The Parishville, New York Museum - Part 1

Parishville, New York is an old pioneer town and one of the smallest, most scenic towns I've seen anywhere. It has a museum in an old house which is maintained by the Town Historian and open one afternoon per week, two months per year - July and August. I hadn't been there in several years, so I decided to return:

The formal parlor was filled with many things, including a piano. There were two old fashioned church organs elsewhere:

I headed for the door in the side corner of the parlor:

I knew that there was a display of hand carved circus wagons, carved by a former resident of the town (that's his photo on the left):

Teams of hand carved horses pulled the circus wagons. The display appeared to be being moved to another display case so that the room could hold more items:

My next stop was the old fashioned kitchen, a reminder of how life used to be:

A dry sink and numerous utensils:


A display on butter making. The kitchen didn't have much light, so many of the photos were unusable but that may have been a blessing because otherwise I'd have too many to post:


Then I returned to the parlor, where a lot of sorting and rearranging was in progress:

The parlor indicated that a wealthy family once lived here:

 

There was an entire room devoted to old photos. As you can see, more sorting and rearranging was in progress there also:

I went upstairs where this Victorian era doll and carriage caught my attention:

Fans, hats and handmade dolls. Every town museum seems to have a lot of dolls, and it reminds me of how much little girls loved their dolls. They often keep them all their lives, or at least until they donate them to the local museum:

A military room. There was still more to see, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: