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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Presidents’ Week Family Fun At Adirondack Museums

by Diane Chase

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The Adirondack Museum and The Wild Center are offering a variety of winter activities during the upcoming Presidents’ Week.

The Wild Center in Tupper Lake will be open every day from February 12 to 21 celebrating the season with a different winter theme each day. The Wild Center’s winter hours are usually Friday through Sunday, so this is indeed a special treat for everyone. The staff at the Wild Center is pulling out all the stops with special guided snowshoe walks, live animal encounters and even a winter watercolor project. » Continue Reading.

Saturday, January 30, 2016

A Mystery Map of the Adirondacks

by George Locker and Peter Brownsey

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One of the wonderful ways to study the gradual settlement of the Adirondacks is to study its early 19th century maps, especially the locally-surveyed county maps, maps of real and proposed railroads, and a great variety of state maps.

In most all cases, while the maps themselves may be obscure, or hard to find – and for some sections of the Adirondacks, incomplete or inaccurate – their principal authors are well known. A map that does not name its creator is about as common as a book that does not name its author. Yet, we came upon just such an Adirondack map. » Continue Reading.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Farming In The Adirondacks Talk February 7th

by Editorial Staff

The Adirondack Museum’s Cabin Fever Sundays winter lecture continues with “Farming in the Adirondacks,” the second installment of the series, featuring Steve Kramer, Hallie Bond, Rhonda Brunner, and Steven Tucker.

Homesteading and farming were traditional life-ways in the Adirondacks in the nineteenth century and continue today and this event will consider historical and contemporary farming in the region. The event will begin at 1:30 pm on Sunday, February 7, 2016 in the Museum Auditorium.

Admission is free for museum members, students, and children; $5 for non-members. Refreshments will be served, and the Adirondack Museum Store and Visitor Center will be open before and after the program. » Continue Reading.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Adirondack Museum Opens For February FrostFest

by Editorial Staff

The Adirondack Museum will host FrostFest, Saturday through Sunday, Feb. 13 – 21, from 10 am to 4 pm with free exhibitions, a rare opportunity to explore the Adirondack Museum campus during the winter season, activities for families, shopping and free coffee in the museum store, and more.

Weather permitting, free FrostFest activities will include the opportunity to tramp around the museum campus on snowshoes, play winter games, build snow people, browse and learn more about winter, snow, and ice in their reading nook, seek out Adirondack animal tracks in the snow, take a stroll to the Lake View Deck and marvel at frozen Blue Mountain Lake, and more. Many of the museum exhibitions will also be open at no charge during FrostFest, including: » Continue Reading.

Monday, December 21, 2015

Adirondack Museum Winter Cabin Fever Series Set

by Editorial Staff

The Adirondack Museum’s Cabin Fever Sundays winter lecture series is back, and brings to the North Country a wide-ranging look at life in the Adirondacks with a variety of topics, from the environmental impacts of road salt to life in a Saranac Lake sanitarium.

In the first installment of the series, John Sheehan of the Adirondack Council will talk about the use of salt on Adirondack roads, a practice that often causes significant environmental damage. Sheehan will also consider several alternative salt-test areas currently in use in the Adirondacks, which are being monitored for road safety and ecological changes. » Continue Reading.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Black Friday At Indian Lake’s Country Christmas Tour

by Diane Chase

Since my children’s Christmas lists consist mostly of electronic devices made in Asia, I understand the appeal of Black Friday. I’m being realistic in knowing that going completely Internet free isn’t going to happen, but it doesn’t mean that I can’t balance the electronic waves with some handmade Adirondack goods and services.

Theatre tickets and museum memberships are always a go-to favorite, but we also look for those “made in the Adirondacks” products that come from the talented artists and crafts people that make the Adirondacks their home. One place to make a local Black Friday and Small Business Saturday count is the 18th Annual Indian Lake Country Christmas Tour November 27-28. » Continue Reading.

Friday, October 2, 2015

FallFest and Fiber Arts Fair Set For Saturday

by Editorial Staff

Right on time for the Fall Foliage season, the annual FallFest and Fiber Arts Fair in Blue Mountain Lake will feature fiber arts demonstrations, a vendor fair, and family activities from 10 am until 5 pm on Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Adirondack Museum.

Museum admission is free for year-round Adirondack Park residents beginning Thursday, through the museum’s last day of the season, Monday, Oct. 12 (Columbus Day), including for the FallFest and Fiber Arts Fair. » Continue Reading.

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Adirondack Museum Opens Friday For 58th Season

by Diane Chase

My family has been madly dusting off the winter muck with our annual springtime rituals. We’ve shoveled seemingly endless piles of road sand from our driveway. We’ve mended sails and cleaned off boats. We’ve checked life-jackets sizes and replaced the winter equipment with summer gear. We are not the only ones that have spent these spring days making sure everything is set for a perfect summer.

The Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake has spent its winter months setting up new special exhibits as well as scheduling its family programing, lectures series and events to make sure everything is set for its May 22 opening. » Continue Reading.

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Cabin Fever Series Continues With Alex Smith

by Editorial Staff

With upcoming presentations in Blue Mountain Lake and Glens Falls, the Adirondack Museum’s “Cabin Fever Sundays” series continues to present explorations of Adirondack history, music, and culture. Still to come are a wide variety of engaging topics, from the behavior of wolves in the wild to the experiences of Abenaki families in the Adirondacks.

In the upcoming installment of the series, folk musician and Long Lake local Alex Smith will perform his contemporary rendition of mountain music, inspired by the Adirondacks. “Mountain Folk Music” will begin at 1:30 pm on Sunday, March 15, at The Hyde Collection, 161 Warren St., in Glens Falls. » Continue Reading.

Monday, February 9, 2015

Adirondack Masterpieces At The Hyde Collection

by Anthony F. Hall

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If The Hyde Collection had ever hoped to mount an exhibition of the art of the Adirondacks, the result could not have been more comprehensive than the show that the Glens Falls museum is presenting through April 12th.

“Wild Nature: Masterworks from the Adirondack Museum,” as the title signifies, is composed solely of works within the permanent collection of the Adirondack Museum.

For those who have never visited the museum in Blue Mountain Lake, “Wild Nature” is an introduction both to master works of American art depicting the landscape of the Adirondacks and to the museum itself, which is closed in the off-season. » Continue Reading.

Friday, January 23, 2015

Adirondack Museum Cabin Fever Sunday Series

by Diane Chase

On our visits to the Adirondack Museum, my family has always found that there really isn’t enough time to see it all in one day. That is why the Adirondack Museum Cabin Fever Sundays present a different way of learning about the vast information tucked within the museum’s buildings in Blue Mountain Lake.

According to Adirondack Museum Marketing Assistant Paige Doerner the second Cabin Fever event will feature Adirondack Life Senior Editor Niki Kourofsky’s tales of “Adirondack Outlaws.” Kourofsky is bringing the Adirondack’s criminal element to light and is highlighting just a few of the historical scallywags, bandits and fiends from her recently published book, Adirondack Outlaws: Bad Boys and Lawless Ladies. » Continue Reading.

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Local Lighthouses Kick Off ‘Cabin Fever Sundays’

by Editorial Staff

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From North Creek to Blue Mountain Lake to Glens Falls, this winter the Adirondack Museum’s “Cabin Fever Sundays” series is presenting a wide-ranging look at life in the Adirondacks – yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

In the first installment of the series, author and photographer David E. Cook will take the audience on an exploration of approximately 80 – 85 light towers that have marked the waters inside the current boundaries of the Adirondack Park, dating back to around 1815. » Continue Reading.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Adirondack Museum Fall Fest, Fiber Arts Fair Saturday

by Editorial Staff

The Adirondack Museum’s annual Fall Fest and Fiber Arts Fair will be held from 10 am to 5 pm, this Saturday, October 4th.

Museum admission is free for year-round Adirondack Park residents with proof of permanent residency (such as a driver’s license) through the museum’s last day of the season, (Columbus Day, including the Fall Fest and Fiber Arts Fair.

From October 1st to 13th, the museum is collecting donations of canned/dried foods and new/gently used winter outerwear and blankets to support Hamilton County Community Action. » Continue Reading.

Friday, September 12, 2014

Adirondack Museum’s Rustic Furniture Fair This Weekend

by Editorial Staff

The Adirondack Museum will present its 27th annual Rustic Furniture Fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, September 13 and 14, with a comprehensive look at traditional and contemporary uses of the rustic aesthetic.

The museum’s festival celebrates rustic creations presented by nearly 50 of today’s artisans and artists, chosen by the museum for their unique interpretations of the genre, as expressed in hand-crafted furniture, household furnishings, and Adirondack paintings. Entrance to the fair is included with general museum admission.

All across the museum’s campus, rustic makers will talk with visitors about their design processes, raw materials, and tools, and they will also have creations available for purchase. » Continue Reading.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Mountain Men Rendezvous At Adirondack Museum

by Editorial Staff

The American Mountain Men are traveling from throughout New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont to converge at the Adirondack Museum again for their annual Adirondack rendezvous, from 10 am to 5 pm on Friday, August 15, and Saturday, August 16.

During one of the museum’s most popular events, visitors have an opportunity to explore and discover how life was lived in the wilderness in the 1820s to 1840s. The mountain men camp out in their tents and tipis throughout the museum campus and, dressed in historically accurate clothing, talk about early 19th century survival skills. » Continue Reading.