Waddington Museum & Historical Association
Community Mentor
Agency and Placement Location: 38 Main Street, Waddington, NY, 13694
Mission: According to its website: : The Waddington Historical Association (WHA) was organized in August 2021 after a group of individuals with a keen interest in Waddington history came together and started talking about what they could do to help promote the community’s rich history. A Museum Board had recently been formed and Kathy Putney had just been appointed Waddington historian. The village of Waddington had recently acquired the Moore Museum, a private entity located on Main Street filled with local historical artifacts. It was just across from the Town Museum that is currently being housed in the basement of the old Town Hall. The goal was to combine the two collections and sell the Moore Museum building. In addition the Village of Waddington was asked to take possession of St. Paul’s Church because the congregation had dwindle to the point where they could no longer maintain the building that was one of the first stone buildings erected in Waddington by the community’s founding fathers and is the oldest church building north of the Mohawk Valley. These details created the perfect scenario for an organization to help support Waddington’s historical collections and artifacts. From the beginning, the WHA has been fortunate to have a group of interested individuals who bring amazing individual talents and skills to the organization. We elected a board (see the Board page for current member bios), created committees, developed by-laws and created a mission and a vision statement."
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