American Maple Museum In Croghan, New York

Informative and fun! A great day for a couple or for the whole family.

The American Maple Museum was founded in 1977 to preserve the history and evolution of the North American maple syrup industry.

The former Leo Memorial School was acquired in 1980 through a generous gift from Robert and Florence Lamb. The Lambs have also contributed much of their personal collection of antique syrup making equipment, logging tools and antiques to the museum. Other artifacts have been gathered from maple syrup regions across the U.S. and Canada.

Those who founded this institution set out to collect the tools and equipment used to make maple sugar and syrup, from the earliest times to the present. The core groups were, and still are, from Lewis County but several others from across the maple region also joined in creating this repository of artifacts and written documents.

Exhibits depict the history of maple syrup and sugar making techniques ranging from those used by the Native Americans to plastic tubing and stainless steel evaporators in use today. Audio tapes explain many of the exhibits.

There are 3 floors of displays in the museum. On the first floor (Room #2, Room #3, Room #4, Room #5,) visitors will find a replica of a sugar house, equipment room and the American Maple Hall of Fame.

On the second level (Room #1, Room #6,)are exhibits of early syrup making techniques and equipment, maple syrup containers and sugar molds. Souvenirs and maple products are available in the Gift Shop.

Maple syrup production and logging go hand in hand thus the third floor (Room #7, Room #8, Room #9) is devoted to displays of logging tools and a replica of a lumber camp kitchen and office.

At the museum's annual opening ceremonies in May, two people, selected by the North American Maple Syrup Council, are inducted into the American Maple Hall of Fame. Members in this select group are from both the U.S. and Canada.

~MUSEUM HOURS~
Memorial Day (last Monday of May) to June 30
Friday, Saturday & Monday
11:00AM to 4:00PM

July to early September
Daily except Sunday 11:00AM - 4:00PM

~ADMISSION FEE~
Family (2 adults & 2 or more children, max. 10 people) $10.00
Adults...................................................$4.00 Children 5 to 14..................................$1.00
Under 5................................................Free
Group Tours Welcome
Reservations Requested
School Children - $1.00/ea.

For information call
(315)346-1107or e-mail maplehalloffame@westelcom.com
or write
American Maple Museum
P.O. Box 81
9753 State Route 812
Croghan, NY 13327