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Fenimore Art Museum

5798 State Hwy 80, Cooperstown, New York 13326 USA

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“"a collection any museum would envy"”

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. Nestled on the western shore of Otsego Lake, housed in an elegant 1930s neo-Georgian mansion, the Fenimore Art Museum presents a perspective on the heritage and history of America through art. The beauty of the museum setting is matched by the quality of the collections it houses, including some of the nation’s finest examples of American landscape, history and genre paintings, American folk art, photography and American Indian art. William Sidney Mount, Thomas Cole, Gilbert Stuart, Benjamin West, E.L. Henry, Eastman Johnson, Thomas Waterman, John Wesley Jarvis, Grandma Moses and Ralph Fasanella are all represented in the museum’s holdings. The Fenimore Art Museum is dedicated to integrating history with art history and including under-appreciated genres, primarily American folk art and American Indian art, in a broad and progressive American canon. The Fenimore Art Museum seeks to honor the extraordinary ability of ordinary people to shape American culture.

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Patrick M.

Very helpful staff and great venue. Interesting and varied special exhibitions. Nice addition during our brief visit to Cooperstown. Read more

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Stephanie H.

What a beautiful museum! Came to see the MC Escher collection and what a beautiful collection it was. Toured the whole museum and found the collections there to be stunning. The grounds were... Read more

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Ken L.

We visited in the spring of 2023 and caught the M.C. Escher installation, and followed along on the spoken/guided tour, which was great. The other installations were eclectic and interesting as... Read more

Fenimore Art Museum

5798 State Hwy 80
Cooperstown, New York
13326 USA
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