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Experience the blend of history and natural beauty like nowhere else when you visit Fort Ticonderoga! Explore 2000 acres of America’s most historic landscape located on the shores of Lake Champlain and nestled between New York’s Adirondack and Vermont’s Green Mountains. Create lasting memories as you embark on an adventure that spans centuries, defined a continent, and helped forge a nation.
EXPLORE THE 6-ACRE HEROIC CORN MAZE!
Share time with family and friends while exploring a unique corn maze located on the shores of Lake Champlain at Fort Ticonderoga, with a NEW DESIGN for 2025! Getting lost in this life-size puzzle is part of the fun as you look for history clues among towering stalks of corn! Find clues connected to our story as you navigate the maze!
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January
17
REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event: Supplying Our Army in Canada
Step off the pages of history and onto the frozen ground of 1776! Fort Ticonderoga invites the public and media to its gripping, one-day Winter Quarters living history event, “Supplying our Army in Canada,” on Saturday, January 17, 2026. This immersive REAL TIME REVOLUTION® experience thrusts visitors into the precarious first winter of the Revolutionary […]
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January
24
Virtual Material Matters: It’s in the Details
The Fifteenth Annual “Material Matters: It’s in the Details” conference takes place virtually on January 24, 2026. We invite you to join us online for this conference on material culture spanning 1609-1815. This conference is only available online through Fort Ticonderoga’s Center for Digital History, streaming through Zoom Webinars. A laptop, tablet, or smartphone is […]
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January
28
Fort Fever Series featuring Miranda Peters
The Fort Fever Series is a virtual series presented by Fort Ticonderoga staff. Join Fort Ticonderoga’s Vice President of Collections & Digital Production Miranda Peters for an exclusive inside look at the exciting work happening to document, preserve, and share the museum’s remarkable collections. Participants will enjoy the first opportunity to see staff working on […]
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January
31
Winter Workshop Series: “This is Fair Liberty” Cartridge Box
In this one-day workshop, build your own reproduction of Fort Ticonderoga’s cartridge box, boldly embossed with an American soldier and “This is Fair Liberty,” on the exterior flap. Discover the finer details of constructing a genteel cartridge box, with saddler Stuart Lilie as your guide. Workshop includes lunch, a cut-out kit for your cartridge box […]
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February
7
REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event: The Precarious Garrison of Ticonderoga
In this one-day living history event, explore how the small garrison of New York troops survived through the depths of the winter. See their continued work to maintain Fort Ticonderoga with its role in command of the Northern Department. Consider the choices made by American soldiers, asked to reenlist at Ticonderoga even as winter’s cold […]
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February
8
Virtual Author Series featuring Robert F. Smith
The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Colonial and Revolutionary War history. In Manufacturing Independence: Industrial Innovation in the American Revolution, author Robert F. Smith relates that the colonies were able to provide their military with the arms it needed to fight, survive, and outlast the enemy—supplying weapons for the victory at […]
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February
21
Winter Workshop Series: Silk Bonnets
In this one-day workshop, join Artificer Tailor, Samantha Crumb, to build your own women’s silk bonnet. Apply skills to silk taffeta and paperboard to create the pleasing curves and sun protection of these fashionable 1770s hats. Workshop includes lunch, a cut-out kit for a bonnet, and sewing materials.
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February
25
Fort Fever Series featuring Kate Tardiff
The Fort Fever Series is a virtual series presented by Fort Ticonderoga staff. Join Fort Ticonderoga Archivist Kate Tardiff for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the museum’s Ticonderoga Soldiers Project. The Soldiers Project is our effort to document the thousands of soldiers and civilians who were present at Fort Ticonderoga in the 18th century, compiling […]
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March
7–8
Winter Workshop Series: Leather Breeches
In this two-day workshop begin your own pair of buckskin breeches. See details gleaned from a number of surviving examples and learn techniques to make these ubiquitous men’s legwear. Workshop includes lunch, a cut-out kit for your trousers, and sewing materials.
