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Region, Lake Placid ,Saranac Lake and the High Peaks Region , Old Forge and the Tug Hill Plateau, St. Lawrence Seaway and the 1000 islands and Lake Ontario. Upstate New York is ideally located within easy driving distance of

major metropolitian areas including New York City, Philadelphia, New Jersey as well as Montreal, Canada and Burlington, Vermont. Upstate New York offers visitors a rich variety of historic, artistic, and cultural attractions ranging from the 1932 and 1980 Olympic venues in Lake Placid to the historic Saratoga Springs Racetrack, and the famous Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
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The history of the Adirondacks has been shaped and influenced by many powerful forces. Logging, mining, farming, tourism and even medicine have all played a major role in the development of the region. In the early 1800's, towns like St. Regis, Paul Smiths and Old Forge sprang up taking advantage of the huge timber resources and iron ore deposits. In the central Adirondacks, pioneers cleared the large tracts of land for farming creating the first settlements. And beginning in the late nineteenth century, the Adirondacks became a popular destination for the rich and famous. Known as the "Gilded Age", this period is famous for the construction of huge rustic compounds called Great Camps. We invite you to learn more about the history of the Adirondacks by visiting the many museums and historic sites.

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Tupper Lake:

Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks
THE WILD CENTER
518-359-7800
866-765-7800 Tupper Lake
The Wall Street Journal called it 'glorious' and the New York Times said it was 'stunning' . This new kind of museum, spread over 31 acres, is an Adirondack 'must see' according to USA Today. Designed by the firm that created Washington DC's Air and Space Museum, the Center features live exhibits, including splashing river otters, a wide screen theater and tons of hands on exhibits.
The Wild Center is a brand new museum where the wild world of the Adirondacks opens before your eyes. Take a tour, dive into our living exhibits, and find out how you can join for the coming year. Now you can be among the first to enjoy this engaging new center of an amazing world.

The indoor Hall of the Adirondacks houses the Living River Trail and its live exhibits, including the otters at Otter Falls. The trail takes you on a journey from the marsh, past a deep lake, past a bog and forests up a river filled with trout to the summit of an alpine peak where you can touch a cloud. Along the way there’s a wealth of information about the nature of the wild Adirondacks.

You can sit down in the Find Out Forest, filled with high definition media screens where you choose where to go and what to watch. You can journey up to the top of the mountains with a cloud catcher or track an immigrant moose or raft down the Hudson Gorges. There’s a world of ideas here that you can explore in the company of engaging scientists.

Travel from the hall of the Adirondacks into the Big Wolf Great Hall to see the Glacial Ice Wall and its moving story of the formation of the modern Adirondacks. Here you can see daily Animal Encounters and meet owls and other members of the Wild Center’s living collection.

You can also relax in the Naturalists Cabinet with its collections and bird viewing area.



The Panoramas widescreen theater features 2008 Banff Mountain FIlm Festival finalist A Matter of Degrees. It that will take you back to the age of mastadons and ice to see how much the world is impacted by changes in climate, and the importance of a few degrees of change.

Blue Mountain Lake:

Adirondack Museum
Route 30, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812
(518)352-7311
A complete museum complex with an emphasis on the Adirondack mountains. Exhibits are both indoors and outdoors. The complex is located on the slopes of Blue Mountain, overlooking Blue Mountain Lake. Open Memorial Day through Columbus Day, 9:30AM-5:30PM. Handicap accessible. Admission fee.
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Woods and Waters: Outdoor Recreation in the Adirondacks
Features new research by noted environmental and Adirondack historian Phil Terrie to guide visitors through the history of outdoor recreation in the Adirondacks.

Adirondack Voices
An interactive computer and web-based activity. Voices will be accessible in Woods and Waters, or on the museum web site, www.adirondackmuseum.org. Log on and join a conversation about the past, present, and future of the Adirondack Park.

Rustic Tomorrow
Six modernist and post modernist architects or designers have been paired with prominent Adirondack rustic furniture makers. The results of these collaborations are one-of-a-kind pieces, distinctly futuristic in design, but constructed with traditional time-honored techniques.

Mildred Hooker's Tent Platform
Visitors can experience camping in an 1880s platform tent complete with camp accessories and a photo album featuring Victorian Americans enjoying the Adirondack outdoors in grand style.

Mrs. Merwin's Kitchen Garden
Visitors can explore the types of vegetables that Frances Merwin, wife of Blue Mountain House owner Miles Tyler Merwin, grew in her garden to feed her family and guests a century ago. The garden will feature heirloom varieties of vegetables that were once common in Adirondack gardens.

