Gouverneur Museum - The Foyer, Living Room And Dining Room

I drove about one hour southwest of home to the village of Gouverneur to see their museum. It was right on the town square, within sight of the giant roll of Lifesavers, and located in an old, Victorian home:

I entered, signed in and was surprised at the busy and cheerful atmosphere inside. There was a large group of youngsters taking a guided tour and young parents with children kept arriving all time I was there. It was a jumpin' place. I began by viewing the giant pendulum clock in the foyer:

And over by the staircase was  - what on earth was that? It turned out to be a tree trunk from the Battle of Missionary Ridge near Chattanooga, Tennessee (Civil War), brought home by local soldiers:

And why, you may ask, did someone save a tree trunk? Because it had stood between the Rebel and Union lines at Missionary Ridge and had, lodged within it, one solid, six pound shot - one fragment of an exploded shell - and two unexploded shells from an English Armstrong Gun, a type of canon which the Confederacy was using:

I moved from the foyer to the living room where it became obvious, in case you hadn't already noticed, that the museum's Christmas decorations were still up:

The living room had Victorian era furniture and tchotchkes:

There was a spectacular pump organ:

And a Victorian doll house:

I walked behind the doll house for a closer look and it was fully furnished in period style. My sister, as a child, had such a doll house, passed down from her grandmother. When my sister outgrew it, it was passed on to a younger cousin:

From there I walked to the dining room, but this cabinet full of glassware was all I photographed. Yet there was a lot more to see at the Gouverneur Museum, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: