Overview

The museum is to be built in the heart of the Ellenville business district. This will serve as an important impetus for the economic revitalization of the community and the surrounding region.

For 150 years the Catskill Mountains have served the changing needs of Americans seeking a nearby vacation paradise. Their seasonal visits have transformed a hunting and agricultural landscape into an intensely developed tourist mecca. In 1823, the Catskill Mountain House stood alone as a specialized tourist hotel; now bungalow colonies, hotels, country clubs, boarding houses, and motels were virtually everywhere.