1743 Palatine House Museum
Spring Street Schoharie
, NY
12157
518-295-7505
www.midtel.net/~scha/ scha@midtel.net Restored in 1971, the Palatine house is a medieval, German style construction built by the Colonists for their minister, Peter Nicholas Sommers, who came to Schoharie from Hamburgh, Germany. Open Thursday-Monday from June - October 12:00 - 4:00 pm
518-827-5454
www.barbersfarm.com cjbarber@midtel.net Fruits, vegetables, dairy, spring bedding plants, herbs, and fall mums. Corn Maze during October. Open from May to late November.
Best House
1568 Clauverwie PO Box 232
Middleburgh
, NY
12122
518-827-4239
www.mvls.info ahdoerge@midtel.net Elegant Reflection of a Vanished Age. The Best House evolved from the 1880's to the present as the family and medical practice grew. Come see how. Open on Thursdays from May to October.
Blenheim Bridge Artwalk
Route 30 Blenheim
, NY
12131
Blenheim Covered Bridge
Route 30 PO Box 863
North Blenheim
, NY
12131
www.coveredbridgesite.com/ny/blen.html Nat'l Historic Landmark. 1855 covered wood bridge spanning 232' across Schoharie Creek. One-room school house museum that is open Sat&Sun 9am-4pm summer months. Donations. Tours can be arranged: 518-827-6244.
Cave House Museum of Mining & Geology
139 Blowing Rock Road PO Box 700
Howes Cave
, NY
12092
518-296-8900
www.howecaverns.com/cavehousemuseum richn@howecaverns.com The Cave House is a museum-in-the-making in Howes Cave, NY. Plans include the restoration of an historic 1865 Hotel as a high tech, interactive museum on the past, present, and future of our geologic resources. Open Friday & Saturday Memorial Day - Columbus Day. (Friday, Saturday, Sunday July through Labor Day)
518-284-2656
Visit our studios filled with samples of our fine art work and decorative finishes; visit our galleries of work by fine artists and craftsmen.
Cobleskill Golf & Country Club, Inc.
2322 State Route 7 PO Box 367
Cobleskill
, NY
12043
518-234-4045
mcclure@midtel.net Beautiful 18 hole course with pastoral and panoramic views. The Links clubhouse restaurant available for lunch, dinner and outings.
Cooper's Ark Farm
145 Ark Lane Schoharie
, NY
12157
518-295-7662
www.coopersarkfarm.com Open Memorial Day through Columbus Day, 7 days a week, 9AM-6PM. Off season by appointment only. $6.00. Hands on-or-off Educational Farm Tour includes hayride. Feed the animals and ponyride available. No pets or full-size buses.
Esperance Historical Museum
Church Street PO Box 55
Esperance
, NY
12066
Open Memorial Day through Labor Day, Sat-Sun 1-5 p.m. Donations. Group reservations required.Wheelchair accessible in 50% of the museum; no handicapped restrooms.
Fire House Studio, The
254 Summit Street PO Box 443
Richmondville
, NY
12149
518-598-7167
dianatcook@gmail.com A decorative painting studio specializing in painted furniture, murals, and fine art.
By Appointment.
Offering classes: Schedule to be announced.
Fox Creek Picnic Area
Route 30 PO Box 219
Schoharie
, NY
12157
518-295-8500
Owned by the Village of Schoharie, this picturesque picnic grounds has plenty of shade & parking area. Skip rocks across the Fox Creek, enjoy a barbecue at the many picnic sites, and there is a pavilion available for registered guests. Just call the Village office to reserve.
Route 30 south of Middleburgh approx. 15 miles. Left on Stryker Road to end. Museum on left.
607-588-9003
skutz@midtel.net Did you know that Gilboa is home of the oldest fossilized trees in the world? Did you know that Gilboa was the largest town in Schoharie County in the late 1800's before being sacrificed for the NYC reservoir?
The Gilboa Museum will enlighten your historic pallet like never before. Pictures of the village that no longer exists, fossils that are so rare that every paleontologist in the world has heard of them, and new this year-- an Antique Toy and Sports Memorabilia Exhibit!
Come to Gilboa--we're just full of surprises!
Open from July 4th through Sept 6, 2009. Every Saturday and Sunday from Noon to 4:30 PM.
For information call 607.588.9413 or email kwyckoff@dmcom.net.
Open House: Sunday, July 12, noon to 4:30 PM.
Refreshments and activities.
Gobbler's Knob Family Fun Park
3793 State Rt 145 Cobleskill
, NY
12157
518-296-8008
www.gobblersknob.us gavd@midtel.net Driving Range, Miniature Golf & Go-Kart Track.
Our Driving Range has been updated with new netting.
Our professionally designed 18 hole Miniature Golf course features highlights from Schoharie County and is fully lighted for evening play. Golf holes representing Vroman's Nose, New York Power Authority's reservoirs and many others. There is a 30 foot putt-thru cave representing the caves of our county, two waterfalls and "Schoharie Creek" runs along the course.
Enjoy beautiful panoramic views of Schoharie County.
Muscle Motors Speedway Go-Kart Track.
518-296-8990
www.howecaverns.com robert@howecaverns.com Open 9 am to 6 pm April - October; 9 am to 5 pm November-March. Closed Thanksgiving & Christmas Day. Tour with boat ride, gift shop, sweet shop, gemstone mining & geode cutting, cafe, motel.
Hudson-Mohawk Chapter of the Pioneer Gas Engine Association
Route 443 Schoharie
, NY
12157
Iroquois Indian Museum
324 Caverns Road PO Box 7
Howes Cave
, NY
12092-0007
518-296-8949
www.iroquoismuseum.org info@iroquoismuseum.org Large collection of contemporary Iroquois art and craftwork, major archaeological collections, Iroquois arts performances, education and festivals.
Dear Members and Friends - we are excited to let you know that the Museum's new exhibit, "Baseball's League of Nations: A Tribute to Native American Baseball Players" was featured on NPR's "Only a Game" on Saturday, April 19. NPR's David Sommerstein attended the exhibit opening on April 5 and put together a great program on the exhibit and with an interview with the New York Yankee's outstanding new pitcher Joba Chamberlain, Winnebago. For those
of you who were not able to hear the show, you can follow the link below to listen to the program, as well as to the complete Joba Chamberlain interview
and see photos from the exhibit.
J. D. Winslow Equestrian Entertainment
1124 Creek Road Esperance
, NY
12066
518-875-6506
www.jdwinslowequestrianentertainment.com winspro@capital.net Trick riding on Draft Horses. Come and learn about artistic riding from a circus pro. See the heaviest and largest of all the draft horse breeds, the European Brabants. By appointment only.
Landis Arboretum
174 Lape Road PO Box 186
Esperance
, NY
12066-0186
518-875-6935
www.landisarboretum.org landismar@midtel.net Landis Arboretum Educational, nonprofit public gardens teaching natural history, botany and horticulture. The Landis Arboretum offers 548-acres of natural scenic splendor that encompasses two Old Growth forests, four ponds, and 40-acres of cultivated forest.
Long Path North Hiking Club
PO Box 855 Schoharie
, NY
12157
518-295-8039
www.schoharie-conservation.org/memberclubs/lpn cmdirk@dmcom.net The Long Path: The foot trail from the George Washington Bridge to the Mohawk River on its way to the Adirondacks. In 1991, through the efforts and guidance of the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, a "Long Path North" committee was formed consisting of local volunteers who have dedicated themselves to develop and maintain the Path from the High Peaks of the Catskill Mountains in Greene County to the Blenheim-Gilboa Visitor's Center, over the Eminence State Forest, past Looking Glass Pond , to Vroman's Nose, on to the Cliffs of Middleburgh, through Partridge Run Game Management Area, into John Boyd Thatcher State Park, and northward to the Mohawk River.
Looking Glass Pond Public Fishing
Rossman Hill Rd. West Fulton
, NY
www.schoharie-conservation.org michael.zeh@us.army.mil 16 ac.pond on 10,000 ac public land, boat launch (no gas powered motor boats allowed). EZ fishing access, mtn. Bike trail, marked hiking& snowmobile trails. Handicap accessible. Open to the public, has been stocked w/lg. Mouth bass.
Mallet Pond NYS Public Fishing
Rossman Vlie Road
West Fulton
, NY
12194
www.schoharie-conservation.org michael.zeh@us.army.mil 17 ac. Pond on NYS Public Lands, parking area 1/4 mil north of pond for walking access (not accessible by vehicle), marked hiking & snowmobile trails. Stocked w/brown/rainbow trout & lg. Mouth bass. Trout can be taken through the ice during winter,
Max V. Shaul State Park
Route 30 PO Box 23
Fultonham
, NY
12071
518-827-4711
Mine Kill State Park
Route 30 PO Box 923
North Blenheim
, NY
12131
518-827-6111
www.nysparks.com brian.strassavich@oprhp.state.ny.us Mine Kill offers a swimming pool complex, swimming lessons, fishing, soccer, volleyball, picnicking, hiking, snowmobiling, x-country skiing. Open year round 7:30 am-dusk..
New York Power Authority
1378 State Route 30 PO Box 898
North Blenheim
, NY
12131-0898
Old Stone Fort Museum Complex
145 Fort Road Schoharie
, NY
12157-9603
Fort Road, off State Highway 30, 2 miles south of I-88 Exit 23. GPS: 42degrees 40.63'N; 74degrees 18.083'W
518-295-7192
www.theOldStoneFort.org office@schohariehistory.net The Schoharie County Historical Society took the Dutch Reformed church that rises up above the Fox Creek, and created a museum in 1889, full of an eclectic mix of artifacts.Some of the objects that were first exhibited over 120 years ago are still to be enjoyed today. The church, built in 1772, was turned into the Lower Fort in 1777 after the local militia and a Continental cavalry troop put down an uprising of loyalist Americans and Indians. It was attacked by British forces in 1780 and a cannonball hole is still visible. The fort returned to religious use after the war and then served again as a militia headquarters during the Civil War. The first floor of the museum tells the military history of the Fort and the second floor is a Victorian-style "museum of a museum".
The rest of the Old Stone Fort Museum complex is across the street and consists of:
-The Badgley Annex built in 1972 which features a 1903 Rambler automobile.
-The Warner House circa 1830, housing the Scribner's Exibit of 20th century communications technology.
-The 1830 Jackson Law Office includeing a 1925 voting booth.
-The Lacko Barn circa 1860.
-The 1863 Oliver Schoolhouse portrays a classroom of a hundred years ago.
-The Hartmann's Dorf Palatine House circa 1700's, currently undergoing restoration.
-Shaeffer Ingold Dutch Barn circa 1700's, filled with 18th and 19th century tools and agricultural implements.
Schoharie Promotional Association
PO Box 306 Schoharie
, NY
12157-0306
518-295-7683
www.schohariepromo.org/ info@schohariepromo.org The Schoharie Promotional Association, established in 1983, is dedicated to promoting the Village and Town of Schoharie by cultivating community involvement, sponsoring activities that will bring people to our community, encouraging alliances with business and community groups, creating educational and fun activities for community youth and beautifying our area.
Schoharie Valley Railroad Museum
Depot Lane
Schoharie
, NY
12157
518-827-4680
www.midtel.com/~scha/RailroadsMuseum.htm The museum contains items pertinent to the operation of a railroad, particularly those connected with the SVRR and the Delaware and Hudson R.R. There are several rail cars on the premises, including an historic D&H caboose, and a combine from the Middleburgh & Schoharie Railroad, which have been restored. You can also view old photos of the yard, buildings and steam engines from the SVRR and the Middleburgh & Schoharie Railroad, which connected to our line. Both ran thru the valley and met the D&H line to Albany. The buildings, which have not been in use since the demise of the railroad, consist of a station house, freight house/engine house, weigh station, creamery and old mill.
Most rail yards did not preserve these artifacts, and the few that are still around are disappearing at an alarming rate. Rail fans all over this country are scrambling to record these structures in photos, but we are determined to maintain and save our precious history. This site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Open Saturday & Sunday from Memorial Day thru Columbus Day, 12-4 p.m.
Secret Caverns, Inc.
671 Caverns Road PO Box 88
Howes Cave
, NY
12092-0088
Sharon Historical Museum
Main Street PO Box 363
Sharon Springs
, NY
13459
Museum & one-room schoolhouse. Displays relate to local history & Spa, C. 1890-1930's. Self-guided Historical walking tour. Jul-Aug 31 daily 2-4 pm; June&Sept. by appt. Donations.
Sunnycrest Orchard Farm Market & Greenhouses
7869 State Hwy 10 Sharon Springs
, NY
13459
518-284-2256
www.sunnycrestorchards.com mschilde@juno.com Retail Farm Market - Country Gift Shop, Greenhouse & Garden Center. Four craft shows during the year. Open daily February 1 through December 24th, 9AM to 5 PM.
The Studio for Art and Craft
576 Main Street Cobleskill
, NY
12043
518-823-4053
www.thestudioforartandcraft.com thestudioforartandcraft@midtel.net At The Studio for Art and Craft we believe everyone can have fun and create something wonderful the first time you try. We offer lots of choices, including: Paint your own pottery, beading, silver clay, polymer clay, chain maille, clay and pottery wheel and hand building, glass fusing, and scrapbooking.
No appointment necessary - just drop by and we'll help you get set up (some crafts - such as silver clay and pottery throwing, require you to take a class first).
Want to do your craft at home or give a gift? Try one of our craft kits, books, gift certificates or pottery-to-go.
Hours: Monday - Saturday 11am - 8pm; Sunday 1 pm-5pm. Open early/late for special events. Plenty of Free parking.
Tri-County Arts Council, Inc.
108 Union Street Cobleskill
, NY
12043
518-254-0611
www.tricountyarts.org tricountyarts@verizon.net Arts Council. New York State Council on the Arts - Funded Regrant Program: Decentralization Community Arts Grant and Individual Artist Grant, Gallery Program including national, juried exhibits (National Small Works show every June/July) and showcase opportunities for regional artists. "Art For All" Program including free or low-cost art classes for all ages (African Drumming, Oil Painting, Drawing with Diane Cotton, Multi-Media with Suzanna Van Schoonhoven Hunter) and Guitar Pull for local musicians/singers/songwriters. TCAC Writer's Guild for writers who are ready to be published, The Artist's Way, a 12 week, guided support group, Gus LaMonica Memorial Award for graduating Schoharie County high school seniors.
And coming soon...The Artist Cooperative, a retail space for regional artists to sell works of art and craft.
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