ALBANY >> The New York State Museum opened a new exhibit Nov. 16 featuring a selection of important New York state decorative and fine arts artifacts that were recently donated to the museum by Peter Wunsch, president of the Wunsch Americana Foundation. The exhibit, “Building a Collection: E. Martin Wunsch and His Passion for Collecting New York State Decorative Arts,” will be on display through March 5, 2014. The museum’s Wunsch Collection consists of furniture, paintings, silver, ceramics and folk art crafted primarily between 1700 and 1900. The objects have labels indicating they were made by New York craftsmen or have a documented New York history. The Wunsch Collection illustrates changing stylistic trends in decorative arts and provides insight into how New Yorkers once lived. <http://www.saratogian.com/lifestyle/20131116/nys-museum-opens-decorative-arts-archives> -- Bob Sullivan Schenectady Digital History Archive <http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/> Schenectady County (NY) Public Library