Adirondack Research Guide

"Experience everyday life on a working 1812 farmstead. In addition to the early cabin and schoolhouse, the complex includes a pioneer post-and-beam barn, heirloom gardens, pastures and resident farm animals. Gift shop. Special Events: Seasonal activities and workshops."
Phone: 518-963-4071
Address: 1812 Homestead Farm/Museum, Reber Rd., Rt. 22,Willsboro, 12996

"Our mission is to ignite the curiosity of residents, students, visitors and researchers in the past and in their personal connection to the culture, art and history of Essex County through our collections, exhibits, education and outreach programs."
Email: echs@adkhistorycenter.org
Phone: (518) 873-6466
Address: 7590 Court Street, Elizabethtown, NY 12932

"The Adirondack Museum expands public understanding of Adirondack history and the relationship between people and the Adirondack wilderness, fostering informed choices for the future."
Email: info@adkmuseum.org
Phone: (518) 352-7311
Address: Route 28N/30, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812

"The mission of the Almanzo & Laura Ingalls Wilder Association is to educate people about the rural life in Northern New York from 1840 - 1875 through the preservation and restoration of the Wilder Homestead, Boyhood home of Almanzo Wilder, as depicted in Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder."
Email: farm@almanzowilderfarm.com
Phone: (518) 483-1207
Address: 177 Stacy Road, Malone, NY 12953

"Our mission is to educate townspeople and visitors about the history of Bolton, Lake George and the surrounding region. The museum displays extensive collections of regional artifacts and memorabilia and we sponsor a summer lecture series with the Darrin Fresh Water Institute in Bolton Landing."
Phone: (518) 644-9960
Address: 4924 Main Street, Bolton Landing, New York

"Sponsored by the Northeastern Loggers Association, Inc. Displays feature more than 5,000 useful products made from native tree species. Exhibit on sustainable forest management, dioramas featuring scale model logging operations are shown, as well as nearly 50 different species of wood, all donated by Association members."
Phone: (315) 369-3078
Address: 3311 Rt. 28, Old Forge, 13420

"Fort Ticonderoga is one of America’s greatest treasures! With nearly 2000 acres of exquisite landscape located on Lake Champlain and overlooking the Green Mountains of Vermont, it tells the comprehensive story of how the blood spilled to create an empire in the French & Indian War resulted in the struggle for liberty and America’s independence a generation later."
Email: info@fort-ticonderoga.org
Phone: (518) 585-2821
Address: 100 Fort Ti Road, Ticonderoga, New York 12883

"In 1755 Fort William Henry was constructed to command the southern end of Lake George. It was a British outpost to protect the colonies farther to the south and to serve as a launching site against the French held northern end of the lake protected by Fort Carillon. Its short history and violent end has been retold, although inaccurately, in James Fenimore Cooper’s “Last of the Mohicans."
Phone: (518) 668-5471
Address: 48 Canada St., Lake George, NY 12845

"The mission of the Franklin County Historical and Museum Society is to initiate, promote and coordinate educational programs primarily for the benefit of residents and visitors in Franklin County, and to encourage and facilitate research into the life and history of the area."
Email: fcohms@northnet.org
Phone: (518) 483-2750
Address: 51 Milwaukee Street, Malone, NY 12953-0388

"We are a National Historic Landmark celebrating the work of architect/developer, William West Durant. A wilderness estate that is the prototype of Adirondack style; Sagamore was the Adirondack home of the Vanderbilt family (1901-1954) and staff--a rustic community that was famous for parties, people, celebrities and visiting world leaders."
Email: info@GreatCampSagamore.com
Phone: (315) 354-5311
Address: Sagamore Road P.O.Box 40, Raquette Lake, New York 13436

"High in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is the home and grave of abolitionist John Brown. Many Americans know the song "John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave," but most do not associate the words with this simple farm at North Elba, New York."
Phone: (518) 523-3900
Address: 115 John Brown Road, Lake Placid, NY 12946

"Visitors to the Kent-Delord House have the opportunity to connect with the past in a 200 year-old building still in its original form. In these rooms, it is easy to imagine that you are standing in the footsteps of Judge Henry Delord when he entertained Commodore Thomas Macdonough and General Alexander Macomb in 1814."
Phone: (518) 561-1035
Address: 17 Cumberland Ave., Plattsburgh, NY, 12901

"the common goal of saving the Old Warren County Court House from the “wrecking ball.” Located at Canada and Amherst Streets in Lake George Village this 1845 brick structure became the perfect home for the Lake George Historical Association and its collection of historical artifacts"
PO Box 472
Email: lhha@verizon.net
Phone: (518) 668-5044
Address: 290 Canada St, Lake George, NY 12845

"OUR MISSION: Tell the world about the Olympic movement and Lake Placid's rich winter sports' history in order to promote the values of Olympism to the broadest possible audience."
Phone: (518) 302.5326
Address: 2634 Main St., Lake Placid, New York 12946

"Most of the buildings have exhibits and displays of artifacts and information about the life of the early Amish-Mennonite settlers in the Croghan area (1830-1900). These displays represent the physical and faith heritage of these immigrants from Alsace-Lorraine."
Phone: (315) 346-1122
Address: Erie Canal Road, Croghan, New York, 13327

"dedicated to preserving the history of the Ironworking Industry in the North Country during the 19th century. This hamlet is listed as the "Birthplace of the Electric Age", being the site of the first industrial application of electricity in the United States. This area was instrumental to modern progress and to the efforts in the Civil War. "
Phone: (518) 597-3804
Address: 703 Creek Rd, Historic Ironville, Crown Point, NY 12928

"This site, established in 1915, contains the world's first and largest collection of Robert Louis Stevenson memorabilia."
Phone: (518) 891-1462
Address: 11 Stevenson Lane, Saranac Lake, 12983

"The Six Nations Indian Museum provides for the viewing of 3000-plus artifacts with an emphasis on the culture of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee). The Six Nations are: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora. The museum features story telling lectures; gift shop carries Mohawk baskets, beadwork, books, t-shirts, silver jewelry, and acrylic paintings that reflects Six Nations culture."
Email: info@sixnationsindianmuseum.com
Phone: (518) 891-2299
Address: 1462 County Route 60, Onchiota, NY 12989

"A heritage visitors center along the Lakes to Locks passage, the museum hosts historically accurate exhibits and creative children's workshops. The museum's displays and exhibits interpret the manufacturing techniques and the history of the International Paper Company, the American Graphite Company (makers of the famous Dixon-Ticonderoga pencils), and other industries of the area."
Email: tiheritagemuseum@gmail.com
Phone: (518) 585-2696
Address: 137 Montcalm St., Ticonderoga, New York 12883

"The Wild Center is science-based, and its experiences, exhibits and programs are designed to open new ways to look into our relationship with nature."
Email: info@wildcenter.org
Phone: (518) 359-7800
Address: 45 Museum Drive, Tupper Lake, NY 12986