The Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake is expecting its four-millionth visitor this season – and the lucky entrant will receive quite a prize.
The museum has been celebrating its millionth visitors since inception in 1896. In 1976 the first one-millionth visitor came to the exhibits, followed by the two-millionth in 1987 and the three-millionth in 1998.
In honor of this substantial milestone, the special expected visitor will receive a free year-long membership and a $100 dollar gift card to the museum’s store, where you can find everything Adirondack, including clothes, furniture and one-of-a kind items.
For more information, contact the museum at 352-7311.
Will you go to the museum in hopes of being number four million? What would you do with the prize? Please tell us!
We are coming up as a family to camp in Eagle Bay, and plan to visit the museum with the grandchildren.
I remember in 1987 when I was a kid visiting your museum with
my parents and my mother was the two millionth visitor. It was
a magical visit not only exciting because of my mother’s luck but
because of all the history the museum brought alive with great
exhibits. One day I’d love to visit again. Thanks.
Just received this PR earlier this week. Looks like the lucky visitor was from NJ! 🙂
Adirondack Museum Welcomes 4 Millionth Visitor
Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y. The Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, New
York welcomed its 4 millionth visitor, Katie Alexander of Ewing, N.J., on
August 16, 2011. Katie was accompanied by her parents, Daniel and Jean, and
sisters, Emma and Hannah. To recognize this milestone in their fifty-four
year history, the museum provided its special and significant visitor with a
membership for her family and a $100 gift certificate to the Museum Store.
The Adirondack Museum, which opened to the public in 1957, is a regional
outdoor history museum that has been sharing the stories of the region with
more than 70,000 visitors each year. The museum has grown from one building
in 1957 to more than 22 indoor and outdoor exhibit spaces today. Offerings
include continuously changing exhibits, public programs, lectures, field
trips, and school programs.
The Adirondack Museum welcomed its one millionth visitor in 1976, two
millionth in 1987, and three millionth in 1998.
The Adirondack Museum, accredited by the American Association of Museums,
tells stories of the people – past and present — who have lived, worked,
and played in the unique place that is the Adirondack Park. History is in
our nature. The museum is supported in part by public funds from the New
York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. For information about all
that the museum has to offer, please call (518) 352-7311, or visit
http://www.adirondackmuseum.org .