List of museums in New York (state)

This list of museums in New York is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Also included are non-profit art centers and galleries.

The following museums are in New York but their lists are maintained separately:

This list of museums in New York is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Also included are non-profit art centers and galleries.

The following museums are in New York but their lists are maintained separately:

The list

Museums in New York State besides those in NYC, Long Island, or universities are:

Name Location County Region Type Summary
1805 Frisbie HouseSalisbury CenterHerkimerAdirondack RegionLocal historyOperated by the Salisbury Historical Society
1812 Homestead Farm and Museum Willsboro
44.382766°N 73.447638°W / 44.382766; -73.447638 (1812 Homestead Farm and Museum)
Essex Adirondack Region Living Recreates daily farm life in the early 19th century
1863 Schoolhouse Deerpark Orange Mid-Hudson Local history
1890 House Museum Cortland Cortland Finger Lakes Historic house website, focuses on Victorian life
1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum Geneseo Livingston Finger Lakes Aviation Aircraft of the World War II and Korean War eras
Adirondack History Center Museum Elizabethtown Essex Adirondack Region Local history website, operated by the Essex County Historical Society
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts Blue Mountain Lake Hamilton Adirondack Region Art website
Adirondack Mennonite Heritage Farm Croghan Lewis Adirondack Region Historic house Operated by the Adirondack Mennonite Heritage Association & Historical Society, 19th-century house and farm buildings with exhibits about early Amish-Mennonite settlers in the area
Adirondack Museum Blue Mountain Lake Hamilton Adirondack Region Local history Collections focus on outdoor recreation, boats and boating, transportation, fine art, work and industry, tourism, and community life
Adsit Log Cabin Willsboro
44.421667°N 73.376389°W / 44.421667; -73.376389 (Adsit Log Cabin)
Essex Adirondack Region Historic house 18th-century log cabin
Afton Historical Museum Afton Chenango Central Leatherstocking Local history website, operated by the Afton Historical Society
Agricultural Memories Museum Penn Yan Yates Finger Lakes Transportation Antique farm tractors, farm equipment, carriages, toy tractors, open by appointment[1]
Akin Free Library Pawling Dutchess Mid-Hudson Multiple Library with museum of local history operated by the Pawling Historical Society and the Olive Gunnison Natural History Museum
Akwesasne Cultural Center Hogansburg Franklin Adirondack Region Native American
Albany Center Gallery Albany Albany Capital District Art Contemporary art
Albany Institute of History & Art Albany Albany Capital District Multiple Art, local history, founded in 1791
Albany Pine Bush Discovery CenterAlbanyAlbanyCapital DistrictNatural historyNatural history of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve
Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Art Modern and contemporary art
Alice T. Miner Museum Chazy Clinton Adirondack Region Historic house 1824 Colonial Revival house with period furnishings
Alling Coverlet Museum Palmyra Wayne Finger Lakes Textile website, coverlets date from the 1830s to the 1880s and quilts, operated by Historic Palmyra
American Italian Museum & Cultural CenterAlbanyAlbanyCapital DistrictEthnicwebsite
American Maple Museum Croghan Lewis Adirondack Region Industry - Maple website
American Museum of Cutlery Cattaraugus Cattaraugus Buffalo Niagara Region Industry Examples of knives, swords, edged tools and weapons[2]
Ames Museum Ames Montgomery Mohawk Valley Local history
Anderson Falls Heritage MuseumKeesevilleEssexChamplain Valley RegionLocal historyOperated by the Anderson Falls Heritage Society[3]
Antique Boat Museum Clayton Jefferson Thousand Islands Maritime
Arcade Historical Society Museum Arcade Wyoming Buffalo Niagara Region Local history website, also known as the Gibby House
Arkell Museum Canajoharie Montgomery Mohawk Valley Multiple American art and history
Arnot Art Museum Elmira Chemung Finger Lakes Art Includes 17th to 19th-century European paintings, and 19th and 20th-century American art, 21st-century contemporary representational art
Art Museum at SUNY Potsdam Potsdam St. Lawrence Thousand Islands Art Also known as Gibson Gallery, part of State University of New York at Potsdam
Arts Center of Yates CountyPenn YanYatesFinger LakesArtwebsite, arts center with exhibit gallery
Ashford Historical Society Museum West Valley Cattaraugus Buffalo Niagara Region Local history Open by appointment[4]
AWA Wireless MuseumBloomfieldOntarioFinger LakesTechnologywebsite, vintage radio equipment, operated by the Antique Wireless Association
Avon Preservation and Historical Society Museum Avon Livingston Finger Lakes Local history website
Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum Peru Clinton Adirondack Region Agriculture website, rural farm buildings, equipment and tools
Bainbridge Museum Bainbridge Chenango Central Leatherstocking Local history photos, operated by the Bainbridge Historical Society
Bannerman Castle Pollepel Island Dutchess Mid-Hudson Historic house Tours of the early 20th-century castle house, part in ruins, accessible by boat
Barker Historical Museum Fredonia Chautauqua Buffalo Niagara Region Local history [5]
Bedford Museum Bedford Westchester Lower Hudson Local history website, operated by the Bedford Historical Society, includes the restored 1787 Court House and local history exhibits, also operates the 1829 School House
Bement-Billings Farmstead Newark Valley Tioga Finger Lakes Historic house Operated by the Newark Valley Historical Society, early 19th-century period house and farmstead, costumed docents with craft demonstrations
Bemus Point Historical Museum Bemus Point Chautauqua Buffalo Niagara Region Local history Operated by the Bemus Point Historical Society[6]
Benjamin and Dr. Edgar R. Codeld Judaic Museum Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Judaica Located in Temple Beth Zion, features over 1,000 Judaic artifacts dating from the 10th century, also known as the Codeld Judaic Museum
Benjamin Long Homestead Tonawanda Niagara Buffalo Niagara Region Historic house website, operated by the Historical Society of the Tonawandas, 19th-century house
Benjamin Patterson Inn Corning Steuben Finger Lakes Open air Operated by the Corning-Painted Post Historical Society, complex includes Benjamin Patterson Inn, Wixson Road Log Cabin, Blacksmith Shop, Starr Barn, Browntown Schoolhouse
Best House and Medical Exhibit Middleburgh Schoharie Capital District Historic house Former country doctor's home with medical exhibits, life from the 1870s to 1940s
Beth Joseph SynagogueTupper LakeFranklinAdirondack RegionEthnic - Jewish
Bevier House Museum Marbletown Ulster Mid-Hudson Historic house Home of the Ulster County Historical Society, stone house dating from the 17th century
Big Flats Historical Society Museum Big Flats Chemung Finger Lakes Local history website
Big Springs Museum Caledonia Livingston Finger Lakes Local history website, operated by the Big Springs Historical Society
Binghamton University Art Museum Binghamton Broome Central Leatherstocking Art Part of Binghamton University
Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center North Blenheim Schoharie Capital District Science Energy and electricity
Blockhouse Museum & Historic Park Brewerton Oswego Central New York Local history Operated by the Fort Brewerton Historical Society, reconstruction of a late 18th-century log block house
Bluff Point Lighthouse Valcour Island Clinton Adirondack Region Lighthouse Operated by the Clinton County Historical Association, exhibits about the lighthouse and local history and natural history
Boldt Castle Alexandria Bay Jefferson Thousand Islands Historic house Early 20th-century castle house
Bolton Historical Museum Bolton Landing Warren Adirondack Region Local history website, operated by the Historical Society of the Town of Bolton
Book of Mormon Historic Publication Site Palmyra Wayne Finger Lakes History Historic print shop of E. B. Grandin, first publisher of the Book of Mormon
Boonville Black River Canal Museum Boonville Oneida Adirondack Region Transportation website, history of the Black River Canal
Boscobel Cold Spring Putnam Lower Hudson Historic house 19th-century mansion and estate
Brain Museum Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Science website, also known as the Museum of Neuroanatomy, collection of brain specimens, part of University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Brick Church Museum Galen Wayne Finger Lakes Local history website, operated by the Galen Historical Society
Brick House Museum Montgomery Orange Mid-Hudson Historic house 18th-century estate of Nathaniel Hill
Brick Tavern MuseumMontour FallsSchuylerFinger LakesLocal historyOperated by the Schuyler County Historical Society
Bridge House Museum Phoenix Oswego Central New York Local history website
Bronck House Coxsackie Greene Capital District Historic house 17th-century Dutch homestead, operated by the Greene County Historical Society
Brookfield Museum Brookfield Madison Central Leatherstocking Local history website, operated by the Town of Brookfield Historical Society
Brookside Museum Ballston Spa Saratoga Adirondack Region Local history Home of the Saratoga County Historical Society
Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Maritime Home to several decommissioned US Naval vessels including the Cleveland-class cruiser USS Little Rock, the Fletcher-class destroyer USS The Sullivans, and the submarine USS Croaker
Buffalo Fire Historical Museum Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Firefighting
Buffalo Harbor MuseumBuffaloErieBuffalo Niagara RegionMaritimewebsite, operated by the Lower Lakes Marine Historical Society, history of the Port of Buffalo, its harbor, waterways and their role in the development of the economies of the Niagara Frontier
Buffalo History Museum Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Local history Local history, industry, Native Americans, pioneers, ethnic heritage and culture, 19th-century shops and businesses
Buffalo Motorcycle Museum Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Transportation - Motorcycle website
Buffalo Museum of Science Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Science Themes include science, animals, astronomy, the science of technology, health
Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village Amherst Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Living 12 historic buildings including homes, one-room schoolhouses, a barbershop, and a church, formerly the Amherst Museum
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Station Orchard Park Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Railroad Operated by the Western New York Railway Historical Society
Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Transportation website, Pierce-Arrow cars, motorcycles, bicycles and memorabilia
Bull Stone House Hamptonburgh Orange Mid-Hudson Historic house Early 18th-century stone house
Bullthistle Model Railroad Society Museum Norwich Chenango Central Leatherstocking Railroad website, model railroad layouts
Burchfield-Penney Art Center Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Art Features works by Charles E. Burchfield, J. J. Lankes and other area artists
Burden Iron Works Troy Rensselaer Capital District Industry - Iron works Open by appointment only
Bundy Museum of History and Art Binghamton Broome Central Leatherstocking Multiple Victorian period house, Bundy Manufacturing Company time recorder clocks and artifacts, modern & African art, local history, Southern Tier Broadcasters Hall of Fame, period barber shop
Busti Grist Mill & Historical Society Museum Busti Chautauqua Buffalo Niagara Region Mill Open for annual fall festival and by appointment
Butler Church Museum Butler Wayne Finger Lakes Local history Operated by the Butler Historical Society
Call Homestead Museum Andover Allegany Buffalo Niagara Region History 19th- and 20th-century farm equipment and traditional rural implements, butter churns, crocks, clocks, quilts, toys, musical instruments, furniture, artwork and local pottery[7]
Cambridge Historical Society Museum Cambridge Washington Adirondack Region Local history website, Victorian house with period furnishings and local history displays
Camp Santanoni Newcomb Essex Adirondack Region Historic camp National Historic Landmark camp open for tours
Camp Shanks World War II Museum Orangeburg Rockland Lower Hudson Military Former embarkation point for troops in World War II
Canastota Canal Town Museum Canastota Madison Central Leatherstocking Local history
Carnegie Arts CenterNorth TonawandaNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionArtContemporary art exhibits, visual art and dance classes
Caroga Historical Museum Caroga Fulton Adirondack Region Open-air website, farm house, exhibit barn, general store, cobbler's shop, ice house and Sherman's Park Arcade, operated by the Caroga Historical Association
Carriage House Museum Camden Oneida Central Leatherstocking Local history information[8]
Cary Hill Sculpture Park Salem Washington Adirondack Region Art Sculpture park
CAS Arts Center Livingston Manor Sullivan Mid-Hudson Art website, operated by the Catskill Art Society
Casey's Cottage Mexico Oswego Thousand Islands Historic website, located in Mexico Point State Park, medieval-style cottage
Castellani Art Museum Lewiston Niagara Buffalo Niagara Region Art Contemporary art and folk art, part of Niagara University
Castile Historical MuseumCastileWyomingBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Castile Historical Society
Catamount People's Museum Catskill Greene Capital District Culture website, people, stories, culture and history of the Catskill Mountains, located in a bobcat-shaped building built out of salvaged wood[9]
Cattaraugus County Museum Machias Cattaraugus Buffalo Niagara Region Local history website, also known as the Stone House
Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum Livingston Manor Sullivan Mid-Hudson Sports
Caverns Creek Grist Mill Howes Cave Schoharie Capital District Mill Mill museum and country store[10]
Cayuga Museum of History and Art Auburn Cayuga Finger Lakes Multiple Local history, art, culture and the invention of sound film
Central Square Museum Central Square Oswego Thousand Islands Railroad website, operated by the Central New York Chapter, National Railway Historical Society
Center for Photography at WoodstockWoodstockUlsterMid-HudsonArtArtist-centered contemporary photography organization with exhibits
CEPA Gallery Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Art website, contemporary photography and visual arts center
