§ Attractions · Chapter V
Museums.
18 entries in the Register — Locally-curated museums across the Adirondack Park, each entry set down by hand.
§ Above the Fold · Walked Through by Hand
Where we’d point you first.
§ The Roster · 18 Entries
Every entry, in rank order.
Adirondack History MuseumEssex County's history in a landmark Elizabethtown building.
Adirondack Lakes Center for the ArtsYear-round concerts, workshops, and galleries anchor Blue Mountain Lake's cultural life
Bolton Historical MuseumLocal archives and lakeside lore in a restored schoolhouse
Fort William HenryReconstructed 1750s British fort at the head of Lake George.
House of Frankenstein Wax MuseumClassic monster wax figures in a rambling Victorian storefront since 1970
Keene ArtsA white clapboard hall where concerts, markets, and canvases rotate weekly
Lake George Historical AssociationLocal chronicles housed in an 1845 courthouse, admission free
Lake Placid Olympic MuseumMuseum focusing on the winter Olympic games & its events, including hockey, skating & curling.
North Creek Depot MuseumRoosevelt's midnight ride began here; now rails, artifacts, miniature worlds
Penfield Homestead MuseumIron forges, military ghosts, and founding families in Crown Point
Six Nations Indian MuseumThree thousand Haudenosaunee artifacts curated by the Fadden family since 1954
Speculator Historical MuseumSpeculator's first town hall, now the local history museum.The SembrichA lakeside sanctuary celebrating opera, history, and the natural beauty of Lake George.
Ticonderoga Heritage MuseumIndustrial history museum in the 1888 paper mill survivor.
Town of Horicon MuseumFarmhouse turned archive of Brant Lake's vanished hotels and wars
Upper Jay Art Center and Recovery LoungeA scrappy village hall turned year-round stage for Adirondack talent§ By Region