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March
8
Virtual Author Series featuring Michael P. Gabriel
The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Fort Ticonderoga’s history. Incorporating recent scholarship and new archival discoveries, this is an updated biography of one of the forgotten heroes of the Revolutionary War, Richard Montgomery. An Irish-born former British officer who saw extensive service in North America during the Seven Years’ War, […]
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March
20
The 32nd Annual Ticonderoga Ball in NYC
Join us for the 2026 Ticonderoga Ball at The Union League Club of New York City honoring Emmy-award winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and philanthropist Robert Perkin and The Perkin Fund. Raise a glass to America’s 250th Anniversary at this elegant black-tie event that includes dinner, dancing, a thrilling live auction, and more! The Online […]
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March
25
Fort Fever Series featuring Cameron Green
The Fort Ticonderoga Fort Fever Series features presentations by Fort Ticonderoga staff. Join Fort Ticonderoga’s Director of Interpretation Cameron Green and examine the Gunboat New York, one of Benedict Arnold’s vessels on Lake Champlain in 1776. A survivor of the Battle of Valcour Island, discover this ship’s unique role in the defense of liberty from […]
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About Fort Ticonderoga
Welcoming visitors since 1909, Fort Ticonderoga is a major cultural destination, museum, historic site, and center for learning. As a multi-day destination and the premier place to learn more about North America’s military heritage, Fort Ticonderoga engages more than 70,000 visitors each year with an economic impact of more than $16 million annually. Presenting vibrant programs, historic interpretation, boat cruises, tours, demonstrations, and exhibits, Fort Ticonderoga and is open for daily visitation May through October and special programs during Winter Quarters, November through April. Fort Ticonderoga is owned by The Fort Ticonderoga Association, a 501c3 non-profit educational organization, and is supported in part through generous donations and with some general operating support made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts. To view Fort Ticonderoga’s electronic press kit, click here. © The Fort Ticonderoga Association. 2025 All Rights Reserved.
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During a one-day living history event tomorrow, January 17th, step off the pages of history and onto the frozen ground of 1776!
This immersive REAL TIME REVOLUTION® experience thrusts visitors into the precarious first winter of the Revolutionary War. While General Henry Knox was famously dragging cannon toward Boston, Fort Ticonderoga was operating as a critical, frozen lifeline—a desperate supply depot for the beleaguered American forces clinging tenuously to the Siege of Quebec.
Highlighted programming throughout the day brings to life Fort Ticonderoga as a critical supply depot for the Northern Continental Army in January 1776.
View the visitor schedule:
Exhibit work in progress!
The NEWEST chapter in the “A Revolutionary Anthology” exhibit series: “Revolutionary Possibilities,” will explore the transformative nature of the Revolutionary era and how it shaped lives across North America and beyond. A central focus will be the drafting, dissemination, and reception of the Declaration of Independence, including its arrival and local meaning at Fort Ticonderoga in 1776. Additional stories will examine the choices made during the Revolution after the Declaration of Independence and their impact.
Visitors attending the January 17 event will get a special sneak peek at the very first completed case before the exhibition officially opens this May!
In 1775 the American Revolution sparked into the Revolutionary War, a war that spanned 8 years and the globe. We`re excited to short recap REAL TIME REVOLUTION® exploring the outbreak of the war, America`s First Victory, and the creation of the Northern Department in a widening war. Whether you`ve been following along since the beginning or just checking us out for the first time, we invite you to see the events leading into the famous year of 1776. Join us in 2026 as we chronicle, in real time, the evolving war, from struggle for British rights into an all out fight to secure independence.
Check out the video here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HAf-TAO3H8
For a playlist containing all of the videos in the REAL TIME REVOLUTION® series follow this link.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt3625dFL4hkdGP8mJJp23wNsyB5zoXwF&si=QBHdoxmDNqWvTISJ
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On this Trades Tuesday we are quilting a petticoat for our upcoming REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event: Supplying Our Army in Canada. 4th New York Colonel, James Holmes, ordered away those women at Fort Ticonderoga who weren’t soldiers’ wives on December 11, 1775. These wives continued to live and work at Fort Ticonderoga through the winter and needed warm clothing. Quilted petticoats, with warm wool batting sandwiched between two layers of worsted wool, were popular among women in America. Quilting patterns included basic lines to secure the batting, to elaborate patterns incorporating aesthetic or patriotic motifs. Check out this example Quilted Petticoat, with its date, ‘1746,’ included in its decorative quilting. https://fortticonderoga.catalogaccess.com/objects/3877
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From Quebec to Ticonderoga, American guns needed carriages to fire. During the January 17th REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event: 1776 Supplying our Army in Canada, watch as carpenters work on cheeks and transoms to make these wooden wheeled wonders.
View the visitor schedule: https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/real-time-revolution-living-history-event-supplying-our-army-in-canada/
LAST WEEK to apply for Fort Ticonderoga’s Edward W. Pell Fellowship 2026 cohort!
Each year, Fort Ticonderoga hosts four graduate fellowships for people seeking a practical, hands-on learning experience while working closely with museum staff and world-class resources. Fellows gain meaningful experience across roles that reflect the core work at our historic site and museum, including Education, Archaeology, Archives, and Decorative Arts.
Learn more and apply by January 19th:
Link in stories ⬆️ https://fortticonderoga.org/learn-and-explore/fellowships/graduate-fellowships/
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As part of the REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event: 1776 Supplying our Army in Canada on January 17th, watch as horses and oxen deliver supplies from the south into stores at Fort Ticonderoga. Discover the trek along frozen lakes and portage roads, that brought each barrel of food northward.
View the full visitor schedule: https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/real-time-revolution-living-history-event-supplying-our-army-in-canada/
As part of the REAL TIME REVOLUTION® Living History Event: 1776 Supplying our Army in Canada on January 17th, step into the warm Officers` Barracks and meet the one merchant allowed to sell to the soldiers at Fort Ticonderoga during the winter of 1776. Discover how General Philip Schuyler curtailed a bustling market of locals, authorizing a sutler with selling foods and comforts to soldiers at regulated prices.
View the full visitor schedule: https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/real-time-revolution-living-history-event-supplying-our-army-in-canada/
As part of the "Supplying our Army in Canada” Living History Event on January 17, discover the process of cleaning cannons with gunpowder and how Ticonderoga’s guns were loaded onto sleds to be sent north to aid the fledgling army outside Quebec one month after Henry Knox’s Noble Train of Artillery left Ticonderoga.
See the full visitor schedule: https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/real-time-revolution-living-history-event-supplying-our-army-in-canada/
On this Trades Tuesday we are rebuilding a coat for Colonel Knox`s Artillery Regiment, for our REAL TIME REVOLUTION® portrayal of 1776. Captain Ebenezer Stevens` and Captain Stephen Badlam`s companies of Knox`s regiment marched to the join Northern Continental Army, which retreated to Ticonderoga in July. Among a series of receipts for Knox`s regiment are some from New York City tailor David Schuyler. In one receipt from May 21, 1776, David Schuyler accounted for, "Fifty yds of blue Broad Cloath, Forty five yds of white Swanskin and eleven ¾ of Red Sarge and thread to be made into Regt Coats like the pattern I have rec`d at nine shilling Currency pr Coat the work to be well done..."
This old reproduction coat will be taken to pieces and rebuilt to better match details gleaned from this receipt and Knox`s other correspondence about clothing his regiment.
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Less than 2 weeks remain to apply for Fort Ticonderoga’s Edward W. Pell Fellowship 2026 cohort!
Each year, Fort Ticonderoga hosts four graduate fellowships for people seeking a practical, hands-on learning experience while working closely with museum staff and world-class resources. Fellows gain meaningful experience across roles that reflect the core work at our historic site and museum, including Education, Archaeology, Archives, and Decorative Arts.
Past fellows describe the experience as “transformative,” and the kind of opportunity that “changed the way I look at history.” This video features reflections from the 2025 class and offers a candid look at what the summer is really like.
Please share this opportunity with the emerging museum professionals in your life!
Learn more and apply by January 19th: https://fortticonderoga.org/learn-and-explore/fellowships/graduate-fellowships/
#MuseumJobs #MuseumCareers #PublicHistory #Archives #Archaeology #MuseumEducation #CollectionsManagement #FortTiconderoga
Step off the pages of history and onto the frozen ground of 1776! Fort Ticonderoga invites the public and media to its gripping, one-day Winter Quarters living history event, “Supplying our Army in Canada,” on Saturday, January 17, 2026 from 10AM-4PM.
This immersive REAL TIME REVOLUTION® experience thrusts visitors into the precarious first winter of the Revolutionary War. While General Henry Knox was famously dragging cannon toward Boston, Fort Ticonderoga was operating as a critical, frozen lifeline—a desperate supply depot for the beleaguered American forces clinging tenuously to the Siege of Quebec.
LEARN MORE: https://fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/real-time-revolution-living-history-event-supplying-our-army-in-canada/
