Fenimore Art Museum - Cooperstown Art Museum

  • Address: 5798 State Highway 80 Cooperstown, NY 13326
  • Phone: +1 607 547 1400
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  • Website:www.fenimoreartmuseum.org
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Fenimore Art Museum
5798 State Highway 80 Cooperstown
NY 13326

Fenimore Art Museum Details

Descriptions from Across the Web

  • American fine art, folklore art and Native American art. more on Yahoo! Travel
  • Located inside a neo-Georgian mansion with terraced gardens overlooking Otsego Lake, this museum features fine collections of American art, James Fenimore ... more on TripAdvisor
  • 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 ... more on Fenimoreartmuseum.org
  • One of the nation?s premier art institutions, the Fenimore Art Museum is home to an exceptionally rich collection of American folk art and American Indian art as well as important holdings in American decorative arts, photography, and twentieth-century art. Founded in 1945 in Cooperstown, New Yor... more on Albany.org

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An unexpected treat

We have made more than one trip to the Fenimore, and I can assure you that it is an unexpected treat in this town better known for baseball. First of all, the parklike setting is spectacular. At the rear of the museum, a lovely terrace and lawn roll down through trees to the lake. We have enjoyed... joyce_ch, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

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4.0
Some treasures

I have never been a big fan of folk art. I have a problem with artists who purposely create "naive" art as opposed to real "folk" artists who display the untrained need to express and create art. You will find both here. Some highlights are the regional art ... HikerTraveler, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

Directions

From Syracuse and Buffalo and Points West 1. Take I-90 east to Exit 30 at Herkimer. 2. Take Route 28 south to Cooperstown. 3. At the stop sign turn left onto State Highway 80 east/Chestnut Street. 4. Continue one block beyond the traffic light and turn le

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