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Cooperstown,
a distinctive volume on the village's rich and compelling history
The newly revised 183-page edition
offers a comprehensive view of the village's beloved history
with updated and expanded text, 255 illustrations, including
167 photographs in full-color by Richard S. Duncan, black and
white photography drawn from the Association's Smith and Telfer
Collection, and a foreword by Jane Forbes Clark.
To place an order by phone, please
call the Museum Shop at (607) 547-1493, or toll-free at (888)
547-1450. You can also visit the Farmers'
Museum Shop for more information. The book costs $39.95.
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Otsego Lake--
Past and Present
Otsego Lake Past and Present
is available in our museum gift shops and by mail through The
Farmers' Museum gift shop 800 Lake Rd., Cooperstown, NY 13326.
This volume is the first comprehensive photographic documentation
of Otsego Lake. It features the extraordinary color photographs
of Richard S. Duncan, Commissioned by The Farmers' Museum in
2003 and 2004, and draws upon the historical photographic collections
of The New York State Historical Association
To place an order by phone, please
call the Museum Shop at (607) 547-1493, or toll-free at (888)
547-1450. You can also visit the Farmers'
Museum Shop for more information. The book costs $39.95.
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About The Farmers' Museum
 Empire State Carousel, photo by Eric
J. Huwitz
As one of the oldest rural life museums in the country, The Farmers'
Museum in Cooperstown, New York, provides visitors with a unique
opportunity to experience 19th-century rural and village life
first-hand through authentic demonstrations and interpretative
exhibits. The museum, founded in 1944, comprises a Colonial Revival
stone barn listed on the National Registrar for Historic Places,
a recreated historic village circa 1845, and a working farmstead.
Through its 19th-century village and farm, the museum preserves
important examples of upstate New York architecture, early agricultural
tools and equipment, and heritage livestock. The Farmers' Museum's
outstanding collection of more than 23,000 items encompasses
significant historic objects ranging from butter molds to carriages,
hand planes to plows. The museum also presents a broad range
of interactive educational programs for school groups, families,
and adults that explore and preserve the rich agricultural history
of the region, including barnyard activities for children; cheese-making,
blacksmithing, and quilt-making workshops for families and adults;
and technical workshops for farmers, both professional and amateur.
The museum is located on Lake
Road, Route 80, in Cooperstown, across the street from Fenimore
Art Museum. Museum admission is $11 for adults, $9.50 for visitors
age 65 and over, and $5 for children age 7 to 12; children 6
and under and members are admitted free. Reduced price combination
admission tickets that include the Fenimore Art Museum and The
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum are also available.
The museum is open to the public daily from April through October,
with special events throughout the year. For museum hours or
general information, please call 1-888-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org.
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About The Fenimore Art Museum
 Fenimore Art Museum, photo
by Eric J. Hurwitz
One of the nation's premier art
institutions, Fenimore Art Museum is home to an exceptionally
rich collection of American folk art and American Indian art
as well as important holdings in American decorative arts, photography,
and twentieth-century art. Founded in 1945 in Cooperstown, New
York, the museum is part of the New York State Historical Association
(NYSHA), founded in 1899. The museum offers a range of interactive
educational programming for children, families, and adults, including
lectures and workshops for museum visitors and distance learning
instruction for classrooms nationwide. Fenimore Art Museum is
located on Lake Road, Route 80, overlooking Otsego Lake in Cooperstown,
NY. Admission is $11 for adults (age 13-65), $9.50 for
visitors age 65 and older, and $5 for children 7-12; children
6 and under and members of the New York State Historical Association
are admitted free. Reduced-price combination admission tickets
are available for the Fenimore Art Museum, The Farmers' Museum
and The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The museum
is open from April 1 May 15 and October 10 December
31, Tuesday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. 4 p.m., closed
Mondays. From May 16 October 9, the museum is open
daily from 10 a.m. 5p.m. For information, call toll-free
(888) 547-1450, or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org.
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