Museums in St. Lawrence County
Canton
Canton Town & Village Collection
Second Floor of the Canton Municipal Building, Main Street, Canton, NY 13617
Weekdays 8-9am, Noon-1pm and 4-5pm
Linda Casserly, Town & Village Historian, 315/386-1633
A mini-museum with town/village archives, photographs, maps/artifacts
Silas Wright Museum
St. Lawrence County Historical Society
Information, Hours, Entrance Fee
St. Lawrence County Historians
St. Lawrence County Historical Society Gift Shop
3 East Main Street, Canton, NY 13617-0008
315/386-8133
Permanent and rotating exhibits; museum and archives open Noon-4pm Tues-Thurs & Sat, Noon-8pm Fri.
Museum Admission is Free; Archives admission $5 / $2 for students.
Chippewa Bay
♥Singer Castle
On Dark Island in the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence Seaway, accessible by boat.
877/327-5475
Hourly Boat Tours and Chartered Group Tours are offered in summer
From Alexandria Bay by Uncle Sam Boat Tours, 877/253-9229
From Chippewa Bay by Schermerhorn Harbor Shuttle, 315/324-5966
From Morristown by Morristown Tour Boat Lines aboard the Morrisania, 315/375-8213
Frederick G. Bourne of New York City, a contemporary of George Boldt, had this castle built as a hunting retreat for his family. Italian stonecutters cut granite to shape this 3-story, 28-room castle with a 5-story clock tower and elaborate boathouse.
Colton
Colton Historical Society and Museum
Main Street, across from the town hall
Open by appointment; call 315/262-2524
DeKalb Junction
696 East DeKalb Road, DeKalb Junction, NY
315/347-1900 or 347-2178
Wed 12:30-4pm, Thurs 9:30am-12:30pm and by appointment
Gouverneur
Gouverneur Museum
30 Church Street, Gouverneur, NY
315/287-3193
Open Wed & Sat 1-3pm / Free admission
Museum houses artifacts, scrapbooks and mineral specimens from the Gouverneur area
Hammond
Hammond Museum
Main Street (NYS Highway 37), Hammond, NY
315/324-5208
Open 2-4pm Tues & 10am-4pm Sat during May-mid-Sept
Hopkinton
Hopkinton Town Museum
7 Church Street, Nicholville, NY
315/328-4113
Sundays 1-3pm July-Aug
Adirondack history
Madrid
St. Lawrence Power & Equipment Museum
At the former Goolden-Mann Farm on State Hwy 345, Madrid, NY
Antique Engine & Spring Planting Exhibition, June 12-13, 2010
Old Fashioned Harvest Days, September 4-5, 2010
Walker House Museum
191 County Route 31, Madrid, NY
315/322-0605
Open 10am-2pm the second and fourth Saturday of the month June-Oct
Operated by Madrid Historical Society
Massena
♥Hawkins Point Visitors Center
Barnhart Island, Massena, NY
315/764-0226, ext 302
Summer Hours: 9am-7pm Daily
Winter Hours: 9am-5pm Weekdays, Closed Weekends
Operated by New York Power Authority, state-of-the-art exhibits, interactive displays, hands-on learning about energy, electricity and the North Country, and panoramic views of the St. Lawrence River and NYPA’s St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project
Massena Museum
200 East Orvis Street, Massena, NY
315/769-8571
Open Mon-Fri 10am-4pm
Exhibits include general store, doctor’s office, early street lights, musical instruments, etc.
Morristown
Gateway Museum
Showcases life along the St. Lawrence River, as well as memorabilia and information about Singer Castle.
315/375-4910
Hours: Wednesdays Noon-2pm & Saturdays 10am-2pm
Norfolk
♥Norfolk Town Historical Museum
42 1/2 West Main Street, Norfolk, NY 13667
315/384-3136 or 384-4575
Open Tues & Thurs Noon-5pm
Leon H. Burnap, Director/Curator and Town Historian lpburnap@verizon.net
Norwood
Norwood Historical Association and Museum
39 North Main Street, Norwood, NY 13668
315/353-2751, Bopreys: 353-9943, or Laura LaComb: 353-2537
Open Tues & Thurs 2-4pm May-Oct
Victorian-era rooms, railroad, firefighting and school memorabilia
Norwood Historian
7 Cottage Street, Norwood, NY 13668
315/353-8879
Chuck Morgan, Historian
Ogdensburg
♥Frederic Remington Art Museum
303 Washington Street, Ogdensburg, NY 13669
315/393-2425
Hours: Oct 15-May 15 Wed-Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm; May 15-Oct 15 Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1-5pm
Dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, preserving and interpreting the art and archives of Frederic Remington
Ogdensburg Diocese Archives
622 Washington Street, Ogdensburg, NY 13669
315/393-2920
9am-4:30pm weekdays during summer; closes at 4pm
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
Pierrepont
Pierrepont Museum
5893 County Route 24, Pierrepont, NY
Open second Wed & fourth Sat of each month during summer
Potsdam
Potsdam Public Museum
Civic Center, 2 Park Street, Potsdam, NY 13676
315/265-6910
Open Noon-6pm Wed & Fri-Sat, Noon-8pm Thurs
Admission Free
Permanent and featured exhibits on local history and decorative arts
♥Sunfeather Soap Factory Tours
1551 NYS Highway 72, Potsdam, NY just outside of Parishville
315/265-3648
Tours by appointment
Watch soapmakers using age-old techniques to combine oils and fragrances into soaps and personal care products; gift shop
Rensselaer Falls
Oswegatchie River House Museum
Rensselaer Falls, NY
315/344-7247 Priscilla A.T. Hartman
Open 10am-3pm Sat-Sun June-Oct or by appointment
St. Lawrence County
Northern New York Library Network
Directory of Archival and Historical Document Collections
6721 US Hwy 11, Potsdam, NY 13676
315/265-1119 (Local) or 877/833-1674 (Toll-free)
Waddington
Moore Museum
Main Street, Waddington, NY 13694
315/388-5967 or 388-5655 (summer months only)
Museum & Historian’s Office at 79 St. Lawrence Avenue open during summer; between October and April, historian may be emailed at wadhist@northnet.org
400 family histories and about 50 house histories available for research in conjunction with Waddington Historical Society; also memorabilia from Waddington history and diorama that shows what happened to land during construction of St. Lawrence Seaway Power Project
Winthrop
Stockholm Historical Center/Museum
In the Municipal Building, Winthrop, NY
315/389-5171
6-8pm Tues, June-Aug
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