Champlain Valley Transportation Museum Plattsburgh Clinton Adirondack Region Transportation Includes cars, canoes, trains, trolleys and more
Chapman Historical Museum Glens Falls Warren Adirondack Region Historic house Late 19th-century period house
Charles Dickert Wildlife Collection Saranac Lake Franklin Adirondack Region Natural history website, located on the first floor of the Saranac Lake Free Library, taxidermy specimens of local animals
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Rochester Monroe Finger Lakes Lighthouse Operated by the Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society
Charlton Historical Society Museum Charlton Saratoga Adirondack Region Local history website
Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua Chautauqua Buffalo Niagara Region Art Visual arts gallery, performing arts
Cheektowaga Historical Museum Cheektowaga Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Local history Operated by the Cheektowaga Historical Association
Chemung Valley History Museum Elmira Chemung Finger Lakes Local history Operated by the Chemung County Historical Society
Chenango Canal Cottage Museum Bouckville Madison Central Leatherstocking Local history website, operated by the Chenango Canal Association
Chenango County Historical Society Museum Norwich Chenango Central Leatherstocking Local history website
Cherry Valley Museum Cherry Valley Otsego Central Leatherstocking Local history website
Children's Museum at Saratoga Saratoga Springs Saratoga Capital District Children's website
Children's Museum of Oswego Oswego Oswego Thousand Islands Children's website
Children's Museum of Science and Technology Troy Rensselaer Capital District Science
Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum Chittenango Madison Central Leatherstocking Transportation - Canals Open seasonally, construction and repair of canal boats and the social history of the Erie Canal era
Cigarville Railroad Station Museum Clay Onondaga Central New York Local history Operated by the Town of Clay Historical Association in Clay Historic Park[11]
Clarence Historical Museum Clarence Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Local history website, operated by the Clarence Historical Society
Clermont State Historic Site Clermont Columbia Capital District Historic house 1930s period manor house and estate with exhibits about the Livingston family
Clifton F. West Historical Museum Hague Warren Adirondack Region Local history website, operated by the Hague Historical Society
Clinton County Historical Museum Plattsburgh Clinton Adirondack Region Local history website, operated by the Clinton County Historical Association
Clove Furnace Historic Site Arden Orange Mid-Hudson Industry Iron blast furnace ruins and museum
Cobblestone Society Museum Childs Orleans Buffalo Niagara Region Local history 1834 church, 1840 house and 1849 house that exemplify area cobblestone architecture
Columbia County Museum Kinderhook Columbia Capital District Regional history and culture Operated by the Columbia County Historical Society, includes the Luykas Van Alen House, 1850 Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse, 1819 James Vanderpoel House
Colton Museum Colton St. Lawrence Thousand Islands Local history website, open daily 10-2 and by appointment with the Colton Historical Society
Constitution Island West Point Orange Mid-Hudson Historic house - Fort Tour includes boat ride to and from island, guided tour of Revolutionary War fortifications and 17-room Warner House
Cook Museum of Local History Galway Saratoga Adirondack Region Local history Restored Victorian house with Victorian rooms, dolls, clothing, dishes, tools, bibles[12]
Corinth MuseumCorinthSaratogaAdirondack RegionLocal historywebsite
Cornerstone Park Carmel Putnam Lower Hudson Local history website
Corning Museum of Glass Corning Steuben Finger Lakes Industry - Glass
Cottage Lawn Museum Oneida Madison Central Leatherstocking Historic house Operated by the Madison County Historical Society, Victorian period house and local history displays
Crandall Public Library Folklife Center Glens Falls Warren Adirondack Region Multiple website, exhibits of the history and culture of the upper Hudson Valley and southern Adirondacks of upstate New York
Czurles-Nelson GalleryBuffaloErieBuffalo Niagara RegionArtwebsite, part of Buffalo State College
Cropsey Homestead Hastings-on-Hudson Westchester Lower Hudson Art Also known as Ever Rest, studio with artwork of Jasper F. Cropsey, operated by the Newington-Cropsey Foundation along with their Gallery of Art, featuring works by Cropsey
Crown Point State Historic Site Crown Point Essex Adirondack Region Military Remains of a Colonial era fort and museum
Cuba Cheese Museum Cuba Allegany Buffalo Niagara Region Food [13]
Cuba Historical Society Museum Cuba Allegany Buffalo Niagara Region Local history [14]
Daniel Parrish Witter Agricultural Museum Syracuse Onondaga Central New York Agriculture website, open during the New York State Fair, farming tools, equipment, log cabin, demonstrations, operated by the NYS Agricultural Society
Dansville Area Historical Museum Dansville Livingston Finger Lakes Local history website, operated by the Dansville Area Historical Society
Dart Airport Aviation Museum Mayville Chautauqua Buffalo Niagara Region Aviation [15]
Darwin D. Martin House Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Historic house Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Das Haus und Der Stahl Niagara Falls Niagara Buffalo Niagara Region Ethnic Area German heritage museum in an 1843 home of original settlers
David Crawford House Newburgh Orange Mid-Hudson Historic house Operated by the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands
David Sayre Store and House Museum Milford Otsego Central Leatherstocking History Facebook site, early 19th-century period store operated by the Greater Milford Historical Association[16]
Dayton Historical Museum Dayton Cattaraugus Buffalo Niagara Region Local history [17]
Dayton's Corners School Penfield Monroe Finger Lakes Education Open during special events; one-room schoolhouse
De Kalb Historical Association Museum De Kalb St. Lawrence Thousand Islands Local history [18]
Delaware and Hudson Canal Museum High Falls Ulster Mid-Hudson Transportation - Canal History of the Delaware & Hudson Canal, operated by the D & H Canal Historical Society
Deposit Historical Society Museum Deposit Delaware Central Leatherstocking Local history website
DeRuyter Museum DeRuyter Madison Central Leatherstocking Local history Operated by the Tromptown Historical Society
DeWint House Tappan Rockland Lower Hudson Historic house 18th-century Colonial Dutch house, temporary headquarters of Commander-in-Chief George Washington during the American Revolution
Dia:Beacon Beacon Dutchess Mid-Hudson Art Contemporary art
Discovery Center of the Southern Tier Binghamton Broome Central Leatherstocking Children's website
Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens Purchase Westchester Lower Hudson Sculpture park Collection of 45 pieces of outdoor sculpture at the Pepsico world headquarters
Dowd GalleryCortlandCortlandFinger LakesArtwebsite, part of State University of New York at Cortland
Dr. John Quincy Howe House Phelps Ontario Finger Lakes Local history Operated as a museum of local history by the Phelps Community Historical Society
Dunkirk Lighthouse & Veterans Museum Dunkirk Chautauqua Buffalo Niagara Region Military Lighthouse and keeper's cottage with collection of military artifacts
Dunkirk Historical Museum Dunkirk Chautauqua Buffalo Niagara Region Local history website, local history, art and culture, includes Brooks Locomotive Works equipment and artifacts,
Durham Center Museum East Durham Greene Capital District Local history [19]
Dyke Museum Wellsville Allegany Buffalo Niagara Region Local history Operated by The Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society[20]
East Bloomfield Historical SocietyEast BloomfieldOntarioFinger LakesLocal historywebsite
East Otto Historical Museum East Otto Cattaraugus Buffalo Niagara Region Local history [21]
Edith Langley Barrett Fine Art Gallery Utica Oneida Adirondack Region Art website, part of Utica College
Edmonston House New Windsor Orange Mid-Hudson Historic house 18th-century period house
Edward Hopper House Art CenterNyackRocklandLower HudsonArt
Edwin Welling Van Duzer Memorial House Middletown Orange Mid-Hudson Historic house Facebook site, home of the Historical Society of Middletown & the Wallkill Precinct[22]
El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego RiveraBuffaloErieBuffalo Niagara RegionArtwebsite, exhibition of fine art by Latin/Caribbean, African-American and other artists of color
Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum East Aurora Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Historic house Arts and Crafts movement style home featuring furniture and decorative items produced by the Roycroft community, located in the George and Gladys Scheidemantel House
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site Hyde Park Dutchess Mid-Hudson Historic house
Eleazer Harding House Otisville Orange Mid-Hudson Historic house information, operated by Mount Hope Historical Society
Elijah Miller House White Plains Westchester Lower Hudson Historic house 18th-century farmhouse used during the Revolutionary War by General George Washington as a headquarters command post during the Battle of White Plains
Elizabeth Cady Stanton House Seneca Falls Seneca Finger Lakes Historic house Part of Women's Rights National Historical Park
Ellenville Public Library and Museum Ellenville Ulster Mid-Hudson Local history website, known as the Terwilliger House Museum
Ellicottville Historical Museum Ellicottville Cattaraugus Buffalo Niagara Region Local history Open seasonally[23]
Elma Historical Society Museum Elma Erie Buffalo Niagara Region History website, local history, also 1847 water-powered saw mill
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature CenterVoorheesvilleAlbanyCapital DistrictNatural history
Empire State Aerosciences Museum Glenville Schenectady Capital District Aviation
Empire State Heritage Park Rome Oneida Central New York Transportation website, formerly Erie Canal Village, area canal heritage
Empire State Railway Museum Phoenicia Ulster Mid-Hudson Railroad
Empire State Theater Musical Instrument Museum Syracuse Onondaga Central New York Music website, located in the Empire Expo Center and open during the New York State Fair, theater organs
Endicott Visitor Center Endicott Broome Central Leatherstocking Local history website, includes a museum of local history
Erie Canal Discovery CenterLockportNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionTransportationwebsite, operated by the Niagara County Historical Society, construction and operations of the Erie Canal
Erie Canal DepotPalmyraWayneFingerLakes RegionLocal history, history of the Erie Canal in the depot at Historic Palmyra
Erie Canal Museum Syracuse Onondaga Central New York Maritime History of the Erie Canal
Erie Canal Park Camillus Onondaga Finger Lakes History website, includes Sims' Store Museum, replica of the original Sims' canal store, and a steam engine exhibit
Esperance Historical Museum Esperance Schoharie Capital District Local history Facebook site, operated by the Esperance Historical Society
Everson Museum of Art Syracuse Onondaga Central New York Art American art
Explore & More Children's Museum East Aurora Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Children's
Fannie Bartlett House/Olean Point MuseumOleanCattaraugusBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal historyinformation, information
Farmers' Museum Cooperstown Otsego Central Leatherstocking Farm Living farm museum, also home to the Empire State Carousel
FASNY Museum of Firefighting Hudson Columbia Capital District Firefighting website, heritage of firefighting in New York State
Fenimore Art Museum Cooperstown Otsego Central Leatherstocking Art American Folk, North American Indian, Hudson River School and 19th-century genre art and American photography
Fenton History Center Jamestown Chautauqua Buffalo Niagara Region Local history
Fiddlers Hall of Fame and Museum Redfield Oswego Adirondack Region Hall of Fame - music website, operated by the New York State Old Tyme Fiddlers' Association
Finger Lakes Boating Museum Penn Yan Yates Finger Lakes Maritime website, over 60 Finger-Lakes-built boats
Fire Museum of Syracuse Syracuse Onondaga Central New York Firefighting Open by appointment only[24]
Fleischmanns Museum of Memories Fleischmanns Delaware Central Leatherstocking Local history Located behind the Skene Memorial Library and open from Memorial Day through Labor Day[25][26]
Fort Crailo Rensselaer Rensselaer Capital District Historic house Colonial New Netherland history, also known as Crailo State Historic Site
Fort Decker Museum of History Port Jervis Orange Mid-Hudson Historic house Operated as a local history museum by the Minisink Valley Historical Society
Fort Delaware Museum Narrowsburg Sullivan Mid-Hudson Living website, depiction of the life of pioneers who settled in the Upper Delaware Valley in 1754
Fort Drum Museum Fort Drum Jefferson Thousand Islands Military website, history of the 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum, Facebook site
Fort Klock St. Johnsville Montgomery Mohawk Valley Living Revolutionary era historic homestead, Colonial Dutch Barn, blacksmith shop, and 19th-century schoolhouse
Fort Montgomery State Historic Site Fort Montgomery Orange Mid-Hudson Military American Revolutionary War site and museum
Fort Ontario Oswego Oswego Adirondack Region Military Star-shaped fort restored to its 1868-1872 appearance
Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park Fort Plain Montgomery Central Leatherstocking History website, Revolutionary War headquarters of Marinus Willett
Fort Stanwix National Monument Rome Oneida Adirondack Region Military Reconstructed Colonial fort, important site during the American Revolutionary War, living history enactments
Fort Ticonderoga Ticonderoga Essex Adirondack Region Military Revolutionary fort with costumed interpreters represent 18th-century soldiers and refugee women
Fort William Henry Lake George Warren Adirondack Region Military French & Indian War fort with costumed interpreters
Fosdick-Nelson GalleryAlfredAlleganyBuffalo Niagara RegionArtwebsite, part of Alfred University, contemporary art
Foster Cottage Museum Clifton Springs Ontario Finger Lakes Historic house website, operated by the Clifton Springs Historical Society
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Poughkeepsie Dutchess Mid-Hudson Art Part of Vassar College
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Hyde Park Dutchess Mid-Hudson Biographical
Franklin House of History Malone Franklin Adirondack Region Historic house website, operated by the Franklin County Historical and Museum Society
Frederic Remington Art Museum Ogdensburg St. Lawrence Thousand Islands Art Works of Frederic Remington
Fred J. Johnston Museum Kingston Ulster Mid-Hudson Historic house website, operated by Friends of Historic Kingston, 1812 house with collection of 18th and early 19th century furnishings and decorative arts
Friends of Historic Kingston Museum Kingston Ulster Mid-Hudson Local history website, operated by Friends of Historic Kingston
Frisbee House and Museum Delhi Delaware Central Leatherstocking Open air Operated by the Delaware County Historical Association, home to 7 historic buildings including the 1797 Frisbee House
Frontenac Museum Union Springs Cayuga Finger Lakes Local history website, operated by the Frontenac Historical Society
Fryer Memorial Museum Munnsville Madison Central Leatherstocking Local history website
Fulton County Museum Gloversville Fulton Adirondack Region Local history website, operated by the Fulton County Historical Society
Ganondagan State Historic Site Victor Ontario Finger Lakes Native American Seneca village
Gates House Museum Warsaw Wyoming Buffalo Niagara Region Local history Operated by the Warsaw Historical Society, 19th-century house
Gateway Museum Morristown St. Lawrence Thousand Islands History website, local history, culture
General Richard Montgomery House Rhinebeck Dutchess Mid-Hudson Historic house website, occupied by General Richard Montgomery during the American Revolutionary War, open by appointment with the Chancellor Livingston Chapter, NSDAR
Genesee Country Village and Museum Mumford Monroe Finger Lakes Living 19th-century living history museum, includes John L. Wehle Gallery of Sporting Art, Genesee Country Nature Center, Carriage Museum, Silver Baseball Park and Heirloom Gardens
Geneva History Museum Geneva Ontario Finger Lakes Local history website, located in the Prouty-Chew House, operated by the Geneva Historical Society
George Eastman Museum Rochester Monroe Finger Lakes Photography Historic mansion with exhibits on photography and film
George Barton House Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Historic house Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Georgetown Historical Society Museum Georgetown Madison Central Leatherstocking Local history [27]
Georgi on the Battenkill Museum and Park Shushan Washington Adirondack Region Art website, Italian, Dutch, Flemish, German and French paintings from the 14th through the 18th centuries, Chinese and Asian tapestries and figurines
Gerrit Smith EstatePeterboroMadisonFinger LakesHistoric house19th-century house, site along the Underground Railroad
Gilboa Museum Gilboa Schoharie Mohawk Valley Local history website, fossils, local history, operated by the Gilboa Historical Society
Glebe House Poughkeepsie Dutchess Mid-Hudson Historic house 18th-century period house
Glenn H. Curtiss Museum Hammondsport Steuben Finger Lakes Aviation Early aviation and local history
Gomez Mill House Newburgh Orange Mid-Hudson Historic house Earliest surviving Jewish residence in North America
Goodsell MuseumOld ForgeHerkimerAdirondack RegionLocal historyOperated by the Town of Webb Historical Association
Gouverneur Museum Gouverneur St. Lawrence Thousand Islands Local history website
Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum Canandaigua Ontario Finger Lakes Historic house 19th-century period mansion, collection of carriages
Grant Cottage State Historic Site Wilton Saratoga Capital District Historic house Late 19th-century period house where President Ulysses S. Grant died in 1885
Graycliff Derby Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Historic house Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Greater Oneonta Historical Society History CenterOneontaOtsegoCentral LeatherstockingLocal historywebsite
Greece Museum Greece Monroe Finger Lakes Local history website, operated by the Greece Historical Society
Greenfield Park Museum Wawarsing Ulster Mid-Hudson Education One-room schoolhouse
Griffis International Sculpture Garden Rome Oneida Central New York Art website, outdoor art park, works created by Sculpture Space in Griffiss Business and Technology Park
Griffis Sculpture Park East Otto Cattaraugus Buffalo Niagara Region Art 425-acre (1.72 km2) outdoor art museum
Groton Historical Association Museum Groton Tompkins Finger Lakes Local history [28]
H.P. Sears Oil Co. Service Station Museum Rome Oneida Central New York Automotive website, restored service station with automotive memorabilia
Hagadorn House Almond Allegany Buffalo Niagara Region Historic house website, operated by the Almond Historical Society
Half-Shire Historical Society Museum Richland Oswego Adirondack Region Local history website
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Art Showcases artists of diverse backgrounds in film, video, literature, music, performance, media and visual arts
Hamilton Hill Arts CenterSchenectadySchenectadyCapital DistrictArtwebsite, African and African American art and culture
Hamlin’s North Star History Center Hamlin Monroe Finger Lakes Local history
Hammond Historical Museum Hammond St. Lawrence Thousand Islands Local history website, operated by the R.T. Elethorp Historical Society
Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden North Salem Westchester Lower Hudson Art Exhibits of East Asian art and culture and Japanese stroll garden
Hancock House Museum Ticonderoga Essex Adirondack Region Local history Operated by the Ticonderoga Historical Society
Handwerker Gallery Ithaca Tompkins Finger Lakes Art website, part of Ithaca College
Hanford Mills Museum East Meredith Delaware Central Leatherstocking Mill Sawmill, gristmill, feed mill, woodworking shop and hardware store
Harmony Historical Society Blockville Chautauqua Buffalo Niagara Region Local history website
Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame Goshen Orange Mid-Hudson Hall of fame - sports
Harriet Tubman Home Auburn Cayuga Finger Lakes Biographical Place where Harriet Tubman spent her last years
Hart-Cluett Mansion Troy Rensselaer Capital District Historic house Operated by the Rensselaer County Historical Society, 19th-century period rowhouse
Hartford Museum & Howard Hanna Memorial Civil War Enlistment Center Hartford Washington Adirondack Region Local history Museum located in the Elisha Straight House; depicts life and local industry in the 19th century; center depicts the history of the area men who enlisted for the American Civil War
Hastings Historical Society Hastings-on-Hudson Westchester Lower Hudson Local history website
Haverstraw Brick MuseumHaverstrawRocklandLower HudsonIndustrywebsite, area brick making industry
Hawkins Point Visitors Center Massena St. Lawrence Thousand Islands Science website, operated by the New York Power Authority at the St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project, exhibits about energy, electricity and the North Country
Heart's Delight Farm Chazy Clinton Adirondack Region Farm Operated by the Miner Institute, farm history and demonstrations, life of founder William Miner and his railroad inventions
Henderson Historical Society and Museum Henderson Jefferson Thousand Islands Local history website
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Ithaca Tompkins Finger Lakes Art Part of Cornell University
Heritage Discovery Center BuffaloBuffaloErieBuffalo Niagara RegionIndustrywebsite, railway, steel and industrial heritage of Western New York, includes the Steel Plant Museum, Western New York Railway Historical Society and other organizations
Heritage Museum on the Hemlock Fairgrounds Hemlock Livingston Finger Lakes History website, open during the fair and by appointment
Heritage Square Museum Ontario Wayne Finger Lakes Open air Buildings from the mid-19th century
Herkimer County Historical Society Suiter Building Museum Herkimer Herkimer Adirondack Region Local history
Herkimer County Jail Herkimer Herkimer Adirondack Region Prison Tours given by the Herkimer County Historical Society
Herkimer Diamond Mines Museum Herkimer Herkimer Adirondack Region Natural history website, includes the Herkimer Diamond Mines Gift Shop, Museum, and Prospecting Area, includes exhibits of minerals and fossils
Herkimer Home State Historic Site Danube Herkimer Adirondack Region Historic house 18th-century period house
Heroes of Baseball Wax Museum Cooperstown Otsego Central Leatherstocking Wax website
Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum North Tonawanda Niagara Buffalo Niagara Region Carrousel Housed in an original carousel factory building
Hervey Ely House Rochester Monroe Finger Lakes Historic house 19th-century mansion, operated by the Irondequoit chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Hessel Museum of Art Annandale-on-Hudson Dutchess Mid-Hudson Art Part of Bard College, contemporary art
High Falls Interpretive Center and Museum Rochester Monroe Finger Lakes Local history website, local history, industry, culture, art, operated by the Office of the City Historian
Hill-Hold Museum Hamptonburgh Orange Mid-Hudson Historic house Hudson Valley farm in the 1830s
Historic Cherry Hill Albany Albany Capital District Historic house 17th-century house reflecting owners through the 19th century
Historic Huguenot Street Gardiner Ulster Mid-Hudson Open air Tours of historic houses, including Locust Lawn Estate, operated by the Huguenot Historical Society
Historic Pittsford Museum Pittsford Monroe Finger Lakes Local history website
Historical Society of Rockland County History Center Museum New City Rockland Lower Hudson Local history website
The Historical Society and Museum Tarrytown Westchester Lower Hudson Local history website, history of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, located in the Jacob Odell House
The History Center in Tompkins County Ithaca Tompkins Finger Lakes History website
History House Moravia Cayuga Finger Lakes Local history website, operated by the Cayuga-Owasco Lakes Historical Society
H. Lee White Marine Museum Oswego Oswego Adirondack Region Maritime Boats, ship models, sailmakers' tools, navigational equipment, nautically themed painting, nautical artifacts; home of the World War II-era tugboat Nash
Hobart Historical Center Hobart Delaware Central Leatherstocking Local history
Hoffman Clock Museum Newark Wayne Finger Lakes Horology website, history of timekeeping, includes over 300 clocks, watches and tools
Holland Land Office Museum Batavia Genesee Buffalo Niagara Region Local history History of the Holland Land Company
Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and EducationSuffernRocklandLower HudsonHistorywebsite, located at Rockland Community College
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site Hyde Park Dutchess Mid-Hudson Historic house
Hopkinton Town Museum Hopkinton St. Lawrence Thousand Islands Local history information
Horace Greeley House Chappaqua Westchester Lower Hudson Historic house Operated by the New Castle Historical Society, 19th-century home of newspaper editor and later presidential candidate Horace Greeley
Horicon Museum Brant Lake Warren Adirondack Region Local history website, operated by the Town of Horicon Historical Society
Hornell Erie Depot Museum Hornell Steuben Finger Lakes Railroad website, Erie Railroad memorabilia
Horseheads Historical Society Depot MuseumHorseheadsChemungFinger LakesLocal historywebsite
House of Frankenstein Wax Museum Lake George Warren Adirondack Region Wax website, wax models of scary figures
Howe Caverns Howes Schoharie Capital District Natural history Cavern tours and the Cave House Museum of Mining & Geology
Howland Stone Store Museum Sherwood Cayuga Finger Lakes Local history
Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Cornwall Orange Mid-Hudson Nature center website
Hudson River Maritime Museum Kingston Ulster Mid-Hudson Maritime History of shipping, boating and industry on the Hudson River and its tributaries; operates the Rondout Light for tours
Hudson River Museum Yonkers Westchester Lower Hudson Multiple Art, natural history, planetarium
Hunting Tavern Museum Andes Delaware Central Leatherstocking Historic site website, operated by the Andes Society for History and Culture
Hurley Heritage Society Museum Kingston Ulster Mid-Hudson Historic house website, also known as Col. Jonathan Elmendorf House
Hyde Collection Glens Falls Warren Adirondack Region Art Private art collection in original home context, includes American, French and Italian art, furnishings, textiles, silver and ceramics
Hyde Hall Springfield Otsego Central Leatherstocking Historic house Adjacent to Glimmerglass State Park, turn-of-the-19th-century mansion
Hyde Park Station Hyde Park Dutchess Mid-Hudson Railroad Includes area's railroad history, artifacts and model railroad
Interlaken Historical Society Museum Interlaken Seneca Finger Lakes Local history website
International Boxing Hall of Fame Canastota Madison Central Leatherstocking Hall of Fame - sports
International Mask & Puppet Museum Syracuse Onondaga Finger Lakes Puppetry website, part of Open Hand Theater
International Motor Racing Research Center Watkins Glen Schuyler Finger Lakes Sports Archives, research library & exhibits
Ira G. Ross Aerospace Museum Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Aerospace Formerly the Niagara Aerospace Museum
Irish American Heritage Museum Albany Albany Capital District Ethnic - Irish American History and heritage of the Irish in America
Iron Center Museum Port Henry Essex Adirondack Region Industry - Iron Railroad and mining history, operated by the Moriah Historical Society[29]
Iron Island Museum Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Local history website, operated by the Iron Island Preservation Society of Lovejoy
Iroquois Indian Museum Howes Cave Schoharie Capital District Native American Iroquois culture and art
Jacob Blauvelt House New City Rockland Lower Hudson Historic house Operated by the Historical Society of Rockland County, mid-19th-century period farmhouse
Jacob Purdy House White Plains Westchester Lower Hudson Historic house Maintained by the White Plains Historical Society, George Washington's headquarters during the Battle of White Plains 1776 and in 1778
Jacob T. Walden Stone House Walden Orange Mid-Hudson Historic house 18th-century period house operated by the Walden Historical Society
Jamesville Community Museum Jamesville Onondaga Central New York Local history Located in the former Saint Mark's Church
Java Historical Society Museum Java Wyoming Buffalo Niagara Region Local history Operated by appointment
Jay Heritage Center Rye Westchester Lower Hudson Historic house Home of and museum about John Jay
