Picture Paintings
Over the next few weeks, paintings from the Pavilion are getting cataloged alongside those in the wider Fort Ticonderoga Museum collection. Taking high-resolution photographs of collections objects is a key step to making them accessible in the Ticonderoga Collections Online database. Paintings from the Pavilion include many family portraits and different views of the ruins […]
Virtual Author Series featuring Charles Mayhood
The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Fort Ticonderoga’s history. In his book Québec Under Siege: French Eye-Witness Accounts from the Campaign of 1759, Charles Mayhood explores the events surrounding the siege and capitulation of the city, as recorded by 4 individuals in their journals and memoirs. These individuals include an artillery captain, a […]
ZOOM Conference Call Backdrops
Working from home is the new normal for many of us these days. After weeks of video conferences with the same backdrops of our dressers, dining room tables, bookshelves, and (potentially, no judgment) messy rooms, isn’t it time to switch it up a bit? With Fort Ticonderoga backdrops you can pretend you are strolling through […]
Living History Event: “For the Good of the King’s Service”
In this exciting two-day living history event, May 4-5, experience peacetime garrison life in British North America on the eve of the Revolutionary War as Fort Ticonderoga begins REAL TIME REVOLUTION™! 250 years to the day, discover daily life for British soldiers and their families in 1774, with peacetime activities like gardening, shoemaking, tailoring, and […]
Construction Details of a Small Sword
While cleaning weapons in preparation for the new upcoming exhibit Bullets & Blades: The Weapons of America’s Colonial War and Revolution, we had the rare opportunity to completely disassemble an American small sword; a sword made by the Boston, Massachusetts silversmith William Cowell, Jr. (1713-1761), ca. 1740-1760. (The pommel of the sword was loose and […]
Celebrate the Scot in You During Annual Scots Day Celebration on June 15!
Fort Ticonderoga invites you to explore Scottish history, heritage, and culture during our daylong Scots Day celebration on Saturday, June 15, 2024. Discover the heroic stories of Scottish soldiers in the British Army serving at Ticonderoga and North America though the campaigns of the 18th century. Thrill at musket demonstrations that highlight the equipment, clothing, […]
Virtual Author Series featuring Jim Piecuch
The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Fort Ticonderoga’s history. In South Carolina Provincials: Loyalists in British Service during the American Revolution, historian Jim Piecuch provides the first comprehensive history of those South Carolinians who took up arms to assist the British during their attempt to quell the rebellion in the South. Based on […]
Celebrate the Scot in You During Annual Scots Day Celebration on June 15!
Fort Ticonderoga invites you to explore Scottish history, heritage, and culture during our daylong Scots Day celebration on Saturday, June 15, 2024. Discover the heroic stories of Scottish soldiers in the British Army serving at Ticonderoga and North America though the campaigns of the 18th century. Thrill at musket demonstrations that highlight the equipment, clothing, […]
Homeschool Day
Spend a day at Fort Ticonderoga and participate in a series of programs designed for homeschool families! Discover Ticonderoga’s epic history through historic trades and soldiers’ life activities, participate in guided tours and thrilling demonstrations and explore the historic site. Explore the beauty of the King’s Garden and create your own special memories with coloring […]
Girl Scout Day
Scouts will participate in interactive and immersive programs, and explore the historic site, including the King’s Garden, Carillon Battlefield Hiking Trail, and the Heroic Corn Maze with a new 2023 design! Special guided tours and demonstrations will immerse scouts and adults in Fort Ticonderoga’s layer of epic history. The visit will include historic trades’ shops, […]