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Heritage Tourism in the Mohawk Valley

Here at Mohawk Valley Museums, we often get inquiries about heritage tourism, local communities, museums, and landmarks.

This day in Mohawk Valley history: January 31

Learning to swing dance and Jazz set for concert series, Freeman’s Journal, January 31, 1990, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York.

[Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., half-length portrait, facing front]. Dick DeMarsico, photographer, 1964. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Prints & Photographs Division

This day in history: January 15

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., twentieth-century America’s most compelling and effective civil rights leader, was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Farmers’ Museum’s Glimmer Nights Opens November 24

Tickets are now on sale for The Farmers’ Museum’s new holiday light show, Glimmer Nights, which opens November 24.

Children’s Workshop at the Fenimore Art Museum

Children’s Storybook Workshop Inspired By Frog and Toad Author Arnold Lobel at Fenimore

Children ages 9-14 are invited to participate in a storytelling and illustration workshop at Fenimore Art Museum.

New Exhibition Featuring Navajo Textiles

Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown presents Following the Thread: Navajo Textiles from the Thaw Collection, a new exhibition on view October 7 – December 31, 2023.

(Left): Richard Whitten, L’Observatoire (the observatory), 2008. Oil on wood panel / (Right): Nancy Callahan, "Your Goose is Cooked," 2022. Wood, paper

Join Artists Nancy Callahan and Richard Whitten for a Private, After-Hours Tour

After-Hours Tour with Artists Nancy Callahan and Richard Whitten
Friday, October 13 • 5:00 p.m.
Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY.

Art in the Dark Tours at the Fenimore Museum

Art in the Dark Tours at Fenimore Art Museum in October

See Fenimore Art Museum’s collections in a way never experienced before–in the dark–with Art in the Dark tours.

The Cobleskill Index September 19, 1929

This day in Mohawk Valley History: September 19, 1929

The Cobleskill Index from September 19, 1929 headline reads “Plan New System For Marking The State Highways.”

New Exhibition to Open at Fenimore Art Museum Featuring the Work of Adrianne Lobel

Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York presents the work of artist Adrianne Lobel in the exhibition Nature Composed: Paintings and Tapestries by Adrianne Lobel, on view September 23 – December 31, 2023.