(New York) State Museum, Albany

This state-level museum in Albany, the capital city of New York State is indeed magnificent and all-pervading in its content and style. It contains a number of features connected with New York Metropolis like:

Ellis Island, Chinatown, Destination for the World, New York the Garment Maker, Harlem in the 1920s, The Skyscraper Rises, Birth of the Metropolis, Millionaire’s Row, Fifth Avenue Window, Nature in the Boroughs, Landscape into Cityscape, Parks and Preserves in the Boroughs, Boating, Life in the Salt Marsh, Fulton Fish Market, Isle of Ships, A Century of Expansion, Manhattan as European Settlement Began, The (Red) Indians and their World, The Animals and Plants of the New and Unknown World,

Native Peoples Of New York:
Contains artifacts, displays and models on ‘Ice Age Hunters – New York’s first People’, ‘Forest Foragers’, ‘Three Sisters’, ‘Mohawk Iroquois Village (Model)’, ‘Governor’s collection of Contemporary Native American Art’.

Adirondack Wilderness:
Success Stories: Endangered Species, Forest Fire, The Fifth Season, Adirondack Gallery, 1921 Franklin 9-B Runabout, Adirondack Recreation, Spring Wagon, Camping Diorama, Mountain Travel, Minerals, Adirondack Waters, Bears Changing Forests Mill Town, Log Jam on the Upper Hudson, Timber Wolf, Mountain Lion and Canada Lynx, Beneath the City: An Archaeological Perspective of Albany.

Fourth Floor: Windows on New York:
Rocket Car, Hansom Cab, 1903; City Fabric Architectural Remnants, Bedrock & Skyscrapers, Amusement, Historic Remnants of the City, Whaling & Fishing, Long island research, Long Island Wildlife, Museum Research, Capital city, First State Plane, New York’ oldest Fossils, Wild life, Mushrooms, Exotic Invaders, Transportation, Early cultural Interactions, Roy crofters Furniture, State Fossil, Salamanca Back Bar, Factory & Trade, Automat, Salt pillar, Native Peoples Heritage, Agriculture.

What a fantastic and fabulous collection! A great effort indeed!!

Museum opens during 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM daily;
Closed for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day only
Admission: Suggested donation of $ 2.00 per person
Website: www.nysm.nysed.gov