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Address: 500 S Franklin St, Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science, Syracuse, NY 13202
New York's only domed IMAX Theater boasts a 66-foot wide screen and 217 plush seats that recline at a 30-degree angle. Sound is pumped from 44 speakers surrounding the viewer for the most intense movie experience imaginable. The theater opened in 1997 and has been pleasing audiences ever since with its wide range of historical, nature and cultural...
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Address: 5750 Devoe Rd, Camillus, NY 13031
This 300-acre park is located at the midpoint of the Erie Canal as it travels between Albany and Buffalo. Seven miles of trails travel alongside the canal and are popular for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding in the summer, and snowmobiling and cross-country skiing in the winter. Sim's Store Museum—a replica of an actual canal-side...
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Address: 318 Erie Blvd E, Rte 5, Syracuse, NY 13202
In the mid-1800s, "weigh lock" buildings were located along the length of the Eric Canal, their purpose being to determine the toll that the boats would pay to pass through that section of the journey between Albany and Buffalo. Syracuse is the halfway point on that journey so it is fitting that the Erie Canal Museum is located here, in an...
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Address: 401 Harrison St, Syracuse, NY 13202
This museum is noteworthy both inside and outside. Renowned architect I.M. Pei—who went on to design the National Gallery in Washington DC and the addition to the Louvre—designed the building, his first museum. Since its debut in 1968, the Everson has become internationally respected for its extensive and excellent ceramics collection. The other...
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Address: 362 S Salina St, Syracuse, NY 13202
Central New York's last remaining Depression-era cinema is still open for business. Famous architect Thomas Lamb designed the Landmark Theatre, and it opened in 1928. The theater became popular for its double bill of a movie and a live show. In 1977 a group of local investors rescued the foundering theater and got it listed on the National...
Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MOST)
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Address: 500 S Franklin St, Armory Square, Syracuse, NY 13202
'This hands-on science museum is one of Syracuse's premier attractions. Five levels house numerous fun educational experiences teaching about topics as diverse as light and sound, rocks and minerals and cells and bacteria. Try your hand at the climbing wall, which is also a maze, or walk into the giant heart or colossal brain and unlock the...
Onondaga Historical Association Museum
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Address: 321 Montgomery St, Syracuse, NY 13202
As regional museums go, this is one of the nation's largest and finest examples. Over 300 years of natural, cultural, artistic and industrial history are presented in a variety of permanent and special exhibits. One of the largest exhibits is dedicated to the Underground Railroad, and the city's role in that institution. This museum is a "look...
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Address: 1 Conservation Pl, Burnet Park, Syracuse, NY 13204
This zoo is home to more than 900 animals of all different species. Biodiversity is one of the primary goals at Rosamond Gifford, so all animals live with plant life that is found in their natural habitat. In addition to lions, and tigers and bears, this zoo is a leading breeder of Asian elephants – oh my! The bird habitat is home to the zoo's...
Sainte Marie Among the Iroquois
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Address: 6680 Onondaga Lake Pkwy, Liverpool, NY 13088
In the mid-1600s, the local Iroquois tribes invited the French to build a mission on the banks of Onondaga Lake. Now this site is home to a living history museum, complete with interpretive center and actors in period costume that can discuss their "lives" at the mission circa 1650. (No worries; they do speak English rather than French.) There are...
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Address: Onondaga Lake Pkwy, Onondaga Lake Park, Liverpool, NY
Timbers from an actual 19th century salt warehouse were used to build this museum, which seeks to explain how and why Syracuse got the nickname "The Salt City." In the mid-1800s, "boiling blocks" were built to boil salt water and evaporate the brine, leaving the salt behind. Syracuse became a national leader in the production of this precious...
