Warren County Historical Society was chartered in 1997 by the NYS Education Department as a non-profit educational organization, governed by a 25 member Board of Trustees which meets bimonthly.  The Society's mission is to promote the history of Warren County, New York and its environs by supporting research and preservation efforts and encouraging public participation.  Its membership now totals nearly 125, and operations of the Society are carried out largely by volunteers under the supervision of an Executive Director.  The society has a 501-c-3 tax exempt status and a NYS sales tax exemption. 

A research library holds some 450 volumes of Warren County and related texts plus files on persons, places and topics related to the county, and a small genealogical collection.  Research has been undertaken on the Underground Railroad, the Great Depression, Johnson’s Military Road, and notable people of the county with a special emphasis on women.  The Society houses the Old Quaker Burying Ground archeological collection, the Barker and Henry architectural collection, and three disbanded women’s collections from the Women’s Auxiliary of World War I, Everywoman’s Council, and the Greater Glens Falls League of Women Voters in addition to printed and manuscript materials, maps, photographs, film, audio and videotapes, oral histories, paintings, and artifacts.

Bimonthly historical programs are offered around the county to members and the public at no charge. A history camp for children was launched in 2005.  The Society will publish selected historical manuscripts which address the county’s rich history.  Currently the society has a special exhibit at its headquarters at 71 Lawrence Street, Glens Falls (in the Old Troy Shirt Factory) commemorating the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War featuring artifacts found in the area from that period.  The facility is open Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.