#boating museum

In January 2018, I decide that I was going to visit a new museum each month; one that I had never visited before. This proved to be challenging at times. I had already gone to every museum in Chemung County and many others throughout the state. During the winter months, I also found it was difficult to find a museum open when I had the time to visit. But now, at the end of the year, I can happily say I have achieved my goal. I visited history, art, and science museums, historic sites, and a zoo and I enjoyed every single one of them.

January - The Curtis Museum, Hammondsport, NY

February - Museum of the Earth, Ithaca, NY

March - Roberson Museum and Science Center, Binghamton, NY

April - Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum, Sanibel, FL

May - Hanford Mills Museum, East Meredith, NY

June - Iroquois Indian Museum, Howe Cave, NY

July - Finger Lakes Boating Museum, Hammondsport, NY

August - Brick Tavern Museum, Montour Falls, NY

September - Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site, Fort Hunter, NY

October - Hyde Hall, Cooperstown, NY

November - Utica Zoo, Utica, NY

December - Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY

Details of Boat Hardware at the Finger Lakes Boating Museum

We are here at the Finger Lakes Boating Museum in Hammondsport, New York on the edge of Keuka Lake.  It is in the old Taylor Wine buildings and especially the stone tasting rooms they had on the hillside. Last time we saw a beautiful two toned runabout boat on display and I wanted to show the details of the glossy and chromed hardware.  This is a fancy and practical rope cleat.  There is nothing…

Another Vault Room at the Finger Lakes Boat Museum

When touring around the Finger Lakes Boat Museum in Hammondsport, NY on Keuka Lake, we saw the original vaults where they kept wine casks at the original Taylor Wine Factory that is now the Boating Museum.  This room has a domed ceiling in plaster and is now used for conferences and weddings.  There were doors to the outside too, but they were doing construction so they are surrounded by ugly…

Finger Lakes Boating Museum, Hammondsport, NY

Traveling South from the Adirondacks we are in Hammondsport, New York in the Summer. Here, touring some wineries, we found this little Finger Lakes Boating Museum up on a hill. It was made from an old winery originally belonging to Taylor Wine. These multistory stone buildings were the tasting rooms and storage vaults for the old winery and were gorgeous. Now they building is full of classic…