This is a beautiful art museum to visit. I've been many times in the summer but this was my first visit for the holidays. The exquisite architecture is enhanced by many tasteful holiday displays. If you have the opportunity, I strongly recommend a visit to the Fenimore to get into the holiday spirit.

Amazing midsized museum in Central New York. The museum places a great importance on community involvement with a story walking path near the lake for children and even some baseball memorabilia for purchase in the gift shop. The exhibits halls are midsized and very well organized. The building itself is beautiful and the staff was very friendly and accommodating. Definitely recommend if you're in town for the Baseball Hall of Fame, have an interest in art or just have a few hours to contemplate beautiful works.

This is a very cool smaller museum. Each portion is well considered, and the staff is quite nice. The artwork associated with James Fenimore Cooper is almost the cherry on top of the overall experience.

This is a surprisingly large museum on a large piece of beautiful lakeside property where James Fenimore Cooper once lived. The exhibits of American art are first class. And when you’re done be sure to walk around the beautiful grounds and spend some time along the lake.

Terrific museum with so much to see! The museum's collections are displayed over three floors in a neoclassical mansion that overlooks Lake Otsego They have wonderful displays of traditional folk art and Native American art and artifacts. Grandma Moses, Gilbert Stuart, and Thomas Cole are amongst prominent artists whose works are featured. The museum also displays traveling exhibits. Currently, one of the traveling displays features former MLB pitcher Randy Johnson's photographs. They also had a nice display of psychedelic rock and roll art from the 1960's. The museum also has tours that you can join while visiting. The tours are informational and the guide did a great job explaining the works of art in the museum. Didn't see a place to purchase tickets online so they have to be purchased at the museum. There is a gift shop and small café located in the museum as well. Be sure to take a stroll on the grounds surrounding the museum. There are some nice exhibits, a garden, and a nice view of the lake.

Wonderful museum loved the MC Escher show but the Native American collection was mind blowing

The Fenimore had an abundance of great exhibits today! Day to night, Randy Johnson, and Escher (you need a good bit of time for this one...just...wow!)...all fantastic. We took a free docent tour which was great and highly recommended! Get there before thephotos leave...worth seeing!!

Outstanding museum, so well curated. All the exhibits were terrific, but the Native American Arts one included some of the finest pieces I've ever seen. Remarkable.

This is a beautiful museum with amazing featured exhibits! I'm going to keep my eyes out for other future exhibitions that they will be having.

Amazing art museum with a renowned flagship exhibit of Native American artwork. There are also several rotating exhibits in the museum, as well as a small cafe and gift shop. If you’re passing through, I’d highly recommend visiting it especially if you’re interested in indigenous history.

As you can see, the art on wood has a 3D appearance. It's a flat piece painted to seem this way. Each of these has it's own different look. Randy Johnson (retired baseball pitcher) has a section of his trips to Africa, very nice and well done. We found the lower level to be more of our interest.

A wonderful "day at the museum." Fabulous art, kind employees and my friend and I created some new wonderful memories. The only area that really needs a good deal of attention would be the cafe. The food was a bit pricey and the chicken salad sandwich was dry and served on dry, stale crumbling bread. No lettuce, no mayo. Ugh! The bag of chips was the only saving grace for that meal. I would suggest eating in Cooperstown at one of the many fine eating establishments.

We visited on Labor Day for the last day of the M. C. Escher exhibit. The Escher exhibit was extensive and information was posted on nearly every piece. There was also a Native American exhibit that we enjoyed as well. The building is beautifully restored with large, clean bathrooms, a gift shop and a small beverage and snack shop (we did not partake). Parking is free and admission is very reasonable. We did not take the thruway and the drive from central New York was lovely.

We had an amazing visit here and the admission price was great with students being free. There was great variety in the displays and some that the kids enjoyed including Spotting Elephant and Piggy. We took the short walk around the grounds and checked out the fishing house. The MC Escher was what brought us but the Thaw collection was incredible. Only took about 1.5 hours for us.

A small museum with an excellent Native American collection. The grounds are stunning, so save some time to stroll around out back.

Incredible how many types of different artwork can fit into a relatively small space. All current exhibits are stunning, many are thought-provoking and unexpected. Unfortunately, we had only a couple of hours to spend there. The fact that there was no admission charge for kids made our decision easy. Will try to come back soon.