Our Italian Cultural Center is located at the second floor of our museum. 1,900 sq. ft. of space includes a hall, library,class room,memorial room,chapel,reception and meeting space, Hall of Art, kitchenette and bathroom facilities.

Language Classes

• Italian Language Class

  New Language class for ten weeks we also offer Virtual classes via Zoom more info pending contact us or check back soon

  
  
  BEGINNER ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE
  OFFERED AT THE ITALIAN HERITAGE MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER 1227 CENTRAL AVENUE ALBANY N.Y. PHONE: 518-435-1979
  This course is composed of three. (3) separate parts.
  Beginner Italian 101 (no prerequisite necessary. Items covered (Italian pronunciation and spelling, meeting and greeting people, asking questions, describing people and things, expressing likes and dislikes).
  Italian 102 (prerequisite Italian 101). Items covered (learning thepresent indicative —are verbs, prepositions and the present indicative —ere verbs, demonstratives and present indicative —ire verbs, present progressive and possessives, giving commands.
  Italian 103 (prerequisite Italian 102). Items covered (using reflective verbs, using the present perfect verbs, using the imperfect tense, using the past absolute tenses, more about nouns and adjectives.
  
  Each part will be for seven (7) weeks from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm running weekly. contact us for starting dates
  . Our goal will be to speak the language smoothly with the correct use of phraseology and idiomatic expressions.
  The grammar textbook suggested is "ITALIAN DEMYSTIFIED" 3rd edition, by Marcel Danesi, which may be obtained on line at amazon.com
  Instructor: Anthony Viccarone