Museum Hosts Program About History of Sundials

BALLSTON SPA — In recognition of the summer solstice, The Saratoga County History Center Board will host a program about sundials from ancient times to today, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, at Brookside Museum, 21 Fairground Ave.

Jere Blackwelder, former History Center Board President, will explore how civilizations have viewed time since the beginnings of agriculture to the modern age, with sundials as the common element. 

Blackwelder, who has had a lifelong fascination with the ancient timepiece, will use his own homemade replica of the oldest known sundial as well as an astrolabe, a small pocket universal dial and a simplified garden style dial to illustrate how time is measured.

Register for the program at brooksidemuseum.org