Jean Hasbrouck House New Paltz Ulster Mid-Hudson Historic house Part of Historic Huguenot Street, early 18th-century Dutch house
Jefferson County Historical Society Museum Watertown Jefferson Thousand Islands Local history
Le Roy House LeRoy Genesee Buffalo Niagara Region Historic house Operated by the Le Roy Historical Society
Jell-O Gallery Le Roy Genesee Buffalo Niagara Region Industry - Food Operated by the Le Roy Historical Society, history and memorabilia of Jell-O
John Brown Farm and Gravesite North Elba Essex Adirondack Region Historic house Home and final resting place of abolitionist John Brown
John D. Murray Firefighters Museum Oswego Oswego Adirondack Region Firefighting Facebook site[30]
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site Katonah Westchester Lower Hudson Historic house
John Kane House Pawling Dutchess Mid-Hudson Historic house Operated by the Historical Society of Quaker Hill and Pawling, 18th-century house with period furnishings and local history exhibits
Johnson Hall State Historic Site Johnstown Fulton Adirondack Region Historic house 18th-century home of Sir William Johnson, an Irish pioneer and British Indian agent in the Province of New York
Johnstown Historical Society Museum Johnstown Fulton Adirondack Region Local history [31][32]
Johnston House Geneva Seneca Finger Lakes Historic house website, operated by the Geneva Historical Society, contains the Mike Weaver Drain Tile Museum
John William Draper House Hastings-on-Hudson Westchester Lower Hudson Historic house Museum of the Hastings Historical Society
Joseph Horton House Wappingers Falls Dutchess Mid-Hudson Historic house Pre-Revolutionary War Dutch Colonial home, open by appointment
Joseph Smith FarmPalmyraWayneFinger LakesHistoric houseHome and farm of Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith, Jr.
Karpeles Manuscript Library MuseumBuffaloErieBuffalo Niagara RegionLibrary
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum Newburgh Orange Mid-Hudson Library Exhibits from its collections
Katonah Museum of Art Katonah Westchester Lower Hudson Art
Kenan CenterLockportNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionArtwebsite, visual and performing arts center with gallery
Kent-Delord House Museum Plattsburgh Clinton Adirondack Region Historic house Features 19th-century period furnishings
Kiersted House Museum Saugerties Ulster Mid-Hudson Historic house Operated by the Saugerties Historical Society, 18th-century house
Kinetic GalleryGeneseoLivingstonFinger Lakesartwebsite, part of SUNY Geneseo
Kinnear Museum of Local History Lake Luzerne Warren Adirondack Region Local history website, operated by the Hadley-Luzerne Historical Society
Klyne Esopus Museum Esopus Ulster Mid-Hudson Local history
Knickerbocker MansionSchaghticokeRensselaerCapital DistrictHistoric houseOperated by the Knickerbocker Historical Society, late 18th-century mansion
Knight-Sutton MuseumAkronErieBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Newstead Historical Society
Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site New Windsor Orange Mid-Hudson Historic house Revolutionary War headquarters for General Henry Knox
Kykuit Mount Pleasant Westchester Lower Hudson Historic house Also known as John D. Rockefeller Estate, 40-room mansion with art collection, gardens
Lake George Historical Association Museum Lake George Warren Adirondack Region Local history website
Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum Lake Placid Essex Adirondack Region Sports Memorabilia of the 1932 & 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics
Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society Museum Lake Placid Essex Adirondack Region Local history website
Lake Pleasant MuseumLake PleasantHamiltonAdirondack RegionLocal historyOperated by the Historical Society of Lake Pleasant & Speculator
Lancaster District School No. 6 Lancaster Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Education Open by appointment with the Lancaster Historical Society
Lancaster Historical Society Museum Lancaster Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Local history website
Lansing Manor House North Blenheim Schoharie Capital District Historic house Early 19th-century period house
Lederer Lockhart Bridge GalleriesGeneseoLivingstonFinger LakesArtwebsite, three art galleries at State University of New York at Geneseo
Lehigh Valley Railroad Historical Society Station Museum Shortsville Ontario Finger Lakes Railroad website
Leon Historical Society Museum Leon Cattaraugus Buffalo Niagara Region Local history
Lewiston Museum Lewiston Niagara Buffalo Niagara Region Local history website, operated by the Historical Association of Lewiston
Liberty Museum & Arts Center Liberty Sullivan Mid-Hudson Art website
Light WorkSyracuseOnondagaCentral New YorkArtNon-profit photography center
Lincoln Depot MuseumPeekskillWestchesterLower HudsonBiographicalHistory and ties between Abraham Lincoln and Peekskill
Lisbon Depot Museum Lisbon St. Lawrence Thousand Islands Local history Town's social, agricultural and railway history
Little Falls New York Historical Society & Museum Little Falls Herkimer Adirondack Region Local history website
Little Red Schoolhouse Museum Chestnut Ridge Rockland Lower Hudson Education website, operated by the East Ramapo School District
Little Red School House Museum Sterling Cayuga Finger Lakes Local history Operated by the Sterling Historical Society
Liverpool Village Museum Liverpool Onondaga Finger Lakes Local history Changing exhibits of local history, grounds also include the Liverpool Willow Museum about the local willow weaving industry, located in the Lucius Gleason House
Livingston Art CenterMount MorrisLivingstonFinger LakesArtwebsite, art center with New Deal Gallery, featuring WPA art from the Great Depression, and the Apartment One Gallery for exhibits of regional art
Livingston County Historical Society MuseumGeneseoLivingstonFinger LakesLocal historywebsite
Livingston History BarnLivingstonColumbiaCapital DistrictLocal historywebsite
Locust Grove (Samuel F. B. Morse House) Poughkeepsie Dutchess Mid-Hudson Historic house 19th-century period furnished house, exhibit on telegraph inventor Samuel Morse
Locust Lawn Estate Gardiner Ulster Mid-Hudson Historic house 19th-century farm complex, part of Historic Huguenot Street
Longyear Museum of Anthropology Hamilton Madison Central Leatherstocking Anthropology Part of Colgate University, archaeological and ethnographic materials from Africa, Oceania, and the pre-Columbian cultures of North, Central, and South America[33]
Lorenzo State Historic Site Cazenovia Madison Central Leatherstocking Historic house Early 19th-century mansion
Louis Miller Museum Hoosick Falls Rensselaer Finger Lakes Local history website, operated by Hoosick Township Historical Society
Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center Jamestown Chautauqua Buffalo Niagara Region Biographical Memorabilia of television stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
Lucille Wright Air Museum Jamestown Chautauqua Buffalo Niagara Region Aerospace website, air and space education, planetarium
Lyndhurst (Jay Gould Estate) Tarrytown Westchester Lower Hudson Historic house 19th-century mansion in 67-acre (270,000 m2) park
Lyon Mountain Mining and Railroad Museum Lyon Mountain Clinton Adirondack Region Local history Includes history of Lyon Mountain mines and the D & H Railroad
Mabee Farm Historic Site Rotterdam Junction Schenectady Capital District Historic house 17th-century Dutch farm, oldest house still standing in the Mohawk Valley, operated by the Schenectady County Historical Society
Madam Brett Homestead Beacon Dutchess Mid-Hudson Historic house Operated by the Daughters of the American Revolution, early 18th-century home
Mandeville GallerySchenectadySchenectadyCapital DistrictArtPart of Union College, located in the Nott Memorial, changing exhibits of contemporary art, history and science
Manitoga Garrison Putnam Lower Hudson Historic house 20th-century home of industrial designer Russel Wright, tours by reservation
Manlius Historical Museum] Manlius Onondaga Finger Lakes Local history website, operated by the Manlius Historical Society
Maple Grove (Poughkeepsie, New York) Poughkeepsie Dutchess Mid-Hudson Historic house Mid-19th-century house under restoration
Marble Schoolhouse Eastchester Westchester Lower Hudson Local history Open by appointment with the Eastchester Historical Society
Marcella Sembrich Opera MuseumBolton LandingWarrenAdirondack RegionMusicHome of opera star Marcella Sembrich, includes fine and decorative arts, personal opera mementos, photographs, costumes, hosts concerts
Margaret Reaney Memorial Library & Museum St. Johnsville Montgomery Capital District Local history website, includes fine art, sculpture, household and military items
Marian E. White Anthropology Research Museum Buffalo Erie Buffalo Niagara Region Science Research collection of North American archaeological items,[34] part of University at Buffalo
Mark Twain Study Elmira Chemung Finger Lakes Biographical website, part of Elmira College, octagonal building where author Mark Twain wrote many of his books
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Kinderhook Columbia Capital District Historic house Mid-19th-century mansion and estate of President Martin Van Buren
Martisco Station Railway Museum Camillus Onondaga Finger Lakes Railroad Operated by the Central New York Chapter, National Railway Historical Society
Massena Museum Massena St. Lawrence Thousand Islands Local history website
Matilda Joslyn Gage Home Fayetteville Onondaga Central New York Biographical website, restored home with exhibits about the life of suffragist, abolitionist and author Matilda Joslyn Gage
Maurice F. Sweeney Museum Livonia Livingston Finger Lakes Local history website, operated by the Livonia Area Preservation & Historical Society
Maybrook Railroad Museum] Maybrook Orange Mid-Hudson Railroad [35]
Mayville Depot Museum Mayville Chautauqua Buffalo Niagara Region Local history Operated by the Chautauqua Town Historical Society in a historic depot
M'Clintock House Waterloo Seneca Finger Lakes History Mid-19th-century house is part of Women's Rights National Historical Park
McClurg Museum Westfield Chautauqua Buffalo Niagara Region Historic house Operated by the Chautauqua County Historical Society, 19th-century period mansion
Medina Historical Society Museum Medina Orleans Buffalo Niagara Region Local history website
Medina Railroad MuseumMedinaOrleansBuffalo Niagara RegionRailroad
Medora Ball MuseumOttoCattaraugusBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal history
Memorial Art GalleryRochesterMonroeFinger LakesArtPart of University of Rochester, collections include European and Asian art and antiquities, American art, antiquities from Ancient Greece, Rome and the Middle East
MeresteadMount KiscoWestchesterLower HudsonHistoric houseEarly 20th-century mansion and estate, tours by advance reservation
Mexico Historical Society MuseumMexicoOswegoThousand IslandsLocal historyFacebook site[36]
MICRO United States New York Brooklyn Science Museum
Mid-Hudson Children's MuseumPoughkeepsieDutchessMid-HudsonChildren's
Middlebury Historical SocietyWyomingWyomingBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal history
Midway State ParkMaple SpringsChautauquaBuffalo Niagara RegionAmusementHistoric amusement park with museum
Military History Society of RochesterRochesterMonroeFinger LakesMilitary Heritagewebsite U.S. Military artifacts from the War of 1812 through current times.
Mill MuseumGalenWayneFinger LakesAgriculturewebsite, operated by the Galen Historical Society, farming and household items
Millard Fillmore HouseEast AuroraErieBuffalo Niagara RegionHistoric house19th-century period home of President Millard Fillmore
Mills MansionMount MorrisLivingstonFinger LakesHistoric houseMid-19th-century period home, operated by the Mount Morris Historical Society
Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and TechnologySyracuseOnondagaFinger LakesScienceOften referred to as the MOST
Miner's CabinFranklinvilleCattaraugusBuffalo Niagara RegionHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Ischua Valley Historical Society
Minerva Historical Society MuseumOlmstedvilleEssexAdirondack RegionLocal historywebsite
Mohawk Valley Center for the ArtsLittle FallsHerkimerAdirondack RegionArtwebsite
Montgomery PlaceAnnandale-on-HudsonDutchessMid-HudsonHistoric houseOne of the Historic Hudson Valley houses, early 19th-century estate
Moore Historical MuseumWaddingtonSt. LawrenceThousand IslandsLocal historywebsite
Morehouse Historical MuseumMorehouseHamiltonAdirondack RegionLocal historywebsite
Morrisville State College Wildlife MuseumMorrisvilleMadisonCentral LeatherstockingNatural historywebsite, open by appointment
MotorcyclepediaNewburghOrangeMid-HudsonTransportationOver 500 motorcycles from 1897 onw
Mount GulianFishkillDutchessMid-HudsonHistoric houseReconstructed 18th-century Dutch manor house
Mount Lebanon Shaker VillageNew LebanonColumbiaCapital DistrictOpen airHistoric Shaker village under restoration, includes walking tours and exhibits at Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon
Mount Morris DamMount MorrisLivingstonFinger LakesNatural historyWilliam B. Hoyt II Visitor Center features a large atrium, museum and theater
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of ArtUticaOneidaCentral LeatherstockingArtArts center with museum featuring European and American art
Muscoot FarmSomersWestchesterLower HudsonFarmHistoric working dairy farm
Museum at Bethel WoodsBethelSullivanMid-HudsonCultureHistory and culture of 1969 Woodstock Festival
Museum at the CreamerySkaneatelesOnondagaCentral New YorkLocal historywebsite, operated by the Skaneateles Historical Society
Museum of Automobile HistorySyracuseOnondagaFinger LakesAutomotivewebsite, history of the automobile from the 18th century, includes cars, photos, art, models, designs, memorabilia
Museum of CuriositiesCazenoviaMadisonCentral LeatherstockingNatural historywebsite, part of the Cazenovia Public Library, artifacts relating to natural history, geology, ethnography, archaeology, historic relics, art and local history
The Museum of disABILITY HistoryWilliamsvilleErieBuffalo Niagara RegionMedicalHistory of people with disabilities from medieval times to the present era
Museum of the EarthIthacaTompkinsFinger LakesNatural historyFocuses on paleontology
Museum of Rhinebeck HistoryRhinebeckDutchessMid-HudsonLocal historywebsite
Museum of the Early American CircusSomersWestchesterLower HudsonMultipleOperated by the Somers Historical Society, local and area circus history
Museum of Wayne County HistoryLyonsWayneFinger LakesPrisonwebsite, operated by the Wayne County Historical Society, former county jail and sheriff's residence, also local history
Museum VillageMonroeOrangeMid-HudsonLivingwebsite, 19th-century village
