Fenimore Art Museum
Overview
Fenimore Art Museum houses some of the nation's finest examples of American landscape, history and genre paintings, American folk art, photography and American Indian art.Contact Information
5798 Lake RoadCooperstown, New York 13326
United States
Diamond level member
Description
The Fenimore Art Museum is the showcase of the New York State Historical Association, which is the not-for-profit corporate entity governing the operations of the museum. The New York State Historical Association was founded in 1899 by New Yorkers who were interested in promoting greater knowledge of the early history of the state. They hoped to encourage original research, to educate general audiences by means of lectures and publications, to mark places of historic interest with tablets or signs, and to start a library and museum to hold manuscripts, paintings, and objects associated with the history of the state.