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Adirondack Museum

9097 State Route 30, P.O.Box 99, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812
518 352-7311
5.0 of 5 stars 39 Reviews
Type: History Museums, Art Museums, Specialty Museums
Owner description: Begin your Adirondack experience with a visit to the Adirondack Museum. A regional museum of history and art, the Adirondack Museum's 22 indoor and...... more » Owner description: Begin your Adirondack experience with a visit to the Adirondack Museum. A regional museum of history and art, the Adirondack Museum's 22 indoor and outdoor exhibit spaces are situated on 32 landscaped acres, offering spectacular mountain and lake views. The museum’s extensive collections give visitors the opportunity to experience how people have lived, worked, traveled and played in the Adirondacks since the 1800s. Exhibit themes include: boats and boating, land transportation, outdoor recreation, the environment, logging, rustic traditions, fine arts, and tourism. Interactive discovery centers and hands-on activities abound throughout the museum, making the museum a fun place for families with children to play and learn. Watch the Boat Builder in Residence construct a traditional Adirondack guideboat, take part in a workshop, feed the fish, or participate in a field trip.Services at the Adirondack Museum include the Lake View Café, open 11am to 4pm daily, overlooking pristine Blue Mountain Lake. Picnic areas are scattered throughout the grounds. Be sure to visit the Museum Store in the Visitor Center for a variety of Adirondack related gifts.Allow 2 – 3 hours for a relaxing visit. « less
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Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 21, 2012 NEW

If you like history, you will love the Adirondack Museum. And if you are an outdoors enthusiast, you will find much of interest here because of its focus on the history of outdoor recreation in these mountains (which surround the museum). I especially enjoyed the walk through the restored railroad car used by wealthy tycoons years ago to travel to... More

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Killeen, Texas
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed March 27, 2012
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If you like living history, you'll enjoy this museum. My 13 year old even loved it. It happened to be a very cold and windy day, but that didn't stop us from seeing everything. More

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Rochester, New York
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158 reviews 158 reviews
Reviews in 49 cities Reviews in 49 cities
27 helpful votes 27 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed March 5, 2012

The Adirondack Museum is truly an amazing place that is worthy of a visit, no matter whether you are a first-time tourist or a lifelong resident of the Adirondacks. Like the Adirondackl Park itself, there aren't enough words to descibe this place, nor enough hours in a day to explore its full contents. This museum features building after building of... More

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Eudlo
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 28, 2012

Wish we had known it was there and we would have allowed more time. As it was we only had an hour before it closed and spent a fascinating and frantic hour scurrying around the brilliant exhibits of life in these rugged mountains More

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east syracuse, ny
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Reviews in 37 cities Reviews in 37 cities
56 helpful votes 56 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 8, 2012

I have visited many times - especially as a child since we own a camp within the blue line. This is a great museum with plenty for adults to view and children. as well. This latest trip allowed me to catch up on new exhibits however, my favorite remains the private railroad car. Even if I do not go into... More

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3 reviews 3 reviews
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed January 30, 2012

This place is huge!!! It was a perfect place to go on a rainy day. More

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Hadley, New York
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed January 9, 2012

My husband and I have loved the Adirondack Museum and we are members. We hadn't been there in a number of years, but went back this past August and found it even better than before. There are many more interactive events for children and adults to enjoy and new and expanded displays. The entrance/gift shop area was new to us,... More

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Saranac Lake, New York
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed January 9, 2012

This museum is a beautiful, well-organized, visitor friendly, child friendly place to learn about the settling of the Adirondack Park and even for kids of all ages to have a chance to try some of the activities folks "back then" had to use for their daily activities such as doing laundry, growing a garden, visiting the log cabin and kids... More

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Tupper Lake, New York, United States
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed January 9, 2012

If you are in the area on and haven't stopped in the Museum you are missing out on one of the best places in the Adirondacks. This place is full of history from the area which will keep even the youngest persons attention. The people there are friendly and very knowledgable of the exhibits and the area. More

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Afton, Virginia, United States
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed January 9, 2012

A fabulous in-depth look at the people and places in the Adirondacks, from past to present. Done with genuine respect it reviews the lives of all the inhabitants from wealthy businessmen to workers and their families to the early inhabitants to the wildlife. I've been going there for 25 years and never fail to learn something new. The views are... More

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