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Welcome to the Gateway Museum and Red Barn Preserve
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We hope you enjoy your visit to one or both of our locations as much as we enjoy hosting you! We are located at the Gateway to the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence River, a unique geological area with more than 1,800 islands. Our waterways have shaped the lives of Morristown citizens since before we became a town more than 200 years ago. Come enjoy our community, the St. Lawrence with its deep and clear water; Black Lake, a world-renowned fishing paradise, and our natural wetlands with their native wildlife at the Red Barn Preserve.
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We began the Gateway Museum to discover, preserve, and tell the stories of the facinating people who have made Morristown home and that mission continues to this day. With the addition of The Red Barn Preserve, we also preserve and open our natural wetlands to you for accessible, family-friendly hikes and learning opportunities.
The Gateway Museum: 309 Main Street, Morristown, NY, offers a full summer of concerts, lectures, classes and displays that explores our area's facinating history. Our building was built in 1910 by the Comstock family whose factory produced Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills. It served as a community center for their employees. Our town has changed but we think of it as an unpolished gem in the North Country.
The Museum opens the first weekend in July for the summer season.
Hours: Wednesday and Saturday, 9 - 1 p.m., Sunday, Noon - 4 p.m.
The Museum opens the first weekend in July for the summer season.
Hours: Wednesday and Saturday, 9 - 1 p.m., Sunday, Noon - 4 p.m.
The Gateway Museum also operates the Red Barn Preserve, located at 518 River Road East, a 160 acre nature preserve and wetlands. Catch a trailhead at the Red Barn or at a new parking area closer to town. Follow the signs for the Blue Heron Rookery Trail. The land was donated to the Museum through the generosity of long time residents, and founders of the first Morristown Community Museum on their property, Allan and Lorraine Bogardus. The Board of the Gateway Museum has been working closely with the Thousand Islands Land Trust (TILT) to develop a system of trails. This work continues.
Hours: Sunrise to sunset daily.
Hours: Sunrise to sunset daily.
Student Involvement at the Museum and Red Barn Preserve
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Spring Art Festival Was a Huge Success!
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Our second annual Community Art Festival was a huge success! The highlight was the dedication ceremony for Lorraine and Allan Bogardus and for Jane Martinovich who gave us the gifts of the Red Barn Preserve and the renovation of the farm house. We are deeply grateful for their generous and visionary contributions. Thank you to our artists: Madeline Brown, Melanie Connor, Mary Ann Evans, Ann French, Deb Monteith, Jack Taylor, Pam Winchester and Laura Yehle. Thank you to the Noncommittal Band and to City Dawgz for feeding the crowd well. These photos were taken by students from Morristown Central School. Thank you to these budding photo journalists! |
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We helped Bring River Lights to Morristown
Thank You to Our Volunteers!
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Maintaining our trails so that they are accessible to people of all ages and levels of mobility is a community-wide task at the Gateway Museum's Red Barn Preserve. We have over 3 miles of trails suitable for toddlers and grandmothers in their 90's. Our volunteers work hard to keep our trails in pristine condition. One Saturday in mid-September, more than 40 volunteers came out to lend a hand. Thank you!
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The Gateway Museum of Morristown NY is a registered 501(c)(3) non profit organization and your donations are tax deductible.
You may donate by check, credit card, or PayPal.
Our mailing address (checks) is Gateway Museum, Box 231, Morristown, New York 13664.
We operate on a very small budget. Donations of $50, $25, or even $10 are a big deal to us ! Thank you for your contributions!
You may donate by check, credit card, or PayPal.
Our mailing address (checks) is Gateway Museum, Box 231, Morristown, New York 13664.
We operate on a very small budget. Donations of $50, $25, or even $10 are a big deal to us ! Thank you for your contributions!
In the News3/20: Blue Herons have been sighted on their nests at the Red Barn Preserve.
The Great Blue Herons ReturnOn Friday March 19, three Blue Herons were spotted at the Red Barn Preserve in the Rookery. This is exactly - to the day – the-date-they returned last year. Since then more have followed and I would estimate at least 20 are currently in the nests.
Typically the males arrive first and select a nest. The females follow later and choose a mate. They lay eggs, raise their young and are gone from the Rookery by early July. It’s a great time to visit the Red Barn Preserve to observe these birds. You will need binoculars, cameras, warm apparel, and appropriate shoes. READ MORE |
Website Updates
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Gateway Museum of Morristown, NYAddress
The Gateway Museum 309 Main Street PO Box 231 Morristown, NY 13664 Red Barn Preserve: 518 River Road East Morristown, NY 13664 Email: morristownmuseum@gmail.com |
SCHEDULE
Open July 3 to Sept. 29 Open: Saturdays 9-1 Sundays 1-4 Wednesdays 9-1 Phone 315-375-4910 |
