Lincoln Depot Museum Announces 2016 Opening Weekend

From the Lincoln Depot Museum:

The Lincoln Depot Museum is pleased to announce the start of the 2016 season with an Opening Weekend event on April 23 and 24, 2016.

The weekend theme is “Women and the Civil War” and features new permanent and temporary exhibits of vintage 19th Century women’s clothing and jewelry. Included in the exhibit will be a number of original 19th Century dresses on loan from The Eastchester Historical Society.

The Opening Weekend will also feature two presenters, one each day, to discuss women and civilians during the Civil War. Saturday’s presentation, “Women and Children of the Civil War, from Patriotism to Combat,” will be led by Brian D. Caplan, Esq. and will feature over 60 period photographic images. Caplan has been a serious collector of Civil War era memorabilia for over 30 years and items from his collection are prominent in the Lincoln Depot Museum exhibits. Parts of his collection have also been exhibited at Brandeis University and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

On Sunday, the presenter will be Juanita Leisch, a 19th Century clothing expert and scholar and author of Who Wore What: Woman’s Clothes 1861-1865 and Introduction to Civil War Civilians. Ms. Leisch will discuss “Civil War Civilians” and feature a number of items from her collection.

The doors of the museum will open at 1 PM and the presentations will begin at 2 PM each day. Admission will be $5.00 per person with children 12 and under and museum members free.

New Items on Display for 2016

The Lincoln Depot exhibit: “New York and Abraham Lincoln: The Indispensable Relationship,” will include more than 60 new artifacts. Many rare original photographs have been added throughout the exhibits and additional artifacts have been included as well. The “Slavery and Abolition in New York” exhibit, for example, now includes a rare slave identification tag and broadside, new Wide Awake and campaign items have been added and military unit ribbons related to the region will be on display. Almost every exhibit will feature new artifacts, some very rare.

Perhaps the most exciting new acquisition by the museum has local and NY State significance. On display in the “Lincoln’s Funeral in New York” exhibit will be an original New York Hudson River Railroad Timetable of the April 25, 1865 trip from NYC to Albany and showing the only Westchester stop in Peekskill.

Many Events Planned Throughout the Year

The Lincoln Depot Museum will be featuring a full line up of events for 2016. There will be a special Armed Forces Day musical event on May 21st featuring the 77th NY Regiment Balladeers and on June 18th the museum will host the second annual official Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony. More details on these and other upcoming events will be published soon. Also planned is a monthly “Lecture Series” of prominent speakers. Details to be announced soon.

The 2016 season for the Lincoln Depot Museum will run from April 23 to November 13. The museum will be open every Saturday and Sunday, excluding holidays, from 1-4 PM. For further information, visit the museum website at lincolndepotmuseum.org or call at 914-402-4318.