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Finger Lakes Museum

Finger Lakes Museum Finishes Season With New Trails

October 23, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Boardwalk Sign at Finger Lakes MuseumThe Finger Lakes Museum has finished their season, after hosting 300 this programming season partaking in self-guided paddles, a virtual Paddle Keuka kayaking challenge, Scouts merit badge programs, outdoor concert series and tree plantings, and more. [Read more…] about Finger Lakes Museum Finishes Season With New Trails

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Finger Lakes Museum, hiking

New Documentary: Journeys Through the Finger Lakes

August 11, 2020 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Journeys Through the Finger LakesThe new documentary by WXXI Public Media and the Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance, Journeys Through the Finger Lakes, celebrates a region deeply rooted in history, agriculture, social change, and sustainability. [Read more…] about New Documentary: Journeys Through the Finger Lakes

Filed Under: History, Nature, Western NY Tagged With: agriculture, Documentary, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Museum, Tourism

Finger Lakes Museum Updates Paddle Keuka Challenge

August 10, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Paddle Keuka 5k participantsThe Finger Lakes Museum (FLM) has announced their Annual Paddle Keuka 5K is going to be held virtually this year.

In this year’s Paddle Keuka Challenge, participants can choose from one of three courses in which to participate: 1 mile, 3 miles or 6 miles. [Read more…] about Finger Lakes Museum Updates Paddle Keuka Challenge

Filed Under: Events, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Finger Lakes Museum, Keuka, paddling

Finger Lakes Museum 2020 Program Calendar

February 16, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Finger Lakes Museum logoThe Finger Lakes Museum (FLM) has announced their 2020 program calendar, which includes guided kayaking events, kayaking lessons, woods walk and bird walk, timber framing, animal and leprechaun tracking, bird house building, and American Canoe Association kayak week with various skills trainings.

The Paddle Keuka 5K will return for its 5th year on the first Saturday in August. [Read more…] about Finger Lakes Museum 2020 Program Calendar

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Museum

Timber Framing Workshop at Finger Lakes Museum

July 17, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Participants of the 2017 Timber Frame Workshop at FLMAThe Finger Lakes Museum (FLM) has collaborated with Rob Hughes of Big Beams Timber Frames in Cohocton, NY, to offer an Intro to Timber Framing Workshop the week of July 22nd-26th. Sponsored by New Energy Works Timberframers, this five-day class will teach participants the steps to create a structure that will enhance the Creekside Center on the Museum campus. [Read more…] about Timber Framing Workshop at Finger Lakes Museum

Filed Under: Events, Food, History Tagged With: Architecture, Finger Lakes Museum

Finger Lakes Museum Offering Event Filled Season

May 9, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

2019 woods walkThe Finger Lakes Museum (FLM) has announced over 30 scheduled programs from May through October. Guests will be able to experience the region in a variety of ways through a Bird Walk, Woods Walk, Trees for Tribs plantings of over 3,000 trees and shrubs, an octagon pavilion timber frame raising, L.L. Bean clinics, kayaking lessons, paddling trips, and the 4th Annual Paddle Keuka 5k race, among others. [Read more…] about Finger Lakes Museum Offering Event Filled Season

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Finger Lakes Museum

Finger Lakes Museum Planting Trees, Building Trails

April 21, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

timber frame raising at the Finger Lakes MuseumThe Finger Lakes Museum (FLM) was one of ten applicants awarded a Trees for Tribs Grant through the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The FLM’s project includes the planting of over 3,000 native trees and shrubs to improve wildlife habitat, water quality and climate resiliency along Sugar Creek. These riparian trees and shrubs will be planted on the banks of the Museum property and nearby landowners and grant partners, the Izaak Walton League, and the Branchport Fire Department. [Read more…] about Finger Lakes Museum Planting Trees, Building Trails

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: DEC, Finger Lakes Museum, Grants

Winterfest in Penn Yan Feb 22-23

February 3, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

penn yan winterfest 2019The Finger Lakes Museum & Aquarium and the Hampton Inn Penn Yan have announced Winterfest, a family-friendly, collaborative event held on Friday, February 22, and Saturday, February 23rd, from noon to 10 pm each day.

All activities will take place at the Hampton Inn in Penn Yan located at 110 Mace Street, and will celebrate winter in the Finger Lakes. [Read more…] about Winterfest in Penn Yan Feb 22-23

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Museum

Timber Framing Workshops at Finger Lakes Museum

July 8, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Participants of the 2017 Timber Frame Workshop at FLM&A The Finger Lakes Museum & Aquarium (FLM&A) has announced they are offering beginner and advanced timber framing workshops this summer, taught by Rob Hughes of Big Beams Timber Frames in Cohocton.

Timber frame construction uses large, heavy wooden beams that are hand-formed and carefully fitted together using Mortise and Tenon joints and wooden pegs. This simple, and strong building technique has been used for thousands of years throughout the world, and is a large part of the building history in the Finger Lakes Region. Many timber frame buildings, constructed by hand over a hundred years ago, are still standing today. [Read more…] about Timber Framing Workshops at Finger Lakes Museum

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Finger Lakes Museum

An Update On The Finger Lakes Museum

January 14, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Finger Lakes MuseumIn December, The Finger Lakes Museum was awarded two New York State agency grants through Round IV of the Regional Economic Development Council Initiative. The awards totaled $254,500.

In two separate letters to museum board President John Adamski, Empire State Development President and CEO Kenneth Adams wrote that the Finger Lakes Regional Council had recommended a $200,000 grant award for capital construction work at the museum’s campus in Branchport and an additional $54,500 through its Division of Tourism for marketing and promotion through the state’s I Love New York program. [Read more…] about An Update On The Finger Lakes Museum

Filed Under: History, Nature Tagged With: Economic Development, Empire State Development, Environmental History, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Museum, ILoveNY, OPRHP, REDC, Tourism

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