2024 Opening Reception

Please join us for the opening of a new exhibition of artwork, artifacts, memorabilia, photographs, wood block prints and encaustics by printmaker and family historian Beverly Bennett. In the Shadow of Mohonk: A Collection of the Yeaple Family Art and Heirlooms tells the story of the long history of the Yeaple family in Ulster County, of which Bennett is an 8th generation member. The exhibition not only pays homage to the Yeaple’s historical presence in the area, but also encourages us to look more carefully at our own ancestry and to consider our role in preserving the past.

In addition to Bennett’s exhibition, UCHS will also feature Gifts to the Society, a display of some of the more unique, curious and puzzling objects in the society’s collection. This show will offer visitors an encounter with never-before displayed artifacts and the opportunity to participate in solving some of the mysteries that surround them.

Light refreshments will be served.