Napanoch Train Station MuseumNapanochUlsterMid-HudsonRailroad[37]
Nash House MuseumBuffaloErieBuffalo Niagara RegionHistoric house20th-century home of important leader of Buffalo's African-American community
Nathaniel Hill Brick HouseMontgomeryOrangeMid-HudsonHistoric house
National Abolition Hall of Fame & MuseumPeterboroMadisonFinger LakesHistoryHistory and important people of the anti-slavery movement in the United States, located in the Smithfield Presbyterian Church
National Baseball Hall of Fame and MuseumCooperstownOtsegoCentral LeatherstockingHall of fame - sports
National Bottle MuseumBallston SpaSaratogaAdirondack RegionIndustry - Bottle makingAntique glass bottles and tools
National Comedy Center Jamestown Chautauqua Buffalo Niagara Region Comedy State of the art museum of comedy in Lucille Ball's hometown.
National Distance Running Hall of FameUticaOneidaAdirondack RegionHall of fame - sports
National Saint Kateri Tekakwitha ShrineFondaMontgomeryMohawk ValleyNative Americanwebsite, life of Kateri Tekakwitha, a Mohawk-Algonquian woman from New York and an early convert to Christianity and area Native American artifacts
National Memorial Day MuseumWaterlooSenecaFinger LakesHistoryMemorabilia and history of the birth of Memorial Day
National Museum of DanceSaratoga SpringsSaratogaCapital DistrictDance
National Museum of Racing and Hall of FameSaratoga SpringsSaratogaCapital DistrictHall of fame - sports
National Purple Heart Hall of HonorNew WindsorOrangeMid-HudsonMilitary
National Soaring MuseumElmiraChemungFinger LakesAviation
National Toy Hall of FameRochesterMonroeFinger LakesToyPart of The Strong
National Women's Hall of FameSeneca FallsSenecaFinger LakesHall of fame - women
Native American Museum of ArtTuscarora ReservationNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionArtwebsite, Native American art and culture, particularly Iroquois and Tuscarora
Nellis TavernSt. JohnsvilleMontgomeryMohawk ValleyHistoric houseOperated by the Palatine Settlement Society, restored 18th-century tavern
Ner-A-Car Motorcycle MuseumSyracuseOnondagaCentral New YorkTransportationMotorcycles built in New York state[38]
Neuberger Museum of ArtPurchaseWestchesterLower HudsonArtPart of Purchase College, focus is contemporary art
Neversink Valley Museum of History and InnovationCuddebackvilleOrangeMid-HudsonTransportation - Canalwebsite, history of the Delaware & Hudson Canal
Newark-Arcadia MuseumNewarkWayneFinger LakesLocal historywebsite, operated by the Newark-Arcadia Historical Society, also the 1876 Marbletown Schoolhouse
Newark Valley Depot and MuseumNewark ValleyTiogaFinger LakesRailroadwebsite, operated by the Newark Valley Historical Society
New Netherland MuseumAlbanyAlbanyCapital DistrictMaritimewebsite, museum ship, the "Half Moon", a reproduction of the ship that Henry Hudson sailed from Holland to the New World in 1609
New Windsor Cantonment State Historic SiteVails GateOrangeMid-HudsonMilitaryReconstruction of the final encampment of the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War
New Woodstock Regional Historical Society MuseumNew WoodstockMadisonCentral LeatherstockingLocal historywebsite
New York Museum of TransportationRushMonroeFinger LakesTransportationHistoric vehicles and photographs, trolley rides, track car rides, model railroad displays
New York State Civilian Conservation Corps MuseumNew LisbonOtsegoCapital DistrictHistoryLocated in Gilbert Lake State Park, area activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps
New York State CapitolAlbanyAlbanyCapital DistrictHistory
New York State Country Music Hall of FameCortlandCortlandFinger LakesHall of famewebsite, located at the Cortland Country Music Park
New York State Executive MansionAlbanyAlbanyCapital DistrictHistoric house
New York State Grange MuseumCortlandCortlandFinger LakesHistorywebsite, history and artifacts of the New York State Grange
New York State Military MuseumSaratoga SpringsSaratogaCapital DistrictMilitarywebsite, state's military history
New York State MuseumAlbanyAlbanyCapital DistrictMultipleArt, artifacts (prehistoric and historic), and natural history artifacts that reflect New York State’s cultural, natural, and geological development
New York State Wine Museum of Greyton H. TaylorHammondsportSteubenFinger LakesMultipleWine-making, tools, local history, art
Niagara Arts & Cultural CenterNiagara FallsNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionArtIncludes two galleries
Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage CenterNiagara FallsNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionHistoryMuseum about the Underground Railroad in Niagara Falls
Niagara Gorge Discovery CenterNiagara FallsNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionNatural historyNatural and local history of Niagara Falls and the surrounding area, formerly the Schoellkopf Geological Museum
Niagara History CenterLockportNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionOpen airwebsite, eight building museum complex showcasing early pioneer life, business and industry, includes the Col. William M. and Nancy Ralston Bond House, operated by the Niagara County Historical Society
Niagara Power Visitors CenterLewistonNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionScienceExhibits about water-powered electricity generation
Niagara Science MuseumNiagara FallsNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionScienceIncludes antique science instruments and philosophical apparatus
Niagara School No2 MuseumNiagaraNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionEducationOne-room schoolhouse, operated by the Town of Niagara Historical Society
Niagara's Wax Museum of HistoryNiagara FallsNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionWaxwebsite[39]
North Creek Depot MuseumNorth CreekWarrenAdirondack RegionTransportation - RailroadArea railroad history, place where Theodore Roosevelt learned of the assassination of President William McKinley and of his accession to the Presidency of the United States
Northeast Classic Car MuseumNorwichChenangoCentral LeatherstockingAutomotiveOver 150 classic and antique cars
North Tonawanda History MuseumNorth TonawandaNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal historywebsite
DIRT Museum & Hall of FameWeedsportCayugaFinger LakesAutomotivewebsite, classic cars, stock cars, memorabilia and a drivers' hall of fame
Norfolk Historical MuseumNorfolkSt. LawrenceThousand IslandsLocal historywebsite
Northup Carriage House MuseumWolcottWayneFinger LakesLocal historywebsite, home of the Wolcott Historical Society and Museum
Northville & Northampton Historical Society MuseumNorthvilleFultonAdirondack RegionLocal history[32]
Nunda Museum and Rose Shave GalleryNundaLivingstonFinger LakesLocal historywebsite, operated by the Nunda Historical Society
Oak Orchard Lighthouse MuseumMedinaOrleansBuffalo Niagara RegionMaritimeReconstructed 1909 lighthouse on Lake Ontario
Olana State Historic SiteGreenportColumbiaCapital DistrictHistoric houseFormer estate of artist Frederic Edwin Church
Old Austerlitz VillageAusterlitzColumbiaCapital DistrictOpen airwebsite, operated by the Austerlitz Historical Society, early 19th-century village buildings
Old Fort House MuseumFort EdwardWashingtonAdirondack RegionHistoric house18th-century house depicting life from the 1770s through the 1940s
Old Fort JohnsonAmsterdamMontgomeryMohawk ValleyHistoric house18th-century house with exhibits about the social, cultural, military and industrial past of the Mohawk Valley
Old Fort Niagara State Historic SiteYoungstownNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionMilitaryPart of Fort Niagara State Park, restored fort dating from the 17th century, costumed interpreters
Old Middlefield Schoolhouse MuseumMiddlefieldOtsegoCentral LeatherstockingLocal historyOperated by the Town of Middlefield Historical Association
Old Quaker Store MuseumSalamancaCattaraugusBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal historyHistory and development of Allegany State Park
Old Rhinebeck AerodromeRhinebeckDutchessMid-HudsonAviationLiving museum of pre-WW II airplanes, automobiles and airplane engines
Old Stone Fort Museum ComplexSchoharieSchoharieMohawk ValleyOpen airIncludes an early 18th-century home, a 1780s Dutch barn, an 1830s law office, an 1890s one-room schoolhouse, and a 1772 stone church that was attacked during the American Revolution
Oliver Rice HomesteadMayfieldFultonAdirondack RegionHistoric house1790 homestead with exhibits depicting local history including the glove industry
Omi International Arts Center Ghent Columbia Capital District Art Features the Fields Sculpture Park and exhibitions in the Charles B. Benenson Visitors Center & Gallery
Oneida Community Mansion HouseOneidaMadisonCentral LeatherstockingLocal historyHistory of the Oneida Community
Oneida County Historical SocietyUticaOneidaCentral LeatherstockingLocal historywebsite
Onondaga Historical MuseumSyracuseOnondagaFinger LakesLocal historywebsite, exhibits include Syracuse China, The Magic Toy Shop, settlers, Native Americans, transportation, industry
Ontario County Historical MuseumCanandaiguaOntarioFinger LakesLocal historywebsite, operated by the Ontario County Historical Society
Opalka GalleryAlbanyAlbanyCapital DistrictArtwebsite, part of Sage College of Albany
Opus 40SaugertiesUlsterMid-HudsonArtEnvironmental sculpture park, also features the Quarryman's Museum, collection of antique tools
Orange County Farmer's MuseumMontgomeryOrangeMid-HudsonFarmwebsite, including farm tools, implements, equipment
Orange County Firefighters MuseumMontgomeryOrangeMid-HudsonFirefightingwebsite
Orangetown Historical MuseumOrangetownRocklandLower HudsonLocal historyLocated at two sites, the Salyer House and the DePew House, changing exhibits of local history and culture
Original American Kazoo Factory and MuseumEdenErieBuffalo Niagara RegionMusicwebsite, kazoo history and trivia
Oriskany MuseumOriskanyOneidaCapital DistrictMilitarywebsite, focuses on the Battle of Oriskany which took place in 1777, the village of Oriskany NY, and the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany
Ortlip GalleryHoughtonAlleganyBuffalo Niagara RegionArtwebsite, part of Houghton College
Ossining Historical Society MuseumOssiningWestchesterLower HudsonLocal historyOpen by appointment
Oswego Railroad MuseumOswegoOswegoAdirondack RegionRailroadwebsite
Our Lady of Victory BasilicaLackawannaErieBuffalo Niagara RegionReligiousIncludes museum about founder Father Nelson Baker and the history of the basilica
Palatine House MuseumSchoharieSchoharieCapital DistrictHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association, Colonial living museum
Palentown School House MuseumAccordUlsterMid-HudsonEducationOne-room schoolhouse, open twice a year and by appointment
Palmyra Historic MuseumPalmyraWayneFinger LakesLocal historywebsite, operated by Historic Palmyra
Painted Post-Erwin Museum at the DepotPainted PostSteubenFinger LakesLocal historyOperated by the Corning-Painted Post Historical Society in a late 19th-century railroad depot
Parishville MuseumParishvilleSt. LawrenceThousand IslandsLocal historywebsite, features collection of hand-carved circus miniatures
Parker-O'Malley Air MuseumGhentColumbiaCapital DistrictAviationOpen by appointment, located at the Columbia County Airport[40]
Patriot Of Lake GeorgeLake GeorgeWarrenAdirondack RegionMilitarywebsite, dedicated to the remembrance of veterans and service personnel of all branches
Peck's Lake Historical Society & MuseumGloversvilleFultonAdirondack RegionEducation1857 one-room schoolhouse and nature trail[32]
Peekskill MuseumPeekskillWestchesterLower HudsonHistoric housewebsite
Pember Museum of Natural HistoryGranvilleWashingtonAdirondack RegionNatural historywebsite, mounted birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, arachnids, sea life, rocks and minerals, fossils, dried plant specimens, adjacent nature preserve
Penfield Homestead MuseumCrown PointEssexAdirondack RegionIndustry - IronworkingHistory of the 19th-century ironworking industry in the North Country
Perrella GalleryJohnstownFultonAdirondack RegionArtwebsite, part of Fulton–Montgomery Community College
Perrysburg Historical MuseumPerrysburgCattaraugusBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal historyinformation, located in Town Hall
Peter Whitmer FarmWaterlooSenecaFinger LakesHistoric houseReplica early 19th-century log home, important site in Latter Day Saint history
Petrified Creatures Museum of Natural HistoryRichfield SpringsOtsegoCapital DistrictNatural historywebsite, local fossils, dinosaurs
Phelps General StorePalmyraWayneFinger LakesHistorywebsite, operated by Historic Palmyra, example of the General Store when it was at its prime in 1890
Phelps MansionBinghamtonBroomeCentral LeatherstockingHistoric houseFurnished Victorian mansion, art exhibits
Philipsburg Manor HouseSleepy HollowWestchesterLower HudsonOpen airMid-18th-century period house, working water-powered grist mill and millpond, an 18th-century barn, a slave garden, and a reconstructed tenant farm house
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic SiteYonkersWestchesterLower HudsonHistoric houseMuseum of history, art and architecture since 1912
Picker Art GalleryHamiltonMadisonCentral LeatherstockingArtPart of Colgate University, located in the Dana Arts Center
Pickering-Beach Historical MuseumSackets HarborJeffersonThousand IslandsHistoric houseOperated by the Sackets Harbor Historical Society in the Joshua Pickering House[41][42]
Pines MuseumSlate HillOrangeMid-HudsonHistoric house
Pioneer Oil MuseumBolivarAlleganyBuffalo Niagara RegionIndustry - Oilwebsite, area oil and gas industry
Pierrepont MuseumPierrepontSt. LawrenceThousand IslandsLocal history
Plattsburgh State Art MuseumPlattsburghClintonAdirondack RegionArtA museum without walls comprising several galleries, exhibition areas and a sculpture park at State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Potsdam Public MuseumPotsdamSt. LawrenceThousand IslandsLocal historywebsite, local history, decorative arts
Pound Ridge MuseumPound RidgeWestchesterLower HudsonLocal historywebsite, operated by the Pound Ridge Historical Society
Print Shop MuseumPalmyraWayneFinger LakesIndustrywebsite, operated by Historic Palmyra, historic printing equipment
Pratt House MuseumFultonOswegoCentral New YorkLocal history1861 mansion with local history exhibits
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and MuseumAmsterdamMontgomeryCapital DistrictSports
Pruyn HouseNewtonvilleAlbanyCapital DistrictHistoric house19th-century Greek Revival house, restored one-room schoolhouse, smokehouse, potting shed, woodshed/privy building, carriage house, well house, gardens, historic and cultural arts programs
Pulaski Historical Society MuseumPulaskiOswegoThousand IslandsLocal history[43]
