Museums & Historic Sites - Visit Schoharie County

1743 Palatine House Museum

Schoharie

Built as a Lutheran parsonage, the 1743 Palatine House is the oldest existing building in Schoharie County. The longtime home of Reverend Peter Nicholas Sommer, his wife Maria, and their eight...

Anonymous Arts Museum

Summit

The Anonymous Arts Museum & Museum of the History of Charlotteville are on two different floors in the former 1855ca Levi Stevens General Store and both are located at 610 Charlotte Valley Road....

Blenheim Covered Bridge

Blenheim-Gilboa

The Old Blenheim Covered Bridge was opened in 1855 to serve the residents of Schoharie County as a convenient way to move farm equipment and produce from one side of the roaring Schoharie Creek to...

Cave House Museum of Mining & Geology

Howes Cave

Restored historic 1865 Hotel is now an interactive museum on the past, present, and future of geologic resources. The exquisite study of Earth Sciences and the beauty of the history of the...

Charlotteville Church

Summit

The Charlotteville Church is located in the 1832 former Methodist Church and has the original interiors, photographs and displays of the history of the Church and the Charlotteville Seminaries....

Dr. Best House & Medical Museum

Middleburgh

As if awaiting the return of Dr. Best from a house call on his horse-drawn carriage, this Victorian home and medical office captures the elegance of the turn of the century. Serving a small-town...

Esperance Historical Society and Museum

Esperance

The Village of Esperance, New York is located on Historic US Route 20 and is home to the Esperance Commons granted to the village by William North in 1820. The Commons now includes the 1878...

Gilboa Historical Society

Blenheim-Gilboa

Home of the Oldest fossil trees in the world! Gilboa was the largest town in Schoharie County in the late 1800's and was sacrificed for New York City's water supply. Museum open Saturday, Sunday,...

Gilboa Museum & Juried History Center

Blenheim-Gilboa

The Gilboa Museum has rare Devonian Fossils on permanent display. The Juried History Center offers a view into how life was lived in the late 19th and early 20th century in upstate New York. By...

Iroquois Museum

Howes Cave

The Iroquois Indian Museum building is a work of art designed in the shape and spirit of the longhouses that once graced the valleys of upstate NY. Archaeology exhibits focus on the ancestors of...

Jefferson Maple Museum Farmers Market

Jefferson

Great vendors and organic produce available as well as local crafts and live music!

Landis Arboretum

Esperance

Landis is an arboretum and public garden incorporating hundreds of acres in Schoharie and Montgomery Counties of New York State. We're close to Albany, Schenectady, and the rest of the Capital...