Joseph Henry: An Enduring Legacy


Title: "Joseph Henry: An Enduring Legacy"
Dates: Thursday, Nov. 6 through Jan.18, 1998.
A reception and gallery talk with Professor Frank Wicks, Mechanical Engineering Dept. will be held Thurs., Nov. 13 from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Location:        Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial, Union College, Schenectady, NY.
Contact: Rachel Seligman, Mandeville Gallery
e-mail:   [email protected]

Comments: My wife and I have seen this exhibit showing the work of Joseph Henry in the development of nineteenth century science. The exhibit makes use of some resources of the Albany Academy and the Smithsonian. In my opinion it is excellent.

Harold Story     

Albany Academy Joseph Henry Program


Description:       The program will include music, short talks, a video, and the showing of several pieces of apparatus used by Henry, and models of his telegraph instruments.
Date: Wednesday, December 17, 1997
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Joseph Henry Memorial Building in Albany
(The Joseph Henry Memorial Building is the original location of the Albany Academy. It is located at 1 Academy Park across from the State Education Building, northeast of the State Capitol.)
Contact: Robert Olcott at the Albany Academy
telephone:   518-465-1461
e-mail:   [email protected]

Galway Elementary and High School Events


Description:       The programs will include events for school children led local school teachers and visitors from the Smithsonian Institution.
Date: Wednesday, December 17, 1997
Normal School Day
Locations: Joseph Henry Elementary School and Galway High School
Contact: Joanne Sole, Elementary School Principal

Joseph Henry Bicentennial Conference