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Have you been wondering what is happening at the Finger Lakes Museum? Join Museum staff, volunteers, and trustees to find out!

Event Phone: 315-595-2200

Join Cornell Cooperative Master Gardener, Barbara Cummings, at the Museum campus as she explains the importance of compost and teaches you tips and tricks to be successful at home.

What’s better than a summer evening paddle and refreshments by a bonfire? Led by FLM’s NYS Outdoor Guides and Educators, this evening paddle will take guests out onto the waters of Keuka Lake, through wetlands, and back up Sugar Creek.

This class will help newcomers to kayaking with beginning skills, and will help the intermediate level kayaker to refine their strokes, and add more skills to their kayaking repertoire. Current skill level will be evaluated at the beginning of class. Classes will be taught by ACA certified Museum personnel. Registration fee includes equipment rental. Children Continue reading Kayak Lessons – Beginning and Intermediate

The final lecture in The Earth and I Series focuses on the relationship we have with the land, discussing salamanders and land use history in the Finger Lakes Region.

Have you ever wanted to try a kayak or canoe out for the first time? Curious to learn more about Sugar Creek and the Townsend-Grady Wildlife Preserve wetlands? Come to the FLM to speak with staff and volunteers while enjoying some time out on the water and in the wetlands! Kayaks and paddles, canoes and Continue reading Community Paddle

Led by FLM’s NYS Outdoor Guides and Educators, this evening paddle will take guests out onto the waters of Keuka Lake, through wetlands, and back up Sugar Creek. End the paddling experience with a bonfire and snacks. Children under the ages of 13 must be accompanied by an adult. *There are two ticket options for Continue reading Solstice Strawberry Moon Paddle

Event Phone: 315-595-2200

This class will help newcomers to kayaking with beginning skills, and will help the intermediate level kayakers to refine their strokes, and add more skills to their kayaking repertoire. Current skill level will be evaluated at the beginning of class. Classes will be taught by ACA certified Museum personnel. Registration fee includes equipment rental. Children Continue reading Kayak Lessons – Beginning and Intermediate

This class will help newcomers to kayaking with beginning skills, and will help the intermediate level kayaker to refine their strokes, and add more skills to their kayaking repertoire. Current skill level will be evaluated at the beginning of class. Classes will be taught by ACA certified Museum personnel. Registration fee includes equipment rental. Children Continue reading Kayak Lessons – Beginning and Intermediate

For those experienced kayakers who are ready to become instructors, we are pleased to offer an American Canoe Association (ACA) Instructor Training Course! This course is designed to provide experienced paddlers with the tools needed to share their skills with others.

Have you ever wanted to try a kayak or canoe out for the first time? Curious to learn more about Sugar Creek and the Townsend-Grady Wildlife Preserve wetlands? Come to the FLM to speak with staff and volunteers while enjoying some time out on the water and in the wetlands! Kayaks and paddles, canoes and Continue reading Community Paddle

What’s better than a summer evening paddle and refreshments by a bonfire? Led by FLM’s NYS Outdoor Guides and Educators, this evening paddle will take guests out onto the waters of Keuka Lake, through wetlands, and back up Sugar Creek.Continue reading Thunder Moon Paddle

Event Phone: 315-595-2200

The Paddle Keuka 5K race is back this year! Make sure to register before June 30th to get a t-shirt to commemorate this annual race!

Enjoy the full moon in August with a paddle, bonfire and refreshments. Led by FLM’s NYS Outdoor Guides and Educators, this evening paddle will take guests out onto the waters of Keuka Lake, through wetlands, and back up Sugar Creek. Children under the ages of 13 must be accompanied by an adult.  *There are two ticket Continue reading Blueberry Moon Paddle

Have you been wondering what is happening at the Finger Lakes Museum? Want to help us keep the Museum looking great? Join us for this event!

Led by FLM’s NYS Outdoor Guides and Educators, this evening paddle will take guests out onto the waters of Keuka Lake, through wetlands, and back up Sugar Creek. Children under the ages of 13 must be accompanied by an adult.  *There are two ticket options for this event.  Choose the “paddle w/gear rental” option to Continue reading Equinox Paddle

Celebrate the stunning fall colors of the region by participating in the last guided paddle of the FLM season and of 2020! Led by FLM’s NYS Outdoor Guides and Educators, this evening paddle will take guests out onto the waters of Keuka Lake, through wetlands, and back up Sugar Creek to view the beautiful and Continue reading Fall Foliage Paddle