We invite you to make a generous donation in addition to supporting our education programs and exhibitions to help us reach our goal of $60,000 to support the Albany Institute's efforts this year. Your support will help ensure our resiliency in the future.

Give an additional $250 and receive an archival quality reproduction train poster from Romancing the Rails: Train Travel in the 1920s and 1930s.

We invite you to make a generous donation in addition to supporting our education programs and exhibitions to help us reach our goal of $60,000 to support the Albany Institute's efforts this year. Your support will help ensure our resiliency in the future.

Make an additional donation of $500 and receive a behind-the-scenes curator tour for up to 10 people.

The Junior Interpreter Program allows high school students to create and conduct interactive, engaging, and informative tours of museum exhibitions for visitors, typically offered on weekends between January and May. The Junior Interpreter program engages the Capital Region's young citizens through hands-on and virtual experiences. Its goal is to facilitate the growth of skills that will continue with students from high school to college and beyond. The program seeks to foster an appreciation for local history, promote civic engagement, and provide opportunities for students to explore careers in history, art, museums, and education.

Our next exhibition, Fashionable Frocks of the 1920s, will showcase thirty rarely seen dresses from the Albany Institute's historic clothing collection to explore fashion trends and transformations from an infamous era. During the decade, dress lengths varied, and silhouettes changed almost annually, reflecting a dramatic break from the past. With new political freedoms, American women abandoned the confines of corsets and revolutionized their wardrobes. Whether worn at a jazz club, dinner party, or at home, the fashionable frocks in this exhibition show how designers interpreted the loose-fitting, low-waisted style in multitudes of colors, textures, embellishments, and fabrics.