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Adirondack Museum —An Overview

The Adirondack Museum is a not-for-profit regional museum of history and art that opened in 1957.
The museum is located in the heart of the Adirondack Park on Route 28N/30 at Blue Mountain Lake, New York.
The museum has twenty-two indoor and outdoor exhibit spaces on a landscaped 32-acre campus.
A typical visit is three to four hours. A leisurely exploration of all that the museum has to offer could last all day!

Services

Visitors can enjoy fresh soups, salads, sandwiches, hot entrees, desserts, fountain drinks, beer and wine in the Lake View Café while admiring the view over Blue Mountain Lake. Daily specials provide a taste of the season.
The museum has areas that accommodate group picnics. Individual picnic tables are scattered throughout the scenic grounds.
The Adirondack Museum makes every effort to ensure that all visitors have a satisfying visit. Wheelchairs, strollers, hearing assist devices (Auditorium only), and transcripts are available.
The Museum Store offers a complete line of Adirondack-inspired crafts, books, clothing, jewelry, prints and more.

Collections

Collections reflect life, work, play, and creativity in the Adirondack Park and North Country of upstate New York State. They include collections related to: Boats and Boating, Fine Arts, Farming, Settlement, and Community Life, Outdoor Recreation, Travel and Tourism, Early Transportation, Logging, Rustic Traditions, and the Environment. The number of three-dimensional objects in the collections now totals more than 30,000.
The museum has moved many large-scale objects to the grounds over time including a Pullman railroad car, boats, a locomotive, a one-room schoolhouse, Sunset Cottage — a prime example of rustic architecture — and the mountaintop beneath the Whiteface Mountain Fire Tower.
The museum has a complete blacksmith shop, once owned and operated by an Adirondack family.
The museum's fine art collection contains over 2500 works including oil and watercolor paintings, prints, and artists' sketchbooks.
The museum has the second largest collection of inland wooden boats in the United States.
The historic photograph collection includes more than 70,000 items, including photos by Seneca Ray Stoddard, Alfred Steiglitz, Eliot Porter and others.
The largest public collection of rustic furniture in North America is housed at the Adirondack Museum.
The Adirondack Museum Library has the most comprehensive collection of books, periodicals, manuscripts, maps and government documents related to the Adirondack region.

Education

The museum's Education Department serves teachers and students throughout the region. Offerings include exhibit-based classes, field trip opportunities, outreach programs, and the Adirondack History Network. The museum sees approximately 5,000 students each year. In addition, the Education Department plans workshops, field trips, a lecture series, demonstrations of traditional craft, familiy activities, and conferences.

Publications

The museum's publications program has released 65 books including Adirondack histories, art histories, and exhibit catalogs.

Membership

The Adirondack Museum has an active membership program, with approximately 4,000 members.

Staff

The Adirondack Museum has 36 year round staff, and fills approximately 50 seasonal positions.

Information and Photo Requests

For additional information about the Adirondack Museum, to arrange interviews, or to request photographs, please contact Kate Moore at kmoore@adkmuseum.org or Susan Dineen at sdineen@adkmuseum.org.

For historic photograph requests, please contact Angela Snye at asnye@adkmuseum.org.