Guided Gallery Tour: Fort Orange

Join a museum educator for a gallery tour of “A Small Fort, Which Our People Call Fort Orange,” and uncover the story of New Netherland’s first permanent Dutch settlement. Explore the fort’s evolution from a bustling trading post in 1624 to a vanished landmark rediscovered through archaeological work in the 1970s. Examine artifacts, historical renderings, and film footage that reveal daily life at Fort Orange and its impact on Albany, New York State, and the nation. The tour connects 400-year-old discoveries to the region’s story today.