Lisbon Depot Museum

Historical Empathy. It is what I feel a lot as a Historian. It is what drives my passion and gives purpose to it. It is what I want others to experience when they are exposed to the past; whether through artifacts, touching an old document, wandering a cemetery, exploring old buildings and/or the land they were once upon, or looking into the eyes of someone from an old photograph. What level of Historical Empathy have you known? What level do you want to experience? I'll meet you there.

The museum is raffling this 24" x 24" barn quilt. Tickets are $2 each or 3/$5. Contact me at [email protected], PO Box 215 Lisbon, NY or they can be purchased in the Lisbon Town Clerk's office. The winning ticket will be drawn during the museum's Holidays in the Hamlet event, on December 9th at 4 pm at the Town Hall. We appreciate your support. (We rely on donations to bring you events and programs.)

Coffee hour tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the museum! See you there! The heat will be on, coffee ready to brew and homemade donuts ready to eat!!

The wind has cleared most of the apple tree at the museum! There are LOTS of apples on the ground around the trees. They are macs I believe- maybe Cortlands. I picked one up today and it did not have any bruising and it was very firm. If anyone wants them, just go get them! They would be great for pies, crisps, sauce or to slice and put in the freezer. They won't stay firm for long so please go help yourself. I would hate to see them wasted if someone can use them!

Coffee with a Conductor at the Museum on Tuesday, October 10th at 10 am! We will have coffee and homemade donuts! Our topic is the Civil War and the men who left Lisbon to go. If all goes well, we will have someone present his information on those soldiers who were sent to Andersonville. Some returned and some did not.

We are looking for teams and individuals for the BBQ Contest during Punkin’ Chunkin on October 21, 2023.

If you have a team, you will need to provide your own cooker and we will provide the food. If you’re an individual who would like to help with a team let us know. Not much of a cook but would like to help? We are looking for volunteers to help serve meals and would love your assistance!For additional information, or to sign up, please email Alex Buduson at [email protected] or call 315.686.3771

The Lisbon Depot Museum's Fall Harvest Day is set for September 23rd. We will begin at 10 am and end near 4pm. We will have vendors, mums for sale for $8 each or 3/$20, museum tours (come see our new upgrades!), apple cider pressing (2-4) and more! Lunch from the grill will be served from 11:30-1 p.m. Free to the public but donations are always appreciated!

Nancy's Historical Hamlet of Lisbon Walk and Talk will take place on August 18th at 6 pm. We will not meet at the museum as in past years. We will meet at the Town Barns on Church St. (across from the library). We will walk down the right-hand side and end at the Lisbon Wesleyan Church. This will be our last walk and talk in the hamlet. We have a really neat idea for future Walk and Talks! It will be revealed on Friday evening so come join us!

Music at the Museum!

Next Friday evening. August 18th. Please come listen

We should have AC in the Freight room for Homecoming! The units have been ordered and installation is set to begin August 14th. Yay!

Last Friday evening proved once again why we need a gazebo at the museum. Steelin Country is to be commended for "sticking it out" and playing despite the rainy conditions. The people who attended even more so!

The Lisbon Depot Museum has a restricted account with the Town of Lisbon where we are saving for a gazebo for bands to play in, picnics, a shady reading spot, and general public use.

If you would like to help us out by donating, please contact Nancy LaFaver. All donations are greatly appreciated.

We sincerely appreciate the donations we have already received towards this goal!

Our thanks go out to the Town of Lisbon for their generosity in giving us funds to redo our entire deck and add seamless rain gutters, mini splits for the freight room, and security cameras.

With everyone working together, we have an amazing place for our community to gather and visit. Thank you all!

The Seaway Cruisers and Steelin Country will be at the Museum tonight 6-8 pm! We will also have refreshments available! Come join us Rain or Shine! (But rain, please stay away!)

At least one 'damaging tornado' touches down in Ottawa An estimated 125 homes were damaged when at least one tornado touched down in the south Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven Thursday afternoon. There are no reports of major injuries.

The Lisbon Depot Museum has been awarded $15,000! (I wrote an RVRDA grant) Legislator Forsythe reported it to us tonight!!

We will be able to put heat/AC in the freight room and we will have security cameras too!

I am so excited for the museum!

I just want to say that Mike Baldock and his crew are fabulous! The Flackville Church bell has been moved to its new home, the double bench has been moved to a shadier location, they keep our lawn moved and w**d whacked regularly and they are always pleasant and kind. In a world where people don’t seem to want to work or be kind, these guys are a refreshing change. Lisbon is lucky to have them! Thank you!!!
Lissssy’s body is growing and we even have volunteer Petunias coming out of the cracks and blossoming!
You never know what you might find at the museum. Stop and see us frequently.

Lissssy will meet you at the museum tonight!

We hope to see you tonight! 6-8 pm. We are expecting Lisssssy to be there.