The Science Discovery Center of Oneonta
MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS IN OR NEAR ONEONTA
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- National Soccer Hall of Fame, 18 Stadium Cir., Oneonta (607) 432-3351
- Yager Museums (Art, Anthropology), Hartwick College, Oneonta (607)
431-4480
- Fine Arts Gallery, Fine Arts Building, State University College,
Oneonta (607) 436-3717
- Hanford Mills Museum (restored, operating waterwheel-powered woodworking
and feed mill), East Meredith (go 10 miles east from Oneonta on Route 23 to
Davenport Center, turn at sign to Hanford Mills and go 4 miles to East Meredith)
(607) 278-5744
- National Baseball Hall of Fame, Main St.,Cooperstown (25 miles north
of Oneonta on Route 28), (607) 547-9988
- Farmer's Museum and Fenimore House (New York State Historical Assoc.),
north edge of Cooperstown (26 miles north of Oneonta on Route 28) Farmer's
Museum is a superb recreation of village and rural 1820's upstate New York
with working agricultural and handwork crafts demonstrations and displays.
Fenimore House, across the road, houses a fine arts museum of 1800's New York
artists, furniture, and a recently-added extensive Indian museum collection.
(607) 547-2533
- Iroquois Indian Museum, Howe's Cave, a museum of Iroquois Indian
history and art, with children's activities and nature trails, (47 miles northeast
of Oneonta on Interstate-88, take exit 22, go right on Route 7 for 1/2 mile,
turn left at Howe Caverns arrow, go 1 mile) (518) 296-8949
- Howe Caverns,well-developed commercial tour site with elevator descending
into limestone cave, just up the road beyond the Iroquois Indian Museum, listed
above.
- Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project, Museum and Visitor Center,
New York Power Authority, museum of technology and geology relevant to electric
power and pumped storage, and adjacent restored 19th century farmhouse (40
miles east of Oneonta on Route 23, turn north on Route 30 at Grand Gorge,
go 8 mi.) 1-800-724-0309
Chambers of Commerce
Otsego County Chamber
of Commerce, 12 Carbon St., Oneonta, NY 13820; (607)432-4500
Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, 97 East Main St., Delhi, NY
13753; (607) 746-2281
Science Discovery Center of Oneonta, Physical Science Bldg, State University
College, Oneonta, NY 13820
phone (607)436-2011; FAX (607)436-2654; e-mail scdisc@oneonta.edu
information updated 3/19/96 by A.J.Read