The Catskill Chronicle

GRAHAMSVILLE, NY (May 23, 2012) – To help celebrate NYS Museum Week – May 31 to June 6 –the Time and the Valleys Museum is hosting a special program “Old Time Remedies from Your Kitchen Cabinet” on Sunday, June 3 at 2:00 p.m.

Betty Shaver will talk about the many items kept in an early 19th Century kitchen, including plants, herbs and tonics used to help heal, take pain away and to make life easier.

Attendees are invited to bring their old-time remedies and memories to share. The program is free with Museum admission. Please call 845-985-7700 for more information.

All Museum visitors will receive a special gift during New York State Museum Week.

Current Museum exhibitions are: “The Impact of Water on the Life and Growth of the Valleys,” a history of the watershed areas from geological times to the 1930s, “NYC’s Water Supply System and the Rondout and Neversink Watersheds,” and the temporary exhibition, “The Family Farm: 1920 to 1950.” The Museum also has a Museum Shop stocked with local history publications, locally made crafts, toys and gifts (open during Museum hours), and a local history research center open Thursday and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The museum is located on Route 55 in Grahamsville, and is open Thursday to Sunday, Noon to 4 :00 p.m. Admission is $2 adults, $1 children, and children under 6 and members are free.

Group tours of children and adults are available by appointment.