Museums in the Adirondack Region
Blue Mountain Lake
♥The Adirondack Museum
Rt 28N & 30, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812
518/352-7311
Open daily 10am-5pm May-Oct (Call or check website for exact dates)
Exhibits and Programs in 20 buildings on 32 acres of grounds and gardens tel the history of life, work and leisure in the Adirondacks since the early 1800s, with programs, special events, permanent and rotating exhibits on logging, boats and boating, transportation, mining, outdoor recreation, rustic furniture, education, topography, etc.
Burke
♥Almanzo Wilder Homestead
177 Stacy Road, Burke, NY, just east of Malone
518/483-1207 or 866/438-FARM
Home of Farmer Boy, real life character of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House book; store, museum
Colton
Colton Historical Society and Museum
Main Street, across from the town hall
Open by appointment; call 315/262-2524
Croghan
American Maple Museum and Hall of Fame
Main Street, Croghan, NY
315/346-1107
May-Sept
Artifacts and maple syrup manufacturing equipment, logging tools, antiques
Lake Placid
John Brown Farm State Historic Site
2 John Brown Road, Lake Placid, NY
518/523-3900
Mon & Wed-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm, late May-Oct
Home and burial site of famed abolitionist leader of 1850 raid on National Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, VA
Winter Olympic Museum, Hall of Fame & Site of 1932 & 1980 Winter Olympics
Lake Placid-Wilmington Area
Museum at 218 Main Street at the Olympic Center, Lake Placid, NY
518/523-1655 ext 226
Open daily 10am-5pm
Museum Admission $5 Adults; $3 Juniors and Seniors
Exhibits, Displays, Video Highlights, Uniforms, Equipment, Memorabilia of the Winter Olympic Games, Olympic ski jump complex, Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex
Parishville
Parishville Museum
East Main Street
315/265-7619
Open 1-3pm Tues & Thurs July-Aug, Open weekends by appointment
Thirteen rooms in 19th century style
Paul Smiths
Adirondack Park Visitor Interpretive Center
12 miles north of Saranac Lake, Route 30, one mile from intersection with Route 86, Paul Smiths, NY
518/327-3000
Hours: 9am-5pm Tues-Sat
Free admission
Information on ecology, forest diversity, nature exhibits, interactive displays, theater program, interpretive trails, butterfly house.
White Pine Camp Tour
White Pine Road, Paul Smiths, NY
Public Tours on Saturdays in July and August.
For reservations and information, call 518/834-9328 Adirondack Architectural Heritage
Guided walking tour of historic Adirondack Great Camp which served as the summer White House in 1926 for President Calvin Coolidge.
Raquette Lake
Great Camp Sagamore
4 miles south off Route 28, Raquette Lake, NY
518/354-5311
Adirondack Great Camp, former summer home of the Alfred Vanderbilt family, built in 1897 by William West Durant; 27 buildings, tours, courses, retreats
Raquette Lake Navigation Company
Raquette Lake, NY
518/354-5532
Boat tours, cruise and dine, scenic excursions, moonlight cruises, fall foliage, great camps of J.P. Morgan, Vanderbilt and Huntington, private charters
Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Road, Ticonderoga, NY
518/585-2821
9am-5pm Daily May-Oct
Historical re-enactments of battles from the 7 Years’ War and the American Revolution, overlooking Lake Champlain. Museum, costumed interpreters. musket demonstrations, gardens, museum store, restaurant, picnic grounds
Tupper Lake
♥The Wild Center, Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks
45 Museum Drive, Tupper Lake, NY 12986
518/359-7800
Hours: Memorial Day – Columbus Day 10am-6pm Daily; Columbus Day – Memorial Day 10am-5pm Thurs-Sun; Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and New Year’s Day; Open all week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, open Martin Luther King Day and Presidents’ Day.
A 31-acre campus featuring live exhibits, hiking, naturalist guides, theaters with high-definition films, hands-on learning, hundreds of live animals including rare native trout,river otters, turtles the size of walnuts and more elusive residents of the woods and waters.
Wilmington
Whiteface Mountain Memorial Highway
Wilmington, NY
518/946-2223 or 800/462-6236
Daily 9am-4pm Spring and Fall, weather permitting; Daily 8:30am-5pm Summer
Panoramic views of the Adirondack High Peaks, along a five-mile toll road, elevator to the top, historic toll house, castle and tunnel
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