Putnam History MuseumCold SpringPutnamLower HudsonLocal historywebsite, history of Putnam County, Philipstown, the West Point Foundry, and the Hudson Highlands
Putnam Valley Historical Society MuseumPutnam ValleyPutnamLower HudsonLocal historywebsite
Quincy Square MuseumEarlvilleMadisonCentral LeatherstockingLocal historywebsite
Railroad Museum of the Niagara FrontierNorth TonawandaNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionRailroad
Railway Historical Society of Northern New YorkCroghanLewisAdirondack RegionRailroadwebsite, depot museum with railway exhibits and trains
Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts (St. Bonaventure)St. BonaventureCattaraugusBuffalo Niagara RegionArtwebsite, part of St. Bonaventure University
Remington Country Store and MuseumIlionHerkimerAdirondack RegionFirearmsRemington Arms firearms from the early 19th century to the present
Rensselaer County Historical SocietyTroyRensselaerCapital DistrictLocal historyAlso operates Hart-Cluett Mansion as a historic house museum
Richard F. Brush Art GalleryCantonSt. LawrenceThousand IslandsArtwebsite, part of St. Lawrence University
Richardson-Bates HouseOswegoOswegoAdirondack RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Oswego County Historical Society, late 19th-century period mansion, local history exhibits
Richburg-Wirt Historical Society MuseumRichburgAlleganyBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal historyinformation
Rich-Twinn Octagon HouseAkronErieBuffalo Niagara RegionHistoric houseMid-19th-century octagonal house, operated by the Newstead Historical Society
Ripley House MuseumAdamsJeffersonThousand IslandsLocal historyOperated by the Historical Association of South Jefferson, 25-room house with local history displays
Rippleton SchoolhouseCazenoviaMadisonCentral LeatherstockingEducationRestored 1880s period one-room schoolhouse
River LeaGrand IslandNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionHistoric houseOperated by the Grand Island Historical Society, located in Beaver Island State Park, Victorian summer home of Lewis F. Allen, the uncle of President Grover Cleveland[44]
Roberson Museum and Science CenterBinghamtonBroomeCentral LeatherstockingMultipleLocal and natural history, science, art, planetarium
Robert Green Ingersoll Birthplace MuseumDresdenYatesFinger LakesHistoric house19th-century birthplace of noted agnostic and politician Robert G. Ingersoll
Robert H. Jackson CenterJamestownChautauquaBuffalo Niagara RegionBiographicalLife of Robert H. Jackson, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1941 to 1954
Robert Jenkins HouseHudsonColumbiaCapital DistrictHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Hendrick Hudson Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Cottage and MuseumSaranac LakeEssexAdirondack RegionHistoric house
Robert M. Linsley Geology MuseumHamiltonMadisonCentral LeatherstockingNatural historywebsite, part of Colgate University, minerals, rocks, fossils, state geology
Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad MuseumWest HenriettaMonroeFinger LakesRailroadAccessed via a track car from the New York Museum of Transportation, houses over 40 pieces of railroad rolling stock
Rochester Contemporary Art CenterRochesterMonroeFinger LakesArtContemporary art
Rochester Medical Museum and ArchivesRochesterMonroeFinger LakesMedicalwebsite, corporate memory of the Rochester General Health System and includes the Baker-Cederberg Museum and Archives with exhibits on the history of medicine in Rochester, New York, the Genesee Hospital Archives and the archival records of other area hospitals
Rochester Museum and Science CenterRochesterMonroeFinger LakesScience
Rockland Center for the ArtsWest NyackRocklandLower HudsonArtCultural center with exhibition gallery
Rockwell MuseumCorningSteubenFinger LakesArtAmerican and Native American art and artifacts
Roe Cobblestone SchoolhouseButlerWayneFinger LakesSchoolOperated by the Butler Historical Society
Roeliff Jansen Historical Society MuseumCopake FallsColumbiaCapital DistrictLocal historyLocated in a historic church building
Rogers Island Visitors CenterFort EdwardWashingtonAdirondack RegionHistorywebsite, history of Rogers Island, area prehistory, culture and military history up to the American Revolution
Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural HistoryJamestownChautauquaBuffalo Niagara RegionNatural historywebsite
Rome Historical Society MuseumRomeOneidaCentral LeatherstockingLocal historywebsite
Rome Sports Hall of Fame and MuseumRomeOneidaCentral LeatherstockingHall of fame - Sportswebsite
Romulus Historical Society MuseumRomulusSenecaFinger LakesLocal historywebsite
Roscoe Ontario & Western Railway MuseumRoscoeSullivanMid-HudsonRailroadwebsite, information
Rose Hill MansionFayetteSenecaFinger LakesHistoric houseOperated by the Geneva Historical Society, mid-19th-century mansion
Rough and Ready Firehouse MuseumGreenwichWashingtonAdirondack RegionFirefightingOpen once a year for tours[45]
Roxbury Railroad Station MuseumRoxburyDelawareCentral LeatherstockingRailroad
Rural Life MuseumKing FerryCayugaFinger LakesLocal historywebsite, operated by Genoa Historical Association, one-room schoolhouse, household, agriculture and rural life artifacts
Rushford MuseumRushfordAlleganyBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal historyinformation, operated by the Rushford Historical Society
Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of ArtClintonOneidaCentral LeatherstockingArtPart of Hamilton College, changing exhibits of art and photography
Ruth Howe-Prescott HouseFranklinvilleCattaraugusBuffalo Niagara RegionHistoric housewebsite, information, open by appointment with the Ischua Valley Historical Society
Sackets Harbor Art CenterSackets HarborJeffersonThousand IslandsArtwebsite, home of the Arts Association of Northern New York
Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic SiteSackets HarborJeffersonThousand IslandsMilitaryWar of 1812 military reenactments in the summer
Safe Haven Museum and Education CenterOswegoOswegoAdirondack RegionHistoryStories of the 982 refugees from World War II who were allowed into the United States as "guests" of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, housed at Fort Ontario
Sagamore CampRaquette LakeHamiltonAdirondack RegionHistoric campNational Historic Landmark camp open for tours
Saint Marianne Cope Shrine and MuseumSyracuseOnondagaCentral New YorkReligiouswebsite, shrine and museum with relics and exhibits about the life Marianne Cope
Saint Paul's Church National Historic SiteMount VernonWestchesterLower HudsonHistoric churchIncludes museum of the American Revolution
Salamanca Historical MuseumSalamancaCattaraugusBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal historyFacebook site, information, operated by the Salamanca Historical Society
Salamanca Rail MuseumSalamancaCattaraugusBuffalo Niagara RegionRailroadinformation
Salmon River International Sport Fishing MuseumAltmarOswegoAdirondack RegionSportswebsite, antique fishing rods, rare lures, reels and tackle
Salt MuseumLiverpoolOnondagaCentral New YorkIndustry - saltLocated in Onondaga Lake Park, history of salt production in Syracuse
Salvation Army Heritage MuseumWest NyackRocklandLower HudsonReligiousFacebook site, mission and history of the Salvation Army[46]
Sampson State Park Military MuseumRomulusSenecaFinger LakesMilitary
Samuel Dorsky Museum of ArtNew PaltzUlsterMid-HudsonArtwebsite, part of SUNY New Paltz, collections include American art with an emphasis on the Hudson Valley and Catskill Regions, 19th-, 20th- and 21st-century photography and metals
Sanborn Area Historical Society Farm Museum and Schoolhouse MuseumSanbornNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionAgriculturewebsite
Sands Ring Homestead MuseumCornwallOrangeMid-HudsonHistoric houseColonial era house
Santanoni PreserveNewcombEssexAdirondack RegionHistoric houseTours of the buildings of the former camp
Saranac Laboratory MuseumSaranac LakeFranklinAdirondack RegionSciencewebsite, operated by Historic Saranac Lake, 1894 laboratory of Edward Livingston Trudeau
Saratoga Automobile MuseumSaratoga SpringsSaratogaCapital DistrictAutomotive
Saratoga Harness Hall of Fame & MuseumSaratoga SpringsSaratogaCapital DistrictSportsFacebook site, harness museum with sulkies, racing silks, blacksmith works, horseshoes and metal sculptures[47]
Saratoga National Historical ParkSaratoga SpringsSaratogaCapital DistrictHistoryPreserves the site of the Battles of Saratoga, includes Schuyler House
Saratoga Springs History MuseumSaratoga SpringsSaratogaCapital DistrictLocal historyLocated in the former Canfield Casino
Sardinia Historical Society MuseumSardiniaErieBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal history
Saugerties LightSaugertiesUlsterMid-HudsonLighthouse
Schenectady County Historical Society MuseumSchenectadySchenectadyCapital DistrictLocal history
Schenectady MuseumSchenectadySchenectadyCapital DistrictScience
Sci-Tech Center of Northern New YorkWatertownJeffersonThousand IslandsSciencewebsite
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic ArtAlfredAlleganyBuffalo Niagara RegionArtPart of Alfred University, historic and contemporary ceramic and glass objects
Schoharie Crossing State Historic SiteGlenMontgomeryMohawk ValleyTransportationVisitor center and remains of an Erie Canal aqueduct
Schoharie Valley Railroad MuseumSchoharieSchoharieMohawk ValleyRailroadwebsite, operated by the Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association
Schoolhouse No. 8 History Center & MuseumNorth CollinsErieBuffalo Niagara RegionEducationwebsite, one-room rural schoolhouse
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Museum of the University at BuffaloBuffaloErieBuffalo Niagara RegionMedicinewebsite, open by appointment, part of the School of Pharmacy at SUNY Buffalo, includes turn-of-the-20th-century apothecary, raw drugs, patent medicines, pharmacy artifacts
Schroeppel Historical Society MuseumPhoenixOswegoThousand IslandsLocal historyinformation
Schroon-North Hudson Historical MuseumSchroon LakeEssexAdirondack RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Schroon-North Hudson Historical Society
Schuyler Mansion State Historic SiteAlbanyAlbanyCapital DistrictHistoric house18th-century period house, life of Philip Schuyler
Science Discovery Center of OneontaOneontaOtsegoCentral LeatherstockingSciencePart of State University of New York at Oneonta
SciencenterIthacaTompkinsFinger LakesScienceHands-on science exhibits
Seaway Trail Discovery CenterSackets HarborJeffersonThousand IslandsLocal historyCulture and heritage of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail and surrounding regions
Seneca Falls Historical Society MuseumSeneca FallsSenecaFinger LakesHistoric housewebsite, late 19th-century Victorian period house
Seneca-Iroquois National MuseumSalamancaCattaraugusBuffalo Niagara RegionNative Americanwebsite
Seneca Museum of Waterways and IndustrySeneca FallsSenecaFinger LakesLocal historywebsite, area canals, industry
Senate House State Historic SiteKingstonUlsterMid-HudsonLocal historySite of the state's new government during the American Revolution, local history and art displays
Shacksboro Schoolhouse MuseumBaldwinsvilleOnondagaFinger LakesLocal historywebsite, administered by McHarrie's Legacy
Shaker Heritage SocietyColonieAlbanyCapital DistrictReligiousAmerica's first Shaker settlement, museum and tours of the Watervliet Shaker Historic District
Shaker Museum | Mount LebanonNew LebanonColumbiaCapital DistrictArtLocated at Mount Lebanon Shaker Village, seasonal exhibitions of Shaker artifacts, and guided walking tours of the historic site
Shako:wi Cultural CenterOneidaMadisonCentral LeatherstockingNative Americanwebsite, history and culture of the Oneida Nation
Sharon Museum ComplexSharonSchoharieMohawk ValleyLocal historyIncludes museum of local history, storage barn, one-room schoolhouse and three-room outhouse[48]
Sherwood HouseYonkersWestchesterLower HudsonHistoric houseMaintained by the Yonkers Historical Society, 1740 farmhouse
Shrine of Our Lady of MartyrsAuriesvilleMontgomeryMohawk ValleyReligiousRoman Catholic shrine dedicated to the Jesuit missionaries who were martyred at the Mohawk village of Ossernenon between 1642 and 1646
Shushan Covered Bridge MuseumShushanWashingtonAdirondack RegionLocal historyMid-19th-century covered bridge with period machinery and farm implements, adjacent one-room schoolhouse
Silas Wright HouseCantonSt. LawrenceThousand IslandsHistoric housewebsite, home to the St. Lawrence County Historical Association, mid-19th-century period house and local history exhibits
Singer CastleDark IslandSt. LawrenceThousand IslandsHistoric houseLate 19th-century castle house
Six Nations Indian MuseumOnchiotaFranklinAdirondack RegionNative Americanwebsite
Skä•noñh - Great Law of Peace CenterLiverpoolOnondagaFinger LakesNative Americanwebsite
Skene ManorWhitehallWashingtonAdirondack RegionHistoric houseVictorian house
Skenesborough MuseumWhitehallWashingtonAdirondack RegionLocal historywebsite,
SlabsidesWest ParkUlsterMid-HudsonHistoric houseLog cabin built by naturalist John Burroughs
Slate Valley MuseumGranvilleWashingtonAdirondack RegionIndustry - Slate Quarryingwebsite, shows how slate is formed and quarried
Smith TavernArmonkWestchesterLower HudsonLocal historyOperated by the North Castle Historical Society
Snyder EstateRosendaleUlsterMid-HudsonHistoric houseOperated by the Century House Historical Society, includes the Century House, Widow Jane Mine and Cement Industry Museum
Sodus Bay Lighthouse MuseumSodus PointWayneFinger LakesLighthouseLighthouse, keeper's quarters and lighthouse artifacts
Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic ParkCanandaiguaOntarioFinger LakesHistoric houseNine formal gardens, 1887 Queen Anne-style mansion and greenhouse complex
Southeast MuseumBrewsterPutnamLower HudsonLocal historywebsite, located in the Old Southeast Town Hall
Spafford Area Historical SocietySpaffordOnondagaCentral New YorkHistoryOperates the Spafford District #3 Side Hill School and the Grange Building by appointment
Sports Museum of Dutchess CountyWappingers FallsDutchessMid-HudsonSportsLocated at Carnwath Farms Historic Site & Park
Springwater Webster Crossing Historical SocietySpringwaterLivingstonFinger LakesLocal historywebsite, museum open on a limited basis
Springville Center for the ArtsSpringvilleErieBuffalo Niagara RegionArtCommunity multi-disciplinary arts center with gallery
Square House MuseumRyeWestchesterLower HudsonLocal historywebsite, operated by the Rye Historical Society, includes 18th-century period tavern rooms
St. Lawrence Power and Equipment MuseumMadridSt. LawrenceThousand IslandsAgriculturewebsite, antique engines, tractors and related farm equipment
