The History Center in Tompkins County

The History Center is a generation-to-generation education and research center preserving the history of Tompkins County, New York. The History Center helps people use the tools of history to understand the past, gain perspective on the present, and play an informed role in shaping the future.

The History Center is located in the Tompkins Center for History & Culture on the Ithaca Commons.

UPCOMING EVENTS

For a full list of our programs explore our Calendar

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The History Center Blog

HistoryForge Project Receives Major Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities

Wed, August 17, 2022 12:24 PM

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New & Noteworthy Collections - Lehman Alternative Community School

Fri, August 05, 2022 6:08 PM

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History Community Remembers the many Contributions of Lansing Historian Louise Pier Bement

Thu, August 04, 2022 4:14 PM

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Welcoming IC's Environmental Studies Students back to the Research Library

Thu, August 04, 2022 4:13 PM

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*NEW* Local History Book - 'Send These To Me'

Fri, July 29, 2022 3:53 PM

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The History Center in Tompkins County and all of our programs occur on the traditional and contemporary lands of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫ' Nation (also known by the mispronunciation Cayuga), one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (sometimes called the Iroquois Confederacy). It is important for each of us to understand the long-standing history that has brought us to reside on this land and to seek to understand our place within that history, including the history of forced relocation and disenfranchisement experienced by the Gayogo̱hó:nǫ' who remain a sovereign nation and continue the stewardship of their traditional lands to this day.

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