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harie. These collections are housed in the old stone fort, built in 1772 

 by the Reformed Protestant High Dutch as a house of worship, and 

 granted to the free use of the society in the year of its organization, 

 1888. The museum is in charge of the curator, Henry Cady. 



SILVER BAY: 



PAINE PRIVATE MUSEUM. 



This museum comprises a very complete collection of the fauna, 

 flora, geology, and history of the Lake George region. All birds and 

 mammals are exhibited in natural surroundings with nests or burrows, 

 and eggs or young. This department includes over 300 birds, a few 

 fishes, and all the mammals which now inhabit the locality. In history 

 there are about 2000 specimens of firearms, implements, etc. of the 

 old French and Revolutionary wars, and about 1200 portraits of men 

 and women who participated in the events of those times. There are 

 also 4000-5000 prehistoric implements from local sites, and a library 

 of about 600 volumes pertaining to the history of the Lake George 

 and Lake Champlain region. This museum is the property of Mr. 

 Silas H. Paine and is open free to the public on week-days from 8 to 6. 



SKANEATELES: 



SKANEATELES LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. Barrow Art Gallery. 



A collection of 318 oil paintings, the work of the late John D. 

 Barrow, was given to the association, with the building containing the 

 collection, in 1905, and is administered by it for the benefit of the people 

 of the town. The gallery is open free to the public daily from 9 to 9. 



The association possesses also natural history collections, includ- 

 ing the ferns of Onondaga County, presented by Mrs. Joseph C. 

 Willets, and local geological and paleontological material, collected 

 and presented by the late Ezra B. Knapp, representing a value of 

 about $2000. 



SOUTHAMPTON, LONG ISLAND: 

 SOUTHAMPTON ART MUSEUM. 



This museum, though incorporated, is a private collection, which 

 is open free to the public without restriction of any kind. It was 

 established by the owner, Samuel L. Parrish, in 1897, with the intent 

 of embodying and illustrating the spirit of the Italian renaissance and 

 contains about 50 original paintings and 12 copies, together with about 

 100 reproductions in marble, terra cotta. and plaster of Greek and 



