26Apr

The Wild Center

The Wild Center, and its new Wild Walk—an elevated trail across the treetops—is an all-day attraction, including 81-acres of outdoors, a 54,000-square-foot museum with movies and live animals, guided canoe paddles, and hands-on everything. EXHIBITS In the Hall of the Adirondacks, you can spend time with a myriad fish, turtles, and other animal and plant [...]
26Apr

Wildlife Sports And Educational Museum

Located in Upstate NY at the foothills of the Magnificient Adirondack Mountains, close to Saratoga Springs & Albany/Capital Region Unlike any other Museum. A MUST-SEE stop for the entire family. Kids (of all ages) will love the full-size mounts of bears, wolves, buffalo, mountain lions, fish, birds and much, much more. Hunters will be awed [...]
26Apr

Parkhurst Field

For over one hundred years, baseball has been played on the Parkhurst Field grounds. Parkhurst Field opened on July 12, 1906 as the A.,J.&G Baseball Park and home of the professional New York State League’s JAGs (Johnstown-Amsterdam-Gloversville), the Park was owned by the F.J.&G. Railroad and would become a popular stop on railroad line (now [...]
18Apr

The Rice Homestead

For countless generations, Mayfield residents have pointed with pride to the Rice Homestead as one of its local treasures. The Rice Homestead has been lived in and cared for up until the 1990's by the descendants of its original owner, Oliver Rice, a veteran of the Revolutionary War. The museum is supported in part with [...]
18Apr

Paul Bradt Museum

Paul Bradt Museum hosts a collection of North American wildlife and artifacts. The Northampton Historical Museum (adjacent to the Bradt Museum) is a one room former schoolhouse preserving the history of the towns people. The former Giffords Valley Schoolhouse #9, a classic one-room schoolhouse from the early 1800s, was moved to this location and now [...]
18Apr

Northville Northampton Historical Museum

The Northville Northampton Historical Museum (adjacent to the Bradt Museum) is a one room former schoolhouse preserving the history of the towns people. The former Giffords Valley Schoolhouse #9, a classic one-room schoolhouse from the early 1800s, was moved to this location and now houses an interesting local history collection and genealogy information. Hours: July [...]
18Apr

Rural Museum

The Rural Museum,a 3500 sq. ft. rustic barn-type structure, is located just up the hill from the Nellie Tyrrell Museum. The building had been the former Town highway barn until 1975 and was then used as a storage facility until 1992 The Town leased the building to the Society in 1992, and renamed the Rural [...]
18Apr

Nellie Tyrrell Museum

The Nellie Tyrrell Museum was originally the Beecher Hollow School. This one-room school was built in 1860 on property once part of the Walter Vaughn Farm. It replaced an earlier log school that was located just above the present Copeland Bridge. The building served as a school until 1930 when it became the Town Hall. [...]
18Apr

Johnson Hall State Historic Site

Johnson Hall was the 1763 Georgian-style estate of Irish immigrant Sir William Johnson (1715 - 1774) and Molly Brant, a Mohawk Indian, and their eight children. Johnson was the largest single landowner and most influential individual in the colonial Mohawk Valley. His success in dealing with the Six Nations of the Iroquois greatly influenced England's [...]
18Apr

Fort Klock

Fort Klock was the frontier home of Johannes Klock. The homestead was built in 1750, as a fortified house and home to the Klock Family. The site was well chosen by Johannes Klock for the advantages of fur trading and for defense. A spring in the cellar provided fresh water. A sheltered cove provided safe [...]