Cooperstown was very lucky to have a native son who decided to put the town on the map. His name was Samuel Clark, and he was instrumental in bringing the Baseball Hall of Fame to town. He wasn't content to stop there. He convinced New York State to located the New York Historical Society in Cooperstown, and he personally developed two additional museums -both gems of the first order. One, The Farmer's Museum, is a recreation of an 18th century working 'village', and the second is the restoration and transformation of James Fenimore Cooper's childhood home into a first class museum focusing on American art and crafts.
The Farmer's Museum closes on October 31st, but the Fenimore Art Museum was open and ready for business. We both thoroughly enjoyed not only the house's interior, but also it's superb exterior landscaping and scenery. As always, the pictures tell the story:
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