Cultural Directory of the Gore Mountain Region

 

Do you want some great memories?  'Root" your next Park trip around some Adirondack culture and history.  You'll find yourself returning over and over again, as learning is essential for our souls and minds.  So much to do, so much to visit.  Below, for your enjoyment, are lists of museums, interpretive centers, heritage tours, performing arts and visual arts.   For more museums (click here).  Please enjoy our Adirondack Park heritage.  Thanks! 

 

* If you are a local historian, please e-mail us today, we'd LOVE to share your wealth of knowledge.  Our surfers would love to enjoy an historical tale rich with heritage.  It is simply amazing how our ancestors developed our country!

                                             

 

Southern Adirondacks Museums

Schroon-North Hudson Historical Museum

Schroon Lake

518-532-7615

Minerva Historical Museum

518-251-2229

Bolton Historical Society Museum, Bolton Landing
518-644-9960

Chapman Historical Museum, Glens Falls

The Hyde Collection Art Museum, Glens Falls

Riverside Train Station Riparius

National Museum of Racing Saratoga

Museum of Dance, Saratoga

Museum of Dance, Saratoga

Saratoga Auto Museum

Fort William Henry Museum

Lake George

Penfield Homestead Museum, Penfield

Old Fort House Museum
 Fort Edward

518-747-9600

Historical Society of Saratoga Springs

Hancock House
Ticonderoga, 518-585-7868

Shushan Covered Bridge Museum
Shushan,  518-854-7220

Ticonderoga Heritage Museum,
Ticonderoga, 518-585-2696

Marcella Sembrich Opera Museum

Town of Chester Museum & Local History, Chestertown 518-494-2711

North Creek Railway Depot Museum, North Creek

Horicon Museum, Brant Lake, 518-494-7286

Fort Ticonderoga

518-585-2821

Hague Cartoon Museum Hague, 518-543-8824

The Iron Center Museum Port Henry

Fort George Visitors Center Beach Rd., Lake George

Underground Railroad Exhibit Center, Glens Falls 518-792-1165

Chapman Historic Museum Glens Falls

Lake George Historical Museum, Lake George, 518-668-5044

The Francis G. Kinnear Museum, Main St., Lake Luzerne

The Pulp Mill Museum

Main St., Lake Luzerne

Stony Creek Historical Museum, Stony Creek, 518-696-5211

Warrensburg Museum of Local History, Warrensburg 518-623-2928

Ticonderoga Cartoon Museum

132 Montcalm Street

518-585-7015

 

More Museums

 

 

Central & Western Adirondacks Museums

Webb Historical Association
Old Forge, 315-369-3838
 Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Caroga Historical Museum
Caroga Lake, 518-835-4400
Tamarack Bird and Wild Life Museum
Mayfield, 518863-6796
Fulton County Museum
Gloversville, 518-725-2203
Webb Historical Association
Old Forge, 315-369-3838
 
Indian Lake Museum, Indian Lake (Main St - summer only) John Wells Pratt House
Fulton, 315-598-4616
 
Great Camp Sagamore Raquette Lake
Northville Northhampton Historical Museum, Northville, 518-863-2628 Camp Santanoni Preserve Newcomb Nellie Tyrell Edinburg Museum, Rt 4, Edinburg
Morehouse Historical Museum, Morehuse, 518-826-7109 Piseco Lake Historical Musuem, Piseco

More Museums 

 

Northern Adirondacks Museums

Adirondack History Museum Elizabethtown

 Greystone House Museum & Gardens, Essex, 518-963-8058

Historic Saranac Lake

Iron Center Museum, Port Henry

The Wild Center/Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, Tupper Lake

 Adirondack Women In History, Willsboro 58-963-7524

1812 Homestead Farm/Museum, Willsboro

518-963-4071

Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Museum, 518-523-1608

1932/1980 Winter Olympic Museum, Lake Placid

Franklin County Historical and Museum Society

 Malone
518-483-2750

Forest Industries Exhibit Hall
Old Forge,
315-369-3078

Alice T. Miner Colonial Collection, Chazy
518-846-7336

Clinton County Historical Museum
Plattsburgh, 518-561-0340
 

Kent-Delord House Museum
Plattsburgh, 518-561-1035
 

Lewis County Historical Society/Gould Mansion

Lyons Falls, 315-348-8089

Charles Dickert Memorial Collection (Taxidermy)
Saranac Lake, 518-891-4190
Colton Historical Museum Colton, 315-262-2553

Gouverneur Historical Museum, Gouverneur, 315-287-0570

Goff-Nelson Memorial Library
Tupper Lake, 518-359-9421

Franklin County House of History, Malone

518-483-2750

Almanzo Wilder Homestead Burke, 518-483-1207

Alice T. Miner Museum Chazy, 518-846-7336 Valcour Island Lighthouse Peru, 518-561-0340 Historic Beth Joseph Synagogue & Gallery, Tupper Lake
Six Nation's Indian Museum, Onchiota, 518-891-0769 Paul Smiths-White Pine Camp, 518-327-3030 Charles Dickert Memorial Wildlife Museum, Saranac Lake, 518-891-4190

Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage, Saranac Lake

800-347-1992

Saranac Lake Union Depot 518-89-0971

 Adirondack History Center Museum, Elizabethtown 518-873-6466

 

More Museums

Adsit Log Cabin, Willsboro

  

 

Interpretive Programs

 Champlain Valley Heritage Network, Crown Point 518-597-4649

Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Keeseville

 Great Camp Sagamore
Raquette Lake, 315-354-5303

 Battle of Plattsburgh Interpretive Center

518-562-3534

Adirondack Community Information (ACIC), Rt 28 Inlet

Adirondack Discovery, Inlet 315-357-3598

Adirondack Park Visitors Interpretive Center, Paul Smiths 518-327-3000 and Rt 28N Newcomb 518-582-2000

Adirondack Woman in History, Willsboro

518-963-7524

Adirondack Museum

Blue Mountain Lake

Arts Guild of Old Forge Inc.

Old Forge, 315-360-6411

   

 

Heritage (Sites, Tours)

 Fort Ticonderoga (Fort King's Garden, Mount Defiance)

 Adsit Log Cabin, Willsboro

Essex Walking Tour

 Historic Bridges of the Ausable, Keeseville & Walking Tour, 518-834-9606

John Brown Farm, Lake Placid

Camp Santanoni Preserve Newcomb

Lake Champlain Underwater Historic Preserve, 518-897-1200 Champlain Monuments Crown Point 518-597-3603 Port Henry Walking Tour
Schroon Lake Boat Tours 518-532-7675 Adirondack Scenic Railroad Saranac Lake Walking Tour
Lake Placid Tour Boat Cruises, 518-523-9704 Philomena D Boat Tours Ticonderoga Walking Tour
Yaddo, Saratoga   Westport Walking Tour

Arts Organizations (see Societies also)

 Lake Placid Film Society

 Arts Council for the Northern Adirondack Westport

Adirondack Art Association Essex, 518-963-7270

Adirondack Mountain Spinners Guide, Keeseville 518-834-2052

Saranac Lake Young Arts Association

Paint & Palette Art Assoc. Saranac Lake 58-891-714

Tupper Lake Adirondack Artist Group, 7 Martin St., Tupper Lake, 518-359-9903    

 

 Performing Arts

 One Mountain Music Festival

Meadowmount School of Music, Lewis

Newcomb Friends for Music 518-582-2206

Essex Initiatives, Essex 518-963-4084

Jay Entertainment & Music Society, Jay, 518-946-8323

Champlain Valley Bluegrass & Sold Time Music Assoc, Port Henry, 518-546-7680

Essex Organ Concert Series 518-963-7766 Witherbee Park Concerts Port Henry, 518-546-7212 Adirondack Festival of American Music, Saranac Lake, 518-891-1057
Essex Theatre Company 518-963-4500 East Branch Friends of the Arts, Keene Boathouse Theater, Schroon Lake, 518-532-7675

Adirondack Singers

 Saranac Lake, 58-891-5008

Ballard Park Concert Series Westport

Seagle Music Colony Schroon Lake

Pendragon Theater, Saranac Lake

Ticonderoga Festival Guild 518-868-6716

Schroon Lake Arts Council

Rebecca Kelly Ballet (summer), Saranac Lake

Champlain Valley Chorale Ticonderoga, 518-585-6608

Boquet River Theatre Festival, Willsboro

518-572-4193

Summer Music Saranac Lake

Community Theatre Players, Lake Placid, 518-523-2512

Lake Placid Center for the Arts, 518-523-2572

Lake Placid Film Festival

Lake Placid Institute for the Arts & Humanities

Adirondack Folk Festival

51-532-9259

Lake George Opera Festival

Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Museum of Dance

Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain Lake, 518-352-7715

Lake Placid Sinonietta

518-523-2512

Fulton Chain of Lakes Performing Arts Council Inlet, 315-357-3799

Lake Theater, Indian Lake

315-648-5950

Adirondack Artists' Guild, Saranac Lake, 518-891-2615

Westport Shakespeare-in-the-Park Festival

518-962-4892

Meadowmount School of Music, Westport

518-873-2063

Otis Mountain Music Festival

Elizabethtown

North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, 30 Brinkerhoff St, Plattsburgh

518-563-1604

East Branch Friends of the Arts, Keene Valley

A Pretty Good Band Speculator, 518-548-8185

Martha Gallagher Adirondack Harper, Keene

518-576-2055

Hill & Hollow Music

Saranac

Charles R. Wood Theater

Glens Falls

Adirondack Theatre Festival

J.E.M.S (Jay Entertainment & Music Society) - music on the Jay Village Green Saranac Lake Young Arts Association Upper Hudson Bluegrass Festival, North Creek

Woodheat (Charles Brumley/Karen Loffler) Folk

32 Glenwood Rd, Saranac Lake

518-891-5704

Field, Forest & Stream, Elizabethtown

518-962-8778

Depot Theatre, Westport

518-962-4449

Sounds of the Northway

135 Sabousin Rd, Willsboro

518-963-7097

Karen Glass - storyteller

Keene, 518-576-2058

Dan Berggren, Sleeping Giant Records

Grove St., Ballston Spa

518-859-7629

Staber & Chasnoff (bluegrass)

Moriah

518-546-3746

The Connecticut Peddler

35 Iowa St., Plattsburgh

518-563-5719

Karen Baker (instrument trio)

Margaret St., Saranac Lake

518-891-3984

Christopher Shaw & Bridget Ball

Averill Park

518-674-8282

Matt McCabe - Saratoga Guitar

438 Broadway, Saratoga Springs

518-585-1604

Our Town Theatre Group

North Creek

518-494-5280

The Adirondack Theatre Festival Glens Falls

518-798-7479

Lake George Arts Project

1 Amherst Street, Lake George

518-668-2616

 

 

 

 Visual Arts

Adirondack Art Assoc. 1867 Schoolhouse Gallery, Essex 518-963-7270

Jay Craft Center

518-946-7824

Young's Studio & Gallery Jay

Heritage Gallery/Bruce Mitchell, Keene, 518-576-2289

Bald Mountain Rustics/Steve Bowers, Keene Valley

Corscaden Barn, Keene 518-576-9070

Cupola House Gallery

 Essex, 518-963-7494

Adirondack Craft Center Lake Placid

Lake Placid Center for the Arts

Train Brook Forge/David Woodward, Paul Smiths 518-327-3747

Scott Renderer Studio & Gallery, Upper Jay

518-946-7504

Kip Treinens (Stain Glass) Westport, 518-962-4801

Adirondack Intarsia Wilmington, 518-946-7662

Copozio Studio, Wilmington 518-946-2319

Mountain Artist of New York Wilmington

Natural Expressions by Jeri Wright, Wilmington

Paine Memorial Free Library Willsboro, 518-963-4478

Blue Seed Studio, Saranac Lake, 58-891-3799

Adirondack Artists' Guide Saranac Lake

Mark Kurtz Photography Saranac Lake

The Small Fortune Studio Saranac Lake

The Y Gallery, Saranac Lake 518-891-1522

Youngs Studio & Gallery

Jay

John Hudson's Adirondack Studio, Keene Valley

Arts Center
Old Forge, 315-369-6411

SUNY Plattsburgh Art Museum
Plattsburgh, 518-564-2475

Saratoga Film Forum

Symmetry Gallery

Ticonderoga Festival Guild 518-585-6716

High Peaks Artists

Keene Valley

518-576-9942 (s) 9328 (w)

Speculator Art Show Assoc. 518-548-4692

Mark Kutz Photography

Saranac Lake

518-891-2431

Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake

Lapham Gallery

City Park, Glens Falls

Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery 52 Main St., Saranac

518-891-2615

Alice Wand - Studio/Gallery

103 Spear St., Willsboro

518-963-4582

Arthur Volmrick Jeweler

2413 Main St., Lake Placid

518-523-2970

Arts Center Old Forge

Route 28, Old Forge

315-369-6411

Atea Ring Gallery

Route 60, Westport

518-962-8620

Chickadees (gallery/cafe)

77 Main St., Saranac

518-891-4804

Corner Stone

Route 86, Wilmington

518-946-1118

Creative Threads

Court St., Elizabethtown

518-873-2077

East Side Studio

828 Point Rd., Willsboro

518-963-8356

For Art Sake

393 W. Main St., Malone

518-483-9411

Gallery at the Arts Council

6 Champlain Ave, Westport

518-962-8778

Adirondack Lake Center for the Arts, Rt 28 Blue Mountain

518-352-7715

Lake Placid Center for the Arts

Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Blue Mtn. Lake

518-352-7715

Sacandaga Valley Arts Network

Northville, 518-506-8037

6 Pine Street Gallery, 6 Pine Street, Glens Falls

Aimie's Lobby Gallery, 190 Glen Street, Glens Falls

Chapman Historical Museum, 348 Glen Street, Glens Falls

Courthouse Gallery/LG Arts Project, 310 Canada Street, Lake George

Elements of Art Gallery, 21 Cooper Street, Glens Falls

Lakeshore Gallery, 4985 Lakeshore Dr., Bolton

Lapham Gallery of LARAC, 7 Lapham Place, Glens Falls

May Gallery, 63 Bay Street, Glens Falls

Owens House Gallery, Railroad Place, North Creek

518-623-5842

Scenic Outlook Studios Pottery & Gallery, 440 Riverside Station, Riparius

Signature Studios, 18 Warren Street, Glens Falls

The Widlund Gallery @ Tannery Pond Com. Center, North Creek

The Ruplin Gallery @ Town of Chester Library, Chester

518-494-5384

Visual Arts Gallery, Community College, 640 Bay Road, Queensbury, 518-743-2328

 

 

Resources

Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors Bureau Chambers of Commerces Whiteface Mtn. Regional Visitors Bureau
Lake Champlain Visitors Center    

 

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