The History Center in Tompkins County helps people use the tools of history to understand the past, gain perspective on the present, and play an informed role in shaping the future.

An unforgettable experience awaits you at the Sciencenter! Get ready to climb, splash, think, build, and bounce your way through four full-sized exhibit galleries with full-body science fun. From Astronomy to Zoology, the Sciencenter offers more than 250 exhibits for...

A place for friends and fans of Cornell's art museum to stay up to date!

The mission of the Handwerker Gallery is to enhance the academic offerings of Ithaca College with a diverse range of scholarly exhibitions, lectures, colloquia and events in its role as a pedagogical resource.

The Cornell Plantations are botanical gardens located adjacent to the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York. The Plantations proper consist of 25 acres (10 ha) of botanical gardens and 150 acres (61 ha) of the F.R. Newman Arboretum. The greater Plantations...

Like arboreta world-wide, the F.R. Newman Arboretum is a place for the scientific study and public exhibition of a diversity of trees and shrubs. These plantings, all hardy to our area, help foster Plantations’ scientific, educational, and plant appreciation...

The Museum of the Earth is a public natural history museum. The Museum is a major tourist attraction and source of economic development in Tompkins County and New York's southern tier, an educational facility that stresses the interdependence of the Earth and its...

The society collects, preserves and displays materials that help to illustrate the history of the area -- its exploration, settlement, developments, and activities in peace and in war; its progress in population, wealth, education, art, science, agriculture,...

Among the thousands of items in our collection we have historic documents from the late 1790s to the present day, books, flags, Indian artifacts, early American tools for home and farm, clothing from many generations, dolls, and military items.

The Rural Life Museum is dedicated to the teachers and students who attended one-room schools in Rural America and was made possible thanks to the hard work and generosity of many community members.