Press for The History Center in Tompkins County - 2021 - 2024
History Center Honors Indigenous Wampum Tradition - IthacaWeek Video
IthacaWeek - Leah Aulisio-Sharpe - December 1st 2021
History Center Honors Indigenous Wampum Tradition - IthacaWeek Video about the 'Art of Wampum' exhibit on display November 2021. Video interview with History Center staff Zoë Van Nostrand in November 2021 with reporter Leah Aulisio-Sharpe of Ithaca College IthacaWeek. Full article: www.ithacaweek-ic.com/tompkins-history-center-honors-indigenous-wampum-tradition/ The Art of Wampum was a physical exhibit showcasing replica wampum belts and artistic prints inspired by wampum on display at The History Center in Tompkins County in November 2021. Learn more at thehistorycenter.net/wampum.
New exhibit celebrates untold local sports history, from pucks to rutabagas
Ithaca Voice - February 12th 2018 - by Matt Butler
Interview with History Center staff Zoë Van Nostrand discussing the current exhibit A Sporting Chance: On and Off the Field - "“[The college sports] have their own recognition for what they bring and the power of their athletes,” Van Nostrand said. “We aren’t telling the story of Cornell. We are telling the story of the community, and we’re trying to bring in pieces that make the community feel connected to here.” "
The Ithaca Voice - September 30th 2022 - by Madeline Maxwell
"“We were interested in highlighting the difficulties the census has had in recognizing and categorizing diversity and cultural ethnicity and origin,” said Van Nostrand.
The team then turned to their archival collections, pulling out artifacts and information to be featured in the exhibit. Each display tells a human story about the census, highlighting that there is more to an individual than a name and occupation recorded on paper."The History Center's Inaugural CHAT Puts Deaf History into Focus
IthacaWeek - 4/19/2022 - by Jay Bradley
"For me, it was an absolute honor,” Kopa said about the experience. “For someone who is hard of hearing, I’ve noticed going into this, I really don’t know too much about, I guess you’d say my history[…]. It’s really a history that hasn’t been taught or told, and so by doing this, having an opportunity to give that history a voice again and bring it back to the forefront, that’s definitely something I’ve taken extremely seriously and have felt, you know, extreme honor and I hope that by doing this I can do the community right by it.”
https://www.ithacaweek-ic.com/the-history-centers-inaugural-chat-puts-deaf-history-into-focus/
Ithaca's Lost Connection to it's Ukrainian Sister City of Komsomolsk
The Ithaca Voice - 3/25/2022 - by Matt Butler
"That relationship appears to have peaked in the 1990s under then-Mayor Alan Cohen, who started and maintained a relationship with Komsomolsk, Ukraine, that extended over several years during his administration from 1996–2002 and included seven in-person trips. Cohen’s trips to the city, a lakeside municipality which had a population of about 55,000 at the time and is now known as Horishni Plavni, would last about two weeks at a time and were packed with activity."
https://ithacavoice.org/2022/03/ithacas-lost-connection-to-its-ukrainian-sister-city-of-komsomolsk/
VIDEO: reCOUNT - Storytelling Through the Census
IthacaWeek - Alyshia Korba - April 28 2022
A new exhibit at The History Center in Tompkins County recounts the history of the area through the lens of the census, including a look into migration in the county. reCOUNT: Facing Our Census gives visitors a view into the past 23 decades of Tompkins County. Video interview with History Center staff Zoë Van Nostrand in April 2022 with reporter Alyshia Korba of Ithaca College IthacaWeek.
Telling different stories about Tompkins County sports - ICTV - February 2024
ICTV - Alliey Magistro- February 2024
A conversation with Zoë Van Nostrand History Center Marketing & Community Engagement manager about the new exhibit 'A Sporting Chance: On and Off the Field' which opened in The History Center Exhibit Hall in February 2024. Learn more about the exhibit at thehistorycenter.net/sporting-chance. On display February-December 2024.
