Things to do in Adirondacks, Adirondacks: The Best History Museums

We look forward to seeing you here this summer! We’re committed to working together to create a safe experience for our team and visitors. For everyone’s health and safety, capacity in our exhibits will be limited and visitor flow will be coordinated to maintain social distancing throughout the Museum. Advance timed tickets will need to be reserved online before you visit. Watch for our new online ticket reservations coming soon! See you this summer!

Built in 1894, The Saranac Laboratory was the first lab built in the U.S. for the research of tuberculosis. Historic Saranac Lake painstakingly restored the building and opened it as a museum in 2009. The museum is open with exhibits on scientific research and patient care. Historic Saranac Lake is not-for-profit architectural preservation organization that captures and presents local history from our center at the Saranac Laboratory Museum.

The Lake Placid-North Elba Historical Society (the Society) is a membership organization created in 1948 for the purpose of documenting and preserving the history of the Village of Lake Placid and the Town of North Elba in New York State. In 1967, Francis and Louise Brewster, two patrons of the Society purchased the Train Station from the Penn Central Railroad Corporation, which had ceased both passenger and freight operations into Lake Placid. The Station was given to the Society to provide a permanent home for the organization as well as to create a museum.