Location: Cooperstown
Top Things to do in Cooperstown
5 Sights & Landmarks in Cooperstown That You Shouldn't Miss
Located in the foothills of the Catskills Mountains, Cooperstown is proud to be a one-stoplight town, with quiet streets and charming old homes, sitting amidst the natural beauty of Otsego County. The area is home to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the National Soccer Hall of Fame, the Fenimore Art Museum and the Glimmerglass Opera. Otsego County is also a popular destination for activities as diverse as antiquing, horseback riding and golf.
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1. The Farmers' Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 592 reviews
Living history museum re-creates 19th-century rural life, complete with craftspeople demonstrating rural trades and skills in the restored buildings of an 1845 village.
Reviewed By davidwL3325MW
We stop here even when we don't have kids or grandchildren with us. The museum and the 1840's village take you back to when upstate New York was rural and almost entirely agricultural. The re-enactors are knowledgeable and friendly, as are the sheep, goats, poultry, swine, cattle, and horses. Well, the goats are not that knowledgeable. $10.50 for senior citizens.
2. Hyde Hall
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 174 reviews
TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR THE WINTER—OFF-SEASON OFFICE HOURS, Monday- Friday 10 AM - 4 PM: Hyde Hall is a 50-room Regency-style neoclassic stone English manor house that was built between 1817 and 1835. Now a museum, Hyde Hall offers a walk into the past with fabulous views of Otsego Lake and the surrounding countryside. Hourly guided tours are available May through October, with tours departing from Tin Top, the Visitors' Center, beginning at 10 am through to 3 pm. CLOSED FOR THE WINTER: IN-SEASON HOURS (MAY 27 THROUGH OCTOBER 31st) 10am-4pm; ADMISSION PRICES: $15 Adults; $12 Seniors (62+), Military and Youth (ages 6 – 17); Children (5 & under) free.
Reviewed By Lovetotravelitaly2
A wonderful house from the 1800's in the style of an English country house. Fine furnishing and textiles. Currently undergoing historic restoration, you can see the work in progress.
3. Abner Doubleday Field
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 427 reviews
This 9,000-seat ballpark, owned by the Village of Cooperstown itself and located near the Baseball Hall of Fame, commemorates the reputed "birthplace of baseball."
Reviewed By W1702PJmarkg - Catonsville, United States
The Abner Doubleday Field complex has an interesting early history and the stadium you see today saw it's 1st game in May of 1939. Just sitting in the covered backstop of the empty stadium you can envision all the players and fans from the different era's that graced this field. This place reminds you that baseball is a relatively simple game in the purest of terms and it's a shame how money and other documented things have stained the game a little.It is funny to think of the buildings that were sold to make extra room for the property, yet the houses right past the left field 296' marker that must get hit quite often. The property's behind the 360' right center wall as well as the 312' right field pole must also be under constant bombbardment. The last time we were in town in 1999, our family really enjoyed watching a game here. Baseball is truely "America's Pastime".