Whimsy and Play Rustic Tot Lot
Opening in July-- is a play area designed just for toddlers and pre-school age children. Pint-size visitors can romp and play on a wooden rocker, scamper up and down a rustic bridge, or swing from timbers rustically decorated with twigs, bark, and pinecones. Carved animals will be part of the fun, ready for giggles, hugs, and photo opportunities.

In addition, a child-sized log cabin set in the apple orchard near the schoolhouse will provide children (and their elders) with an opportunity to see cabin being constructed log-by-log. This will be an on-going demonstration during the summer, offering visitors the opportunity to talk to the builder as the cabin arises. In 2009 the fully furnished cabin will open to families for imaginative play.
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Carl Heilman II
Outdoor photographer Carl Heilman II has lived in the Adirondacks in upstate New York since he moved to the region in 1973 to live in his parents' summer home. Carl Heilman II has been photographing the Adirondack wilderness landscape since 1975, working to capture on film both the grandeur of these special places, and the emotional and spiritual connection he has felt as well.

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Lake Placid:

John Browns Farm State Historic Site John Brown Road
Lake Placid, NY 12946
518-523-3900
Web Site: http://www.nysparks.com
Tour the last home and burial site of the famed abolitionist. Open year-round, Wednesday through Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday 1-5pm.Fee: $2.00 Adults, $1.00 12years and under, Buses $50.

Olympic Center and 1932 & 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum
2634 Main Street Lake Placid, NY 12946
518-523-1655 800-462-6236 .

Lake Placid North Elba Historical Society Museum
Averyville Road, Lake Placid, NY 12946
(518)523-1608
Memorabilia from 1932 Olympics and other sporting equipment. Exhibits housed in former NY Central Railroad terminal. Open Jun-Sep, Tu-Su 1-5PM. Free admission

Tupper Lake

Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks
518-359-7800 866-765-7800 Tupper Lake
This is a brand new museum where the wild world of the Adirondacks opens right before your eyes. Take a tour, check out our living exhibits, and find out how you can join for the opening year. Beginning July Fourth 2006, you can start enjoying this engaging new center of an amazing world.

Goff-Nelson Memorial Library
41 Lake Street, Tupper Lake, NY 12986
(518)359-9421
Art exhibits, crafts and quilt shows. Open year round, Mon-Thurs 10AM-5:30PM, 7-9PM, Fri 10AM-5:30PM (closed holidays). Free admission.

Paul Smiths & Newcomb

The New York State Adirondack Park Agency operates the Visitor Interpretive Centers in Paul Smiths and Newcomb.Open year-round, the facilities serve the 6 million-acre Park as environmental education and traveler orientation centers.

Interpretive Trails
Both facilities offer miles of scenic, surfaced trails that feature signage explaining the local ecology. Winter in Paul Smiths sees the system adapted for cross-country skiing, while the Newcomb Center loans snowshoes to winter visitors who wish to explore trails there.

Exhibits
Indoor exhibits on natural history are complemented by regular showings of
multi-image presentations on the park. Youngsters will find "touch tables,"
games and puzzles to spark their interest in the regions's animals, insects and plants.

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Bolton Landing:

Bolton Historical Society Museum
Lake Shore Drive, Route 9N, Bolton Landing, NY 12814
(518)644-9960
Local artifacts, photographs and antiques. Open Jul-Aug, M-Sa noon-5PM, M-F 7-9PM. Handicap accessible. Free admission.

Chazy:

Alice T. Miner Colonial Collection
Route 9, Chazy, NY
(518)846-7336
Exhibits include Early American artifacts. Museum is housed in period building (circa 1824). Open Tuesday - Saturday, 10AM - 4PM). Free admission.

Croghan:

American Maple Museum
Main Street, Croghan, NY 13327
(315)346-1107 (800)724-1242
Museum includes the Maple Hall of Fame. Open June through Columbus Day; Mon,Fri,Sat 11AM-4PM (Additional hours of operation during tourist season: Jul&Aug, Mon-Sat 11AM-4PM. Admission fee.

Crown Point:

Penfield Museum
Route 74, Crown Point, NY 12928
(518)597-3804
Local history and iron industry. Open mid-May through mid-Oct, daily 9AM-4PM. Free admission.

Elizabethtown:

Adirondack Center Museum
Route 9, Elizabethtown, NY 12932
(518)873-6466
Exhibits include displays on early settlement of region. Open mid-May through mid-October, Mon-Sat 9:00AM-5:00PM, Sun 1:00PM-5:00PM. Handicap accessible. Admission fee.

