Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts
A multi-arts center dedicated to promoting the visual and performing arts. Gallery shows featuring the work of professional and emerging artist from around the country. Concerts, classes and workshop are offered for all ages throughout the year. Blue Mountain Lake 352-7715.
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Adirondack Museum
Visitors can explore the stories of how people lived, traveled, worked, and played in this six-million acres of wilderness since the early 1800s. Outdoor and indoor exhibit areas and spacious grounds overlook a magnificent vista of Blue Mountain Lake and the surrounding lakes and mountains.
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Barton Mines
Barton Mines are recognized as the world's largest garnet deposit. Garnet is not only January's birthstone but is also the New York State Gemstone. When you visit this natural wonder, you will have a chance to find a gemstone in the mine yourself and take in spectacular views of the Adirondack Park.
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Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory
Nestled in the heart of the Green Mountains, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory sits on a rolling pasture overlooking the Worchester Range, just north of the small town of Waterbury. Ben & Jerry's guided factory tours are fun & educational for all ages. Guests will learn about the ice cream production process and how the company's 3-part mission statement is incorporated into day-to-day business decisions.
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Chapman Historical Museum
Located in downtown Glens Falls, the museum is housed in the restored Victorian home of the DeLong family. Changing exhibition gallery, research archive and gift shop retells the story of life a century ago.
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Charles R. Wood Theater
The  Charles R. Wood theater offers theatrical productions throughout the year in the heart of Glens  Falls. During the summer, the space is home to the Adirondack Theater Festival's productions.
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Fort Ticonderoga
Built by the French in 1755, this 18th century restored fort is located between Lakes Champlain and George. The fort was the site of major battles in the French and Indian War and the site of the first American victory of the American Revolution. Enjoy the fort, a world-class museum, costumed interpreters, and daily artillery demonstrations.

Fort William Henry
View French and Indian artifacts and other displays at this historic fort located in Lake George Village. You can watch the classic "Last of the Mohicans" and other interesting videos. Guide historians wearing dress of the 18th century, will show you what life was like with cannon firings and a demonstration of the firing of the Flintlock Musket.

General Schuyler House

The original Schuyler House and outbuildings, a much larger estate, were burned by the British during the Saratoga battles of the Revolutionary War  The current home was built by American troops in the fall of 1777.  George Washington visited this country home of General Phillip Schuyler (1722-1804) was well as other illustrious visitors, including the Marquis de Chastellux and Alexander Hamilton. Schuylerville 664-9821

Glimmerglass Opera

Glimmerglass produces each season new, little known and familiar operas and works of music theater which capitalize on the intimacy and natural setting of the Alice Busch Opera Theater.      Cooperstown 607-547-5704

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Great Camp Sagamore
Sagamore is an historic "great camp" in the central Adirondacks. Dating from the 1890s, Great Camps were the extensive, forested mountain estates of the Gilded Age wealthy. Sagamore boasted hot and cold running water, indoor plumbing, hydroelectric power, a bowling alley and entourages of British servants. Sagamore belonged to Alfred G. Vanderbilt. His neighbors at Raquette Lake were J.P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. Today, Sagamore is the only great camp operating as a non-profit organization, open to the public.
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The Hyde Collection
Tour the home of Louis and Charlotte Hyde, a prominent turn-of-the-century Adirondack industrial family and enjoy their collection of European and American art. An extraordinary variety of works by masters such as Raphael, da Vinci, Rubens, Rembrandt, CÈzanne, Renoir, Van Gogh, Picasso, Whistler, Eakins and Homer, to name a few, cover the walls of the Hyde House, a stately Florentine styled villa. Uniquely, The Hyde Collection combines the intimacy of this historic house with the sophistication of a larger art museum complex.
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Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum
Explore the legacy of the 1932 and 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games in many great exhibits, which include video highlights, athletes' uniforms and equipment, and historical information about all of the area's Olympic sites.
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Lakeshore Gallery of Bolton Landing

Fine art in the heart of the Adirondacks!  Visit and view original paintings, prints, sculpture, pottery, photography, handcrafted jewelry and gifts and notecards. Special exhibitions throughout the summer season.

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Marcella Sembrich Opera Museum
Experience a bit of Lake George's Golden Age in this pink stucco building that has survived from the "Great and Gracious" period of Adirondack history. Walk along 1000 feet of shoreline paths with scenic Lake George vista and towering white pines in what was part of Mme. Sembrich's Woodland Retreat. This Metropolitan Opera diva's lakeside teaching studio museums holds mementos of her entire operatic career.

