Oneida County Historical Society

ochs@oneidacountyhistory.org
315-735-3642
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The Oneida County Historical Society was founded in1876 and has served since that time to collect, preserve and make accessible the past heritage of Oneida County and the upper Mohawk River Valley. Services center around (1) a research library; (2) a 5,000 sq. ft. museum exhibit area running two concurrently; (3) weekly programs featuring guest artists, authors and historians and (4) a bookstore.

Critical research is conducted on a wide variety of topics for family history researchers, students, teachers, businesses, government, authors, and others. The Society has free high-speed Internet connections available in our research library.

The Society cares for a growing collection of over 250,000 documents and books, tens of thousands of images (photographs, paintings, slides, drawings, etc.) and thousands of artifacts. Many are rare collection items that provide invaluable information for researchers.

Hours of Operation: Mondayâ€"Friday: 10am â€" 4pm and Saturday 10am - 2pm. Closed Sunday. The society is accessible to the physically challenged.