The Lake George and Adirondack Region of Upstate New York offers a wonderful variety of museums, giving locals and tourists a chance to take a tour through history, learn its culture, and view its artistic interests via permanent and temporary exhibits, collections, and galleries – which include displayed art of all mediums, photography, artifacts, gardens, and other objects of historical importance. Museums are so vital to the communities because not only do they tell the stories of the region, by preserving, promoting, and presenting past and present history, but they allow the public to view it as well! These regional historical centers are popular attractions for the whole family since they constitute such a diverse collection – including history museums, art museums, archaeological museums, military and war museums, natural history museums, garden museums, and children’s museums.
The following museums are in Warren County, Saratoga County, Washington County, Essex County and beyond! Click on any museum listing for more info.Adirondack Center MuseumCourt Street, Elizabethtown, NY (35 north of Ticonderoga) Adirondack MuseumRoutes 28N & 30, Blue Mountain Lake NY Bolton Landing Historical Museum4924 Main Street (Route 9N), Bolton Landing NY Brookside Museum6 Charlton Street, Ballston Spa NY Chapman Historical Museum348 Glen Street, Glens Falls NY Chester Historical MuseumLocated on the 2nd floor of the Municipal Center in the hamlet of Chestertown Fort Ticonderoga & The King’s GardensRoute 74/ 100 Fort Ti Road, Ticonderoga NY The Georgi on the Battenhill Museum and ParkP.O. Box 150, 12 Adam Street, Shushan NY 12873 Hague Historical MuseumRoute 8 (Graphite Mountain Road) Hancock House6 Moses Circle, Ticonderoga NY Hartford Museum & Civil War Enlistment CenterMain Street, Hartford NY Lake George Antique Boat Museum19 Sagamore Road, Bolton Landing NY Lake George Historical AssociationOld Warren County Court House, 290 Canada Street, Lake George NY Marcella Sembrich Opera MuseumRoute 9N Bolton Landing NY National Bottle Museum76 Milton Avenue (Route 50), Village of Ballston Spa NY National Museum of Dance99 South Broadway, Saratoga Springs (located in Saratoga Spa State Park) National Museum of Racing & Hall of Fame191 Union Ave., Saratoga Springs NY New York State MuseumMadison Avenue, Albany NY (located in the Empire State Plaza) North Creek Railway Depot Museum5 Railroad Place, North creek NY Old Fort House MuseumFort Edward Historical Assocation Pagenstecher Pulp MuseumMill Street (off Route 9N), Lake Luzerne NY Pember Museum of Natural History33 W. Main Street, Granville NY Penfield Homestead Museum703 Creek Road, Crown Point NY Shushan Bridge MuseumCounty Route 61, Shushan NY Skenesborough MuseumOff Rout 4, Whitehall NY Slate Valley Museum17 Water Street, Granville (off Main Street) Stony Creek District 4 Schoolhouse MuseumLanfear Road and Creek Center, Stony Creek NY Ticonderoga Heritage MuseumAt the entrance to Bicentennial Park, Ticonderoga NY Town of Chester Museum of Local HistoryRoute 9, Chestertown NY Town of Horicon Museum6696 State Route 8, Brant Lake NY Warrensburgh Museum of Local History3754 Main Street (P.O. Box 441), Warrensburg NY World Awareness Children’s Museum89 Warren Street, Glens Falls NY
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