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National Baseball Hall of Fame

Located in the heart of picturesque Cooperstown, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is one of the country's major tourist destinations and is surely the best-known sports shrine in the world.  Opening its doors for the first time on June 12, 1939, the Hall of Fame has stood as the definitive repository of the game's treasures and as a symbol of the most profound individual honor bestowed on an athlete.  It is every fan's "Field of Dreams," with its stories, legends and magic to be passed on from generation to generation. Cooperstown 888-425-5633

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National Museum of Dance
The National Museum of Dance was established in 1986 and is the only museum in the nation dedicated to professional American dance. Located in the former Washington Bath House -- a spacious, airy 1918 Arts and Crafts-style building -- in the Saratoga Spa State Park, the museum houses a growing collection of photographs, videos, artifacts, costumes, biographies and archives comprising a retrospective examination of seminal contributions to this art form.
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National Museum of Racing & Hall of Fame
Self-guided tours of the museum begin at a starting gate displaying for visitors three centuries of racing history and art. Thoroughbred racing is a sport of speed and high drama dominated by equine athletes whose grace and beauty have become legendary.
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Saratoga Automobile Museum
The region's newest museum housed in the historic 1934 bottling plant at the Spa State Park preserves, interprets and exhibits automobiles, carriages and other vehicles important to the region and New York State.
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Saratoga National Historical Park
Site of the first significant American military victory during the Revolution, the Battles of Saratoga rank among the fifteen most decisive battles in world history. Here in 1777 American forces met, defeated and forced a major British army to surrender, an event which led France to recognize the independence of the United States and enter the war as a decisive military ally of the struggling Americans.
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Saratoga Monument
The Saratoga Monument commemorates the surrender of the British Army under the command of General John Burgoyne to General Horatio Gates, commander of the America forces on October 17, 1777 following the battles of Saratoga. The battles and subsequent surrender are considered a turning point in the American Revolution by leading to French support and the hope of ultimate victory.   This lofty site was chosen for the monument because of its commanding view of the surrounding battlefield sites and its historical association with Burgoyne's campaign.  Schuylerville 664-9821

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC)
For nearly four decades, SPAC has hosted world-class classical programming for upstate New York's resident and visiting summer community. The New York City Ballet, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Saratoga Chamber Music Festival, Freihofer's Jazz Festival and Lake George Opera Festival have delighted faithful audiences.
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Shelburne Museum

Inside the museum gates, visitors will discover 39 buildlings that are home to vast collections of fine and decorative arts, paintings, folk sculpture, weathervanes, decoys, quilts, toys, dolls, circus memorabilia and more.  Even the buildings are historic with traditional New England structures dotting the museum's beautifully landscaped 45 acres.  Stand on the walkway of the lighthouse, which once stood watch over Lake Champlalin.  Stroll along the footpath of a two-lane covered bridge or write on a slate chalkboard in a one-room schoolhouse. Shelburne, Vermont 802-985-3346

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The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
One of the region's newest art museums, the Tang is located on the campus of Skidmore College. On view in special changing and traveling exhibitions are multiple media and disciplines integrated around a common theme.
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Upper Hudson River Railroad
The North Creek Train Station and surrounding rail system has played a significant role in the social and industrial history of the Adirondacks. Theodore Roosevelt was brought here by horse drawn carriage to catch a train to Buffalo after the assassination of William McKinley. The station has been totally refurbished and currently houses a museum that tells the history of trains in the area.
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Up Yonda Farm Environmental Education Center
Up Yonda Farm offers 73 acres with a spectacular view overlooking Lake George. Public nature programs on a variety of topics are presented year round. Natural history exhibits featuring a diorama with native mammals and birds are housed in the museum. Watch for wildlife outdoors as you hike along one of our woodland trails.   Perennial gardens, including a butterfly garden, are open from June to Septmber.  Bolton Landing. 644-9767

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World Awareness Children's Museum
Welcome to your world! Discover a fun and educational museum that offers interactive hands-on exhibits and artifacts to touch and explore. Suitable for all ages.
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Vermont Teddy Bear Company
The Vermont Teddy Bear Company has been handcrafting teddy bears for more than twenty years. Visit the fun filled factory and take a tour to see how the beautiful bears are born. After your tour you can make your very own teddy bear! Our Bear Ambassadors will help you make a friend for life, by stuffing, sewing, fluffing, and grooming your new friend. Once you've decided on a name you'll receive an official Bear Birth Certificate.
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