Our overall objective is to assist in the development of one of the highest quality military museums in the nation. The Heritage Institute has been designated as the official privately based partner with the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center by New York State Governor George Pataki.

The Institute was formed in 1991 for the purpose of preservation, expansion, and interpretation of New York's military history collection. After several successful years operating a military museum in the Washington Avenue armory in Albany, it became a partner with the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs. At that time, the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center was established in the Saratoga Springs armory in Saratoga Springs, New York.