Join NSHA!

Benefits include:

  • Copies of the NSHA Newsletter, The Sentinel, published four times a year.

  • Advance notice of NSHA programs and events.

  • Connection with people who share an interest in the history of New Scotland.

  • Opportunities to volunteer on meaningful local history projects.

Joining is quick and easy!


Print, complete, and mail the appropriate form to the address indicated!

The Town of New Scotland Historical Association was chartered by New York State in 1975. The Association operates the New Scotland Museum which has permanent exhibits on the Geology and History of New Scotland and displays one major new exhibit on an aspect of New Scotland History each year and several smaller exhibits. Each year the Association presents a popular series of programs on topics relating to the history and culture of the Town of New Scotland. The association conducts and supports local projects promoting history including scholarships, historic markers, resource surveys, and oral histories. The association promotes historical and genealogical research and makes its documents, photographic resources, and book collection available to the public, for use at the museum. The Association publishes its Newsletter, The Sentinel, quarterly. It is filled with articles on New Scotland history and the reminiscences of longtime local residents. Along with the hard work of all of our wonderful volunteers, your financial support helps make this a viable organization. Thank you for joining NSHA.

The support of our local businesses, as well as the general membership dues, helps to preserve, protect, and display items of local historical interest in our museum, to continue to offer our program series and to publish and distribute The Sentinel, the NSHA newsletter, four times per year. Please support NSHA and please remember that your business will be listed in every issue of The Sentinel during the membership year. Below is a membership form for you to choose your level of contribution.