Miner Institute

05/28/2026

We are offering a few public tours of Flat Rock again this summer!! Registration is required. Visit whminer.org and scroll down to upcoming events to register. We hope you can join us for this fun, informative tour!

05/23/2026

Welcome to our newest Miner Morgan, “Sunny”!!

05/16/2026

Today is History Day at the Mall and William Miner (and Alice) are here! Come see us near JCPenney and Torrid!

05/13/2026

We ❤️ baby horses!

05/07/2026

Members from our team have spent some time this spring with students in the animal science program at CV-TEC! What a great opportunity to share knowledge and passion for animal agriculture with the next generation! Thank you to CV-TEC for providing such great programs for North Country students!

05/05/2026

SAVE THE DATE! The Cornell Cooperative Extension Clinton County Master Gardener's annual plant sale is coming up on May 30!!
Check out all the other great events here: https://cceclinton.org/events

05/01/2026

Library Director Amy Bedard stands with William Miner at the entrance to the brand new William Henry Miner: An American Life exhibit at the Heart's Delight Farm Heritage Exhibit at Miner Institute, which officially opens today! The new exhibit chronicles William Miner's life and displays numerous images and personal affects and outlines his contributions to the railroad industry, the building of Heart's Delight Farm and his lasting legacy. Be sure to make time between now and the end of October to visit! The Heritage Exhibit is open weekdays from 9 am to 3 pm and of course will be open for our Open House on August 1!

04/28/2026

BIG thanks to our friends at the Point au Roche State Park Nature Center for collaborating with us on the STEMPOSIUM event held here at Miner Institute this past weekend!! We hosted more than 130 people for some STEM activities!! We are already looking forward to doing it again in 2027!

04/20/2026

We are so grateful to have hosted the 2026 Champlain Valley Regional Science Fair this past Saturday!! The event is a collaboration between SUNY Plattsburgh and Clinton Community College with generous sponsorship from TDC and Norsk Titanium. The projects were exceptional and it was such a treat to meet and engage with the students from four regional schools: Northeastern Clinton Central School, Peru Central School, Adirondack Christian School, and Franklin Academy. Congratulations to all the participants! We are already looking forward to next year's fair!

04/13/2026

2026 marks the 10-year anniversary of the debut of Paul Frederick's brilliant documentary on William Miner. In celebration of this anniversary, Mountain Lake PBS will be airing the documentary tonight at 9 pm and again tomorrow at 3 pm.
We were also privileged to be interviewed as part of last week's Mountain Lake Journal to help promote the story.

In April we commemorate the passing of one of the most important and influential people in the history of the North Country. William Henry Miner died on April 3, 1930. His will established the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute in Chazy, New York, an educational center with a working d...