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Southeast Museum

Southeast Museum

Exhibits throughout the museum include the early American Circus, the Harlem Line Railroad, the Tilly Foster Mine, the Borden Milk