Historian Tea Talks: Chris Leonard, National Bottle Museum

Chris Leonard will reminisce on his first year as Executive Director of the nearly 50-year-old National Bottle Museum. His talk will cover stories of some of his favorite bottles from the museum’s collection, including one dating to the early 18^th c. These 10-15 bottles will be on site and part of the discussion allowing attendees to get a close-up view of the technologies, embossing, and other details involved in creating these works of art. Tea and cookies will be served.

Chris Leonard is the Executive Director of the National Bottle Museum and the City Historian of Schenectady. The son of two history professors, it is not a stretch to say that history is in his blood. While his childhood friends were reading about Spiderman and Batman, Chris was reading biographies of Abraham Lincoln and Richard the Lionhearted. Chris is the author of Schenectady’s General Electric Realty Plot and the series editor of Schenectady Genesis: How a Dutch Colonial Village Became an American City. He is a trustee of the Schenectady County Historical Society, a trustee emeritus of Historic Vale Cemetery, and chaired the Schenectady Lafayette Committee, which celebrated the 200^th anniversary of the general’s return to Schenectady in 1825.

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