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

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The History Center Blog

Enfield 1940 Census History - by Sue Thompson - Enfield Historian

Wed, April 27, 2022 11:44 AM

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The History Center's Inaugural CHAT Puts Deaf History into Focus - by Jay Bradley

Sat, April 23, 2022 2:31 PM

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reCOUNT Exhibit Highlights Local Census History - By Alyshia Korba

Thu, April 21, 2022 12:43 PM

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PRESS RELEASE - The History Center in Tompkins County Awarded Pandemic Recovery Grant from the American Historical Association to Support Oral History Collection

Wed, April 06, 2022 9:00 AM

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Douglass Day 2022 - Volunteer Support Transcribing 19th Century ' Colored Conventions' Records

Fri, March 04, 2022 6:39 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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