The Tabor-Wing is a frame house built in 1810 by a prominent family in the area, relatively intact today. It has an unusual amount of decoration for a Federal-style building. Because of that, and its importance in local history, it was listed on the National...

In addition to the collection of artifacts relating to the iron mining industry, the Mining Museum has collections of noteworthy minerals from throughout the state. Exceptional examples of locally collected amorphous, semi-crystalline, and crystalline minerals...

Our main focus is to educate the general public as to early industrial and agricultural methods. Our museum currently has eight main areas of focus with exhibits relating to each area. Click on each heading below to link to a page describing each area. CAMA is a...

A man of great energy and many talents, Eric Sloane (1905-1985) was a prolific artists, author and illustrator of over 30 books, and an avid collector of Americana. His extensive collection of hand tools is displayed in a building gifted to the State by the...

Built by John Beebe, Jr., in 1751, this colonial house stands in contrast to the earlier houses of the Flanders District because of its large scale. Constructed as one unit measuring 32 feet by 52 feet, with rooms and a cellar that are nine feet high, its...

The arboretum contains meadow, forest, swamp, hills, and trout streams, with the following walking trails: Cary Pines Trail (1.3 miles, 2.1 km), Fern Glen, Sedge Meadow Trail, Wappinger Creek Trail

It is, in fact, the only zoo in this country that is located at a high school. The zoo was established in 1936 at Millbrook School, a coeducational independent high school in Millbrook, New York. Its founder, Frank Trevor, was Millbrook School’s first biology...

Innisfree is an American garden with streams, waterfalls, terraces, retaining walls, rocks, and plants based on principles of Chinese landscape design. Most of the plants are native, and rocks come from the local forest. Tyrrel Lake (40 acres) is a large, deep...

Audubon Sharon consists of the Sharon Audubon Center and Emily Winthrop Miles Wildlife Sanctuary and has been connecting people with nature for over forty years. Our mission is to protect birds, other wildlife and their habitats by creating life-changing experiences...

Our primary mission is to connect people to the town of Sharon, its history and its culture. We do this by employing a wide range of techniques, some specific to museums and others designed to challenge the (mis)conception of a museum's role in the community. We...