slate Valley Museum Exploring the Slate Valley
region of New York and Vermont. Please see website for hours. Visit our website for a full schedule of exhibitions and events.

The Slate Valley region extends for 24 miles along the New York/Vermont border - from Granville, NY and Rupert, VT north to Fair Haven, VT. Slate deposits were discovered here in the 1800s and a strong slate industry was established, with over 400 quarry sites following the slate vein. An estimated 35 slate quarries continue to this day, providing all of the colored roofing slate produced in the U

nited States, including Vermont gray, variegated purple, unfading green, Vermont black, unfading red and other variations. The Slate Valley Museum offers an exciting range of programs, exhibitions, and special events that share its mission to collect, catalog, conserve, exhibit, and interpret materials, artifacts, machines, and information that demonstrate the geology of slate and the history of slate quarrying and the quarrying community in the Slate Valley of New York and Vermont. Customized programs can be arranged for school groups and motorcoach tours.

08/09/2026

♟️🎲 Join us Saturday, August 15th for "Fun & Games" at the Slate Valley Museum! Play and learn about games made with slate like chess, checkers, tic-tac-toe, quoit and more! 𖣯

Find us at 17 Water St., Granville, NY, 12832

Many thanks to The Slate Valley Garden Club!
08/09/2026

Many thanks to The Slate Valley Garden Club!

The winners of this year’s beautification award

We're gearing up for more fun at our next free community event - It's All Fun and Games! on Saturday, August 15. Join us...
07/31/2026

We're gearing up for more fun at our next free community event - It's All Fun and Games! on Saturday, August 15. Join us to play classic board games and even see some examples of historic games made out of slate, like this set of dominoes in our collection!

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Chalk Art Day is here! Yoga starts around 11am. Come on out and enjoy the day with us! We'll be here until 4pm.
07/25/2026

Chalk Art Day is here! Yoga starts around 11am. Come on out and enjoy the day with us! We'll be here until 4pm.

Chalk art and activities all day, and ice cream at 1pm! And all FREE, including a scavenger hunt (here’s a sneak peek)! ...
07/25/2026

Chalk art and activities all day, and ice cream at 1pm! And all FREE, including a scavenger hunt (here’s a sneak peek)! Come on out from 10-4 today and have some slate fun with us.

07/24/2026

TOMORROW at the Slate Valley Museum, come create with us! 🎨

The Sidewalk Chalk Ice Cream Social will be running all day long (10am-4pm). Draw to your heart's content and then cool off with some delicious ice cream all for FREE!

Find us at 17 Water St., Granville, NY, 12832

Take a look at this creative crew! They painted these beautiful slates at our last Paint on Slate workshop on Friday. Do...
07/12/2026

Take a look at this creative crew! They painted these beautiful slates at our last Paint on Slate workshop on Friday. Doesn't it make you want to sign up? Our next workshop isn't until October, but you can sign up now! Just give the museum a call or email us at [email protected].

This year is all about how slate helps us find joy... and have fun! An obvious example is a real classic: chalk on slate...
07/11/2026

This year is all about how slate helps us find joy... and have fun! An obvious example is a real classic: chalk on slate! We'll celebrate this simple duo two weeks from today at our Chalk Art Ice Cream Social, another FREE family festival event! Save the date and mark your calendar to be at the museum from 10am-4pm on 7/25!

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So many creative folks here today! Come on out and paint some slate and stones with us! We will be here with those and o...
07/11/2026

So many creative folks here today! Come on out and paint some slate and stones with us! We will be here with those and other activities until 4pm!

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17 Water Street
Granville, NY
12832

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(518) 642-1417

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