This is a site for teachers and students across New York State, developed by the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, New York, to aid in the study of state and local history.

The site is rich with primary sources and historical records from the archival collections of the museum. Click here to search our database.

The site also includes narrative units about Adirondack history. You will find information about Adirondack guides, the timber industry, the establishment of the Adirondack Park, the lives of Adirondack women in the nineteenth century and much more. Each history unit is illustrated with historic photographs or ephemera from the collections of the Adirondack Museum.