Fenimore House and Farmers Museum
Cooperstown, NY
Situated 25 miles north of the City of Oneonta is Cooperstown, New York, home of
notable attractions such as the Fenimore House and the Farmer's Museum.
The Fenimore House, located on the shore of Lake Otsego, was the home of the
novelist James Fenimore Cooper. The house currently holds the museum and offices
of the New York State Historical Association, a private educational institution
founded in 1899. The Museum reflects America's diverse heritage through its
exhibits of folk, decorative and fine art and galleries that promote an
understanding of America's past. A small gallery displays items associated with
one of America's first celebrated authors, James Fenimore Cooper.In addition to the outstanding exhibits at Fenimore House, the Historical
Association offers visitors use of a superior historical research library.
Fenimore Book Store offers books, posters and items related to the Association's
collections and exhibits as well as New York State history and American culture.
Across the street from Fenimore House is the Farmer's Museum. The Farmer's
Museum creates life in rural New York between the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
In the Main Barn early agricultural implements, household gadgets, and the tools
of early trades are exhibited. Here, also, craftsmen make brooms and work with
wood. Upstairs, weavers spin thread and produce cotton, wool, and linen fabric.Leave the Main Barn and enter the Village Crossroads, a collection of a dozen
historic buildings assembled from within a 100 mile radius of Cooperstown. The
buildings are staffed by interpreters, and include a general store, smithy,
printing office, pharmacy, church, tavern, and a historic farm. Visitor services
at the Farmer's Museum include an orientation area, a snack bar and a museum
store with distinctive gifts and items related to the collections. Fenimore House and The Farmer's Museum are open daily 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
May through October. There are reduced hours in spring and autumn. For more
information about Fenimore House and the Farmer's Museum, please call (607) 547
- 2533.
The above information was taken from a brochure
entitled, "Discover Cooperstown", published by
Lakeview Graphics Associates of Richfield Springs, New
York.
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