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Glens Falls:

Chapman Historical Museum
348 Glen Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801
(518)793-2826 (518)793-2831(fax)
ContactUs@ChapmanMuseum.org
Exhibits on southern Adirondack area, featuring Seneca Ray Stoddard photographs. Museum located in restored Victorian home. Gift shop. Open year round, Tuesday through Saturday, noon - 5:00PM (closed holidays). Handicap accessible.

The Hyde Collection Art Museum
161 Warren Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801
(518)792-1761
A world-class permanent collection that spans the history of Western art. An extraordinary variety of works by masters such as da Vinci, Rubens, Rembrandt, Cézanne, Renoir, van Gogh, Picasso, Whistler, Eakins and Homer cover the walls of historic Hyde House, a 1912 Renaissance-style villa. In addition, the Museum presents year round temporary exhibitions in three gallery spaces and a Museum Shop. Hours: Tues. - Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm; Thurs. til 7 pm. Sunday noon - 5 pm

Jay:

Youngs Studio & Gallery
Route 86 in Jay NY
RR 1 Box 198, Jay, NY 12941
(800)842-1072
Our Gallery represents over 70 local and regional artisans as well as showcasing the work of the owners, Sue and Terrance Young. Sue is a well know potter and sculptor and Terrance is an award winning artist in oil, pencil and original hand pulled etchings of the Adirondack Region. Open June - Dec Open Daily 10 - 5 / Jan - May Open Tues - Sat 10-5,

Keene Valley:

John Hudson's Adirondack Studio
HCR1, Box 193, Keene Valley, NY 12943
(518)576-2019
jhudson@artlover.com
Fine art and craft studio and gallery. Features original oil paintings by Adirondack Artist John Hudson, Crafts by Shirley Hudson., as well as a line of Limited Edition signed prints. Open year round, by appointment, or watch for our outdoor gallery listings.

Lyons Falls:

Lewis County Historical Society/Gould Mansion
High Street, Lyons Falls, NY 13368
(315)348-8089
Exhibits featuring local (Lewis County) artifacts. Museum housed in Romanesque mansion (circa 1902). Open June through mid-October, Tue-Sat 10:00AM - 4PM (closed holidays).

Malone:

Franklin County Historical and Museum Society
51 Milwaukee St., Malone, NY 12953
(518)483-2750
Exhibit includes antique maps, country store, and furniture. Open Jun-Labor Day, Tu-Sa 1-5PM; rest of year Sa 1-4PM. Handicap accessible. Donation requested.

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Old Forge:

Arts Center
Route 28, Old Forge, NY 13420
(315)369-6411
A complete art center, featuring exhibits, workshops, lectures, etc. Open year round, daily 10:00AM - 4:00PM (closed holidays). Admission fee.

Forest Industries Exhibit Hall
Route 28, Old Forge, NY 13420
(315)369-3078
Exhibits of forest and wildlife management. Open Memorial Day through Oct, MWSa 10AM-5PM, Su noon-5PM (Sept-Oct weekends only). Handicap accessible. Free admission.

Webb Historical Association
Off Route 28
Crosby Boulevard, Old Forge, NY 13420
(315)369-3838
Artifacts of early Adirondacks. Open May-Sep, TuWF 10AM-4PM, Oct-Apr 1-4PM. Free admission.

Saranac Lake:

Charles Dickert Memorial Collection
100 Main Street, Saranac Lake, NY
(518)891-4190
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Collection of works by master Taxidermist Charles Dickert, who practiced his craft in Saranac Lake in the early 1900's. His talent for mounting game in lifelike poses makes these animals seem to be alive today. The Museum is located in the Saranac Lake Free Library. Open July 4 through Labor Day, Monday through Friday 10am - 4 pm.

Ticonderoga:

Hancock House
Moses Circle, Ticonderoga, NY 12883
(518)585-7868
Replica of the Hancock house in Boston, Massachusetts. Museum includes research library. Open year round, Wed-Sat 10:00AM - 4:00PM; additional tourist season hours July through mid-October, Mon-Sat 10:00AM - 4:00PM. Handicap accessible. Free admission.

Ticonderoga Heritage Museum
Montcalm Street, Ticonderoga, NY 12883
(518)585-2696
Gallery of local artists. Children's workshops. Open Jun 29-Labor Day 10AM-4PM (Memorial Day - Columbus Day weekends only). Handicap accessible. Donation requested.

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May10 - October 23, 2005 Fort Ti Road Ticonderoga, NY 12883 518-585-2821

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