Fort Ticonderoga Museum
Overview
The Mission of the Fort Ticonderoga Association is to ensure that present and future generations learn from the struggles, sacrifices and victories that shaped the nations of North America and changed world history.Contact Information
30 Fort Ti RoadTiconderoga, New York 12882
United States
Description
Following the Revolutionary War, Fort Ticonderoga quickly fell into ruins, but quickly became a popular tourist destination for the first generations of American tourists. Interest in preserving the Fort began in the early decades of the 19th century when in 1820 the Pell family acquired the site and welcomed visitors to see one of the great places in American history. In 1909 the family began the painstaking task of reconstruction the Fort and the formation of its vast historic object collections including one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of weapons used in the Revolutionary War and establishing a museum to celebrate the role Ticonderoga played in American history. The preservation and reconstruction of Fort Ticonderoga was one of the earliest historic preservation projects begun in North America. Today visitors immerse themselves in the nearly 2000 acres of exquisite landscape overlooking Lake Champlain and Vermont