Yager Museum of Art & Culture

05/19/2026

With Commencement 2026 behind us, the Museum is open by appointment only until our Summer Hours begin on Wednesday, June 3. We'll be open Wednesday through Saturday, 11:00 am-4:00 pm, through Saturday, August 1. We WILL be open on Juneteenth (Thursday, June 19) and Independence Day (Saturday, July 4).

We're looking forward to a great summer and we're happy to share that the popular exhibition "The Presence of Poe: the Life & Legacy of a Literary Icon" will remain on view through June 27. Summer's a great time to come up the hill for a visit. Free admission and free parking.

05/15/2026

Saturday is Commencement at Hartwick College - Congratulations to all our Graduates, but especially our Museum Studies minors and Museum Assistants: Delaney Blair, Ethan Dugan, Vaughn Wagnecz, Josephine Becker, Jahcenya Evans, John Reichel, Ashley Reiss, Katrina Somma, and Zowie Trent!

The Museum will be open after the Commencement ceremonies until 2 PM. All are welcome!

(Image: "Hartwick Seminary," watercolor on paper, by Linda Kirsten Cole, 1984. Object ID 1984.05, Gift of the Artist)

05/11/2026

It's Exam Week at Hartwick as Spring Semester comes to a close! The Museum is open Monday-Thursday, 11:30 am to 4:30 pm. We'll also be open after the Commencement exercises on Saturday, May 16, approximately 12 Noon to 2 pm. All are welcome!

Best wishes for a successful Exam Week and Congratulations to all graduates!

Image: "Oneonta Hills," watercolor on paper, Bruce North, 1991. Object ID: 1992.09.01. Museum Purchase with Funds Given by the Hartwick College Class of 1991.

04/30/2026

There's still time to see "The Presence of Poe: The Life & Legacy of a Literary Icon" at the Yager Museum. How timely that openculture just posted a clip of the Simpson's iconic Treehouse of Horror episode featuring a reading of Poe's "The Raven"

The Simpsons has mocked or referenced literature over its many seasons, usually through a book Lisa was reading, or with guest appearances (e.g., Michael Chabon & Jonathan Franzen, Maya Angelou and Amy Tan).

04/27/2026

Head over the SUNY Oneonta's College camp for what promises to be an inspiring and interesting evening of Indigenous Music, featuring the Onondaga Women's Singing Society and the Haudenosaunee singers and dancers

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04/23/2026

We were thrilled this week to host the spring meeting of BOCES Arts in Education coordinators at the Museum. Curator Quentin Lewis and Director Doug Kendall gave the group a tour of the Museum before their business meeting. It was great to have the opportunity to share the Museum exhibits and information about Hartwick with these educators from across New York State.
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04/16/2026

We had an AMAZING time at last week's Spring Break Arts Camp. We made pictures out of post-it notes, learned about dinosaurs and fossils, made puppets and sculptures out of cardboard and duct tape, played interesting instruments, drew and colored a ton of pictures, and a whole lot more! Thanks to all the kids and all the parents for being so great, and thanks to our great Hartwick students and staff for making such an unforgettable week.

04/09/2026

It's been quite a week at The Yager, as Hartwick's first Spring Break Arts Camp, co-sponsored with the Music Department, has brought two-dozen local children to the Museum and the Anderson Arts Center to explore and create. Today, the Museum's Curator, Dr. Quentin Lewis, talked about some of the ceramics in the Museum collection and then the campers went to work creating their own pottery. One more day, culminating in a visit to the Peep Show at Anderson - where the campers' sculptures made of Peeps will be on view along with lots of other Peeps-artworks. The Spring Arts Camp is made possible in part to a grant from the Community Foundation of Otsego County.

03/13/2026

The Museum will be closed starting March 14 for Hartwick College's Spring Break. When we reopen on Tuesday, March 23, it will be spring! Our latest exhibition, "The Presence of Poe" continues. On March 28th, we'll screen the documentary "Museum Town" about the creation of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MassMOCA). And in April we'll be presenting the Spring Arts Camp during the public school vacation. See you soon!
Image: "Landscape View of the Hudson," by Emily Nichols Hatch. Object ID #1962.01.02