Staatsburgh State Historic SiteStaatsburgDutchessMid-HudsonHistoric houseMansion designed by McKim, Mead, and White
Stafford Museum of HistoryStaffordGeneseeBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Stafford Historical Society
Starr Clark Tin Shop & Underground Rail RoadMexicoOswegoThousand IslandsHistoryWorking tin shop that was the hub of the Abolitionist movement in Oswego County
Steadman HouseMarcellusOnondagaFinger LakesLocal historyOperated by the Marcellus Historical Society
SteepletopAusterlitzColumbiaCapital DistrictHistoric houseHome of author Edna St. Vincent Millay
Stepping StonesKatonahWestchesterLower HudsonHistoric houseHome of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W. and his wife Lois Burnham Wilson, founder of Al-Anon/Alateen, open by appointment
Stickley MuseumFayettevilleOnondagaFinger LakesDecorative artswebsite, Stickley furniture
Storm King Art CenterMountainvilleOrangeMid-HudsonSculpture parkOutdoor sculpture park on 500 acres (2.0 km2)
Stone Arabia Schoolhouse MuseumCiceroOnondagaCentral New YorkEducationOperated by the Cicero Historical Society, one-room schoolhouse and nearby log cabin
Stone Mills MuseumOrleansJeffersonThousand IslandsAgricultureMaintained by the Northern New York Agricultural Historical Society, includes a sawmill, granary, school house, church, display buildings and farm machinery
Stone Quarry Hill Art ParkCazenoviaMadisonCentral LeatherstockingSculpture parkOutdoor art park on 108 acres (0.44 km2)
Stone-Tolan House MuseumBrightonMonroeFinger LakesHistoric houseOperated by the Landmark Society, turn-of-the-19th-century house and tavern
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic SiteStony PointRocklandLower HudsonMilitaryRevolutionary War site of the Battle of Stony Point
Stony Point LightStony PointRocklandLower HudsonMaritimeLocated in Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site, restored 19th-century lighthouse
The StrongRochesterMonroeFinger LakesChildren'sHistory of play and toys in American culture, includes The National Museum of Play, the National Toy Hall of Fame and the International Center for the History of Electronic Games
Strand Center for the ArtsPlattsburghClintonAdirondack RegionArtPerforming and visual arts center with a gallery
Suffern Railroad MuseumSuffernRocklandLower HudsonRailroad[49]
Suffern Village MuseumSuffernRocklandLower HudsonLocal history[50]
Suggett House MuseumCortlandCortlandFinger LakesLocal historywebsite, home of the Cortland County Historical Society
Sullivan County MuseumHurleyvilleSullivanMid-HudsonLocal historywebsite, home of the Sullivan County Historical Society
SunnysideTarrytownWestchesterLower HudsonHistoric houseHome of noted early American author Washington Irving
Sunshine Radio MuseumSodusWayneFinger LakesTechnologywebsite, early years of the electronics industry starting from the turn of the 20th century up to the 1970s
Susan B. Anthony HouseRochesterMonroeFinger LakesHistoric houseLife and work of women's rights leader Susan B. Anthony
Susan C. Lyman Historical MuseumNorwoodSt. LawrenceThousand IslandsLocal historywebsite
Swart-Wilcox HouseOneontaOtsegoCentral LeatherstockingHistoric houseOperated by the Greater Oneonta Historical Society
Syracuse University Art MuseumSyracuseOnondagaCentral New YorkArtwebsite, several galleries at Syracuse University
Tabor-Wing HouseDover PlainsDutchessMid-HudsonHistoric houseRestored early 19th-century house
Taconic State Park – Copake Falls areaCopakeColumbiaCapital DistrictIndustryFeatures the Iron Works Museum about the 19th-century iron works
Tang Teaching MuseumSaratoga SpringsSaratogaAdirondack RegionArtPart of Skidmore College, contemporary art
Tanglewood Nature Center & MuseumElmiraChemungFinger LakesNatural historywebsite, live animals and natural history exhibits
TAUNYCantonSt. LawrenceThousand IslandsArtwebsite, officially Traditional Arts in Upstate New York, exhibits of area folk culture and crafts
Ten Broeck MansionAlbanyAlbanyCapital DistrictHistoric houseHeadquarters of the Albany County Historical Association, mid-19th-century period house
Ten Mile River Scout MuseumNarrowsburgSullivanMid-HudsonScoutingwebsite, history and Scouting memorabilia of Ten Mile River Boy Scout Camp
Tennie Burton MuseumLimaLivingstonFinger LakesHistoric housewebsite, operated by the Lima Historical Society
Terra Cotta MuseumAlfredAlleganyBuffalo Niagara RegionArtOperated by the Alfred Historical Society
Terwilliger MuseumWaterlooSenecaFinger LakesLocal historyPart of the Waterloo Library & Historical Society
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic SiteBuffaloErieBuffalo Niagara RegionHistoric houseturn-of-the-20th-century period rooms, site of the inauguration of President Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Cole National Historic SiteCatskillGreeneCapital DistrictHistoric house
Thomas Paine CottageNew RochelleWestchesterLower HudsonHistoric houseCottage of American Revolutionary War hero Thomas Paine, decorated in late 18th- to early 19th-century furnishings
Thomas Paine Memorial MuseumNew RochelleWestchesterLower HudsonBiographicalLife of American Revolutionary War hero and author Thomas Paine
Thousand Islands Arts CenterClaytonJeffersonThousand IslandsTextilewebsite, formerly The Handweaving Museum and Arts Center, features exhibits of textiles from its permanent textile collection and library, also crafts exhibits
Thousand Islands MuseumClaytonJeffersonThousand IslandsLocal historywebsite, includes decoy displays and the Muskie Hall of Fame
Town of Chester Museum of Local HistoryChestertownWarrenAdirondack RegionLocal historywebsite
Throop Pharmacy MuseumAlbanyAlbanyCapital DistrictMedicinewebsite, historic drug store reconstructed at Albany College of Pharmacy
Ticonderoga Heritage MuseumTiconderogaEssexAdirondack RegionLocal historywebsite, features over 38 scale models of various local industries
Ticonderoga Historical SocietyTiconderogaEssexAdirondack RegionLocal historywebsite, Ticonderoga Historical Society is a non-profit organization which was organized in 1897 and chartered by the New York State Board of Regents in 1909. We preserve and interpret history through collections, exhibits, programs and community outreach. With a primary focus on the historical, educational, scientific and social aspects of the Adirondack Mountains and Lakes Champlain and George regions, we showcase the important contributions of our region to the history of New York and the United States while preserving and promoting our unique cultural history.
Foster Farm MuseumBrewsterPutnamLower HudsonFarmHistoric farm featuring rare and endangered early American farm animals, farm equipment, rock and roll memorabilia
Time and the Valleys Museum Grahamsville Sullivan Hudson Valley Catskills History website 3 floors of fun interactive exhibits, small historic village/1930s themed Lost Catskill Farm. Connecting water, people, and the Catskills.
Tinker Homestead and Farm MuseumHenriettaMonroeFinger LakesHistoric houseDepicts farming life in the late 19th century
Tioga County Historical Society MuseumOwegoTiogaFinger LakesLocal historywebsite
Top CottageHyde ParkDutchessMid-HudsonHistoric housePrivate retreat designed by and for Franklin D. Roosevelt
Town Line MuseumJohnstownFultonAdirondack RegionHistoryFacebook site, 1950s diner display, memorabilia of the 1950s and 1960s
Town of Alabama MuseumAlabamaGeneseeBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal historywebsite, information
Town of Hume MuseumHumeAlleganyBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal historywebsite
Town of Hyde Park Historical Society MuseumHyde ParkDutchessMid-HudsonLocal historyLocated in a former firehouse
Town of Porter Historical Society MuseumYoungstownNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal history[51]
Town of Shandaken Historical MuseumPine HillUlsterMid-HudsonLocal history
Trailside Museums and ZooBear Mountain State ParkRocklandLower HudsonNatural historyLocated in Bear Mountain State Park, rehabilitated wildlife, area's natural history, history and Native American culture
Trailside Nature MuseumCross RiverWestchesterLower HudsonNatural historywebsite, located in Ward Pound Ridge Reservation
Trolley Museum of New YorkKingstonUlsterMid-HudsonTransportationElectric trolley cars
Ulysses Historical Society MuseumTrumansburgTompkinsFinger LakesLocal historywebsite
University Art Museum at University at AlbanyAlbanyAlbanyCapital DistrictArtContemporary art part of SUNY Albany
UB Art GalleriesBuffaloErieBuffalo Niagara RegionArtwebsite, includes the UB Anderson Gallery and the UB Art Gallery at the Center for the Arts, part of University at Buffalo
Up Yonda FarmBolton LandingWarrenAdirondack RegionNatural historywebsite, nature center with museum and trails
USS SlaterAlbanyAlbanyCapital DistrictMuseum shipCannon-class destroyer escort
Utica Children's Museum Utica Oneida Adirondack Region Children's
Valentown MuseumVictorOntarioFinger LakesLocal historyOperated by the Victor Historical Society
Van Cortlandt ManorCroton-on-HudsonWestchesterLower HudsonHistoric house18th-century manor house
Van Horn MansionNewfaneNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionHistoric houseTurn-of-the-20th-century period mansion
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic SiteHyde ParkDutchessMid-HudsonHistoric houseLate 19th-century mansion and estate
Van Wyck HomesteadFishkillDutchessMid-HudsonHistoric houseEarly 18th-century Dutch colonial house
Vestal MuseumVestalBroomeCentral LeatherstockingLocal historywebsite, local in the 1881 Vestal Train Station
Vintage Tracks MuseumBloomfieldOntarioFinger LakesTransportationwebsite, crawler tractors & memorabilia from the early 20th century
Walker House MuseumMadridSt. LawrenceThousand IslandsLocal historywebsite, operated by the Madrid Historical Society
Walter Elwood MuseumAmsterdamMontgomeryMohawk ValleyMultipleLocal history, Victorian, natural history, and items that relate to Mohawk Valley's industrial past
Walworth Historical Society MuseumWalworthWayneFinger LakesLocal historywebsite
Ward W. O'Hara Agricultural MuseumAuburnCayugaFinger LakesAgriculturewebsite, handheld tools, farm equipment, carpenter and blacksmith shops, rural kitchen, bedroom, one-room school, country mercantile and dairy room
Warner MuseumSpringvilleErieBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Concord NY Historical Society, life and memorabilia of Pop Warner, dolls, tools, 1930s kitchen, items of local interest
War of 1812 MuseumPlattsburghClintonAdirondack RegionMilitaryHistory of the War of 1812 and the Battle of Plattsburgh
Warrensburgh Museum of Local HistoryWarrensburhWarrenAdirondack RegionLocal historywebsite, operated by the Warrensburgh Historical Society
Warwick Historical SocietyWarwickOrangeMid-HudsonOpen airwebsite, complex of 7 historic buildings
Washington's Headquarters State Historic SiteNewburghOrangeMid-HudsonHistoric house18th-century home, site of longest-serving headquarters of George Washington during the American Revolutionary War
Washington County Fair Farm MuseumGreenwichWashingtonAdirondack RegionAgriculturewebsite, open seasonally, area crops, farm equipment, displays of tools and crafts, rural life artifacts
Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural CenterWaterfordSaratogaAdirondack RegionLocal historywebsite, located in the Hugh White Homestead
Waterman Conservation Education CenterApalachinTiogaFinger LakesNatural historywebsite, environmental education center with museum about local wildlife
Watervliet Arsenal MuseumWatervlietAlbanyCapital DistrictMilitaryDisplays on cannons and guns at the historic Iron Building.
Wayland Historical MuseumWaylandSteubenFinger LakesLocal historywebsite
Weaver MuseumPotsdamSt. LawrenceThousand IslandsAnthropologywebsite, part of SUNY Potsdam
West Monroe Historical Society MuseumWest MonroeOswegoAdirondack RegionLocal historyFacebook site
West Point MuseumHighland FallsOrangeMid-HudsonMilitarywebsite, history and tours of the United States Military Academy
Westchester County Veterans MuseumSomersWestchesterLower HudsonMilitaryLocated in Lasdon Park and Arboretum
Western New York Book Arts CenterBuffaloErieBuffalo Niagara RegionArtwebsite, exhibits of the printed word and image
White Pine CampPaul SmithsFranklinAdirondack RegionHistoric campAdirondack Great Camp open for tours
Wild CenterTupper LakeFranklinAdirondack RegionNatural history
Wilcox Octagon HouseCamillusOnondagaFinger LakesHistoric house
Wilder Homestead Malone Franklin Adirondack Region Historic house Boyhood home of Almanzo Wilder
WildersteinRhinebeckDutchessMid-HudsonHistoric house19th-century Queen Anne–style country house
Wildlife Sports and Educational MuseumVail MillsFultonAdirondack RegionNatural historywebsite, animal mounts, art, artifacts and memorabilia of hunting, fishing and all sports afield
William H. Seward HouseAuburnCayugaFinger LakesHistoric house19th-century period home of William H. Seward, exhibits about his life and family
William Pryor Letchworth MuseumCastileWyomingBuffalo Niagara RegionNative AmericanLocated in Letchworth State Park
Williamson-Pultneyville Historical SocietyPultneyvilleWayneFinger LakesLocal historywebsite, exhibits of local history
Wilson Historical MuseumWilsonNiagaraBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal historywebsite
Wilton Heritage Society MuseumWiltonSaratogaAdirondack RegionLocal historywebsite
Wings of Eagles Discovery CenterHorseheadsChemungFinger LakesAviationwebsite, collection of airplanes and helicopters
Woodstock Artists Association & MuseumWoodstockUlsterMid-HudsonArtwebsite, work in all media by area artists
Women's Rights National Historical ParkSeneca FallsSenecaFinger LakesHistory
World Awareness Children's MuseumGlens FallsWarrenAdirondack RegionChildren'swebsite, cultural awareness museum for Children
Yager Museum of Art & CultureOneontaOtsegoCentral LeatherstockingMultiplePart of Hartwick College, art, archaeology, Native American artifacts
Yates County History CenterPenn YanYatesFinger LakesLocal historyOperated by the Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society, includes the L. Caroline Underwood Museum, Oliver House Museum & Scherer Carriage House
Yorker MuseumSinclairvilleChautauquaBuffalo Niagara RegionLocal historyFacebook site, reconstructed mini village with six restored buildings, depicting Sherman life in the mid-19th century
Yorktown MuseumYorktown HeightsWestchesterLower HudsonHistorywebsite, features 18th-century Colonial rooms, farming, dolls and miniatures, railroad and Native American exhibits
Zadock Pratt MuseumPrattsvilleGreeneCapital DistrictHistoric house19th-century period house
Zim HouseHorseheadsChemungFinger LakesHistoric houseOpen by appointment with the Horseheads Historical Society, late 19th-century home of political cartoonist Eugene Zimmerman

Defunct museums

Regions

The "Region" column in the sortable table can be used to help locate museums and understand which museums are in the same area. The list uses regions made up of the following counties or boroughs:

See also

References

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  42. "Pickering Beach Museum and Cottage". Adirondack North Country Association. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
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  57. http://www.mathfactory.org/Goudreau+Museum Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine Museum of Mathematics
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  60. "About Us". Rail City Historical Museum. Retrieved 2 February 2016. The Rail City Historical Museum was permanently closed in 2015.
  61. Peter Applebome (September 12, 2010). "Dream Dies as Museum of Pinball Goes TILT". New York Times. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  62. "The Comics Reporter". www.comicsreporter.com. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
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Defunct museums

Regions

The "Region" column in the sortable table can be used to help locate museums and understand which museums are in the same area. The list uses regions made up of the following counties or boroughs:

See also

References

  1. "Balmanno Cottage Closing Friday, August 23, 2013". Geneva Historical Society blog. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. Fenster, J.m. "5 Museums With a Feel for the Road". nytimes.com. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-09-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "What's To Become of Cudner-Hyatt House". Scarsdale 10583.com. March 10, 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  5. "Update On Fate Of The Music Museum - General Concertina Discussion". concertina.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  6. http://www.mathfactory.org/Goudreau+Museum Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine Museum of Mathematics
  7. http://www.michael-craig-campbell-realty.com/Harwood%27sGristMillFarm.htm Estate Sale listing with museum history, photos and details, accessed 9/28/2010
  8. "Displaced museum eyes Noteworthy building, denies collection sale". Recorder News. April 15, 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  9. "About Us". Rail City Historical Museum. Retrieved 2 February 2016. The Rail City Historical Museum was permanently closed in 2015.
  10. Peter Applebome (September 12, 2010). "Dream Dies as Museum of Pinball Goes TILT". New York Times. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  11. "The Comics Reporter". www.comicsreporter.com. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  12. "Ticonderoga Cartoon Museum Collection to be Donated to Pittsburgh's ToonSeum", Americantowns.com, July 26, 2010
  13. "Tired Iron Tractor Museum goes to the auction". GeneseeNow. March 13, 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  14. "Antique & Collectible Toy Show & Sale - History". Fisher-Price Collector's Club. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
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