Overview
Adirondack Jobs in Blue Mountain Lake, New York, USA at Arts Consulting Group
Location: Blue Mountain Lake
Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake (ADKX) dedicates itself to preserving and interpreting thediversestories of Adirondack history, culture, and people. ADKX’s goal is to initiate thoughtful dialogue that will help shape the Adirondacks of the future. As the trusted repository for the material culture and stories of the region’sdiversepeople, it is committed to examining and interpreting that collective heritage, ensuring that its relevance is maintained in the public eye.
Located in Blue Mountain Lake, ADKX is situated on the aboriginal territories of the Mohawk and Abenaki Communities. ADKX is responsible for acknowledging the historical context and building reciprocal relationships with the Indigenous nations on whose lands they are situated. Regional Mohawk Akwesasne artists lead workshops and demonstrations at ADKX to continue the traditions of theircraftsmanship.
The ADKX campus spans 121 acres, featuring over 20 structures ranging from small historic buildings to a 45,000-square-foot flagship facility. That building includes a 19,000-square-footLife in the Adirondackscore exhibition, a museum café, and decks overlooking Blue Mountain Lake. ADKX provides 60,000 square feet of exhibition space, largely devoted to permanent exhibitions. A new 3,000-square-foot changing exhibition gallery will open in June 2025.
Additionally, an offsite 28,000-square-foot Collections Study and Storage Center houses larger artifacts such as boats, vehicles, and furniture. The campus also includes hiking trails and a boathouse, adding to its appeal as a cultural and natural destination.
ADKX’s collections are an irreplaceable record of Adirondack life, comprising over 165,000 items. Highlights include 5,000 works of art (600 oil paintings, 300 watercolors, 50 sketchbooks, various prints, and drawings); 100,000 photographs and motion picture films; 750 manuscript collections; and 1,450 maps, rare books, and atlases. The museum also preserves nearly 30,000 three-dimensional objects, including Native American artifacts, horse-drawn vehicles, maple sugaring and ice-harvesting equipment, rustic furniture, and one of the nation’s largest collections of inland waterway boats.
The collections are accessible to researchers year-round in the library, the storage facility, and online through ADKX’s website.
Approximately 10,000 students participate in free educational programming each year, with two-thirds receiving in-classroom instruction due to the region’s vast distances and the museum’s seasonal schedule. One-third of the students visit the campus, with busing costs subsidized based on need. ADKX’s free school programming is offered to all 12 counties in the Adirondack State Park and curriculum-based virtual resources through its Digital Learning Lab.
The museum’s initiatives extend beyond its over 2,500 members to broader audiences, including a program that introduces African American community members from cities like Albany, Schenectady, Utica, and Syracuse to the Adirondacks. Now in its third year, the program welcomed 12 groups in 2024. In addition, the museum will launch a new artists’ residency program beginning in 2025, offering five artists one-month residencies, replacing a previous program of shorter stays.
The library offers research fellowships, with three scholars participating in 2024 and 2025.
In its operating season, Memorial Day through Columbus Day, ADKX attracts appro…
Title: Adirondack
Company: Arts Consulting Group
Location: Blue Mountain Lake, New York, USA
Category: Creative Arts/Media, Non-Profit & Social Impact
