The Largest Living History Museum in New York State

We are a working, 19th-century historic country village with the largest and most comprehensive collection of buildings in New York State — and third largest in the country.

Explore our 68 buildings: Knowledgeable, costumed interpreters keep the hearth fires burning, the heirloom gardens flourishing and the livestock tended. Watch live demonstrations at the pottery, cooper shop, tinsmith and blacksmith. Smell the aroma of fresh baked pies and bread, roll the hoop with a stick, and test your balance on stilts.

Children enjoy the one-room Schoolhouse and the 19th-century games they can play on the Village Square. You might even decide to try your hand at making a punched-tin ornament.

As you stroll the village, notice that you progress through three time periods … with lifestyles growing more sophisticated as time moves forward: