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Museums Finger Lakes Region
Locale Museums
ELMIRA
NEW YORKCHEMUNG COUNTY
ARNOT ART MUSEUM
235 Lake Street Elmira, NY 14901 phone 607-734-3697 on the world wide web at www.arnotartmuseum.org
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NATIONAL SOARING MUSEUM
51 Soaring Hill Drive Elmira, NY 14905 www.soaringmuseum.org phone 607-734-3128
CHEMUNG VALLEY HISTORY MUSEUM
(607) 734-4167; fax (607) 734-1565.
443 Coleman Avenue
Elmira, NY 14903
Tel: (607) 732–6060
Fax: (607)732–6210
http://www.tanglewoodnaturecenter.com
HORSEHEADS HISTORICAL SOCIETY DEPOT MUSEUM
312 W. Broad Street
Tues, Thurs, and Sat from noon to 3pm. Dues is Senior Citizen $8.00, Single $10.00. Family $15.00, Patron $20.00, and Life $125.00. Zim House is open only by appointment in winter months.
Contains many of Eugene Zimmerman's cartoons and illustrations
and local items. Exhibits changed monthly.
BIG FLATS HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM
258 Hibbard Road, Big Flats, New York
P. O. Box 232, Big Flats, NY 14814
(607) 562-7460
Open: 9:00 - Noon Tuesdays and by appointment.
During July and August from 1:00 to 3:00 on Sundays
Membership: $10.
CHEMUNG VALLEY FARMERS MUSEUM
Robert Turner Fairgrounds, Grand Central Avenue, Horseheads, New York
(607) 722-6671 or (607) 734-4453
Displays of country life pre 1940
Hand-on demonstrations during special events.
CENTER FOR MARK TWAIN STUDIES
Elmira College, 1 Park Place, Elmira 14901
(607) 735-1941
Email: twaincenter@elmira.edu
DIRECTIONS TO QUARRY FARM FOR LOCAL ATTENDEES: From Elmira College,
head east on Washington across the Clemens Center Parkway to Sullivan Street.
Turn right onto Sullivan, Turn left onto East Avenue. Turn left onto Crane Road.
Quarry Farm will be on your left. Please park on thew grassy area behind the Barn.
UNABLE TO ATTEND OUR LECTURE SERIES? WHY NOT LISTEN ONLINE?
Within a week of each lecture, go to http://www.elmira,edu/twain.
Click on The Center for Mark Twain Studies and then on The Trouble Begins at Eight.
Click on the link for the appropriate audio file. Live audio recordings of
lectures will be available (with individual speakers' permission).
Regional museums
FINGER LAKES
Wings of Eagles Discovery Center
17 Aviation Drive
Horseheads, NY 14845
Tel: (607) 739–8200
Fax: (607) 739–8374
BENJAMIN PATTERSON INN MUSEUM COMPLEX
59 West Pulteney St. Corning phone 607-937-5281 on the world wide web at www.pattersoninnmuseum.org
CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS
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Museum Way Corning, NY phone 607-937-5371 on the world wide web at www.cmog.org
PAINTED POST-ERWIN MUSEUM
PAINTED POST DEPOT MUSEUM
309 Steuben Street Painted Post, NY phone 607-962-0249
P.O. Box 516, Painted Post, NY 14870
(607) 962-0249
http://hometown.aol.com/ppemuseum/depot.html
Steuben and High Street, Painted Post, New York
The Depot Museum is part of the Corning - Painted Post Historical Society.
10:00 - 4:00, Monday - Friday; 10:00 - 2:00 Saturday; June - August
September - May, appointment only, call (607) 962-7751
Free Admission
The Museum has local history items in the fully restored station of
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
GREYTON H. TAYLOR WINE MUSEUM
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Email BULLYHIL@PTD.NET
8843 GHT Memorial Drive Hammondsport, NY (607) 868-4814
Open mid May through October:
9:00 - 5:00 Monday - Saturday; Noon - 5:00, Sunday
Museum displays antiquated winemaking equipment.
GLENN H. CURTISS MUSEUM
Rt. 54 Hammondsport, NY phone 607-569-2160
on the world wide web www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org
ROCKWELL MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART
111 Cedar Corning, NY phone 607-937-5386 on the world wide web at www.rockwellmuseum.org
9:00 - 5:00 Monday - Sunday
9:00 - 8:00 Mon - Sun, July - Labor Day
Admission: $6.50, Individual 18 - 59 years;
$5.50, 60+ and Student; $20 Family;
Free, 17 and under.
People, Places, and Ideas of the West.
On-going exhibits in five galleries: Cowboy, Indian, Horse, Buffalo, Wilderness, and
Remington and Russell pieces in the Remington and Russell Lodge.
FINGER LAKES BOATING MUSEUM
Box 676, Penn Yan, NY 14527
Membership: $20, Individual; $25, Family
The Copper Nail quarterly brings information of exhibits and activities.
Finger Lakes Boating Museum Workshop, 733 East Lake Road
(On Route 54 south from Penn Yan, turn down
Sturdevant Road to the lake and then south a bit to 733.)
The FLBM has a growing collection of of over 40 Finger Lakes-built boats and
offers workshops in restoration and boat-building skills in the former Morehouse factory.
The Museum is seeking a permanent residence in the buildings of the Penn Yan Boat Company,
perhaps the last remaining manufacturing site of wooden boats.
