From Steamboat to State Park: Public Access in the Finger Lakes

Part of a six-museum collaborative project, Summer in the Finger Lakes, this exhibit explores the changing recreational use and development of the Finger Lakes from the early 19th-century to the present. Everyone within the Finger Lakes? watersheds affects their quality and area communities face the challenge of balancing the sometimes conflicting needs of visitors and residents. From Steamboat Landing to State Park considers this question in light of the lakes? history and environment using family-friendly interactives and images, documents, and artifacts from around the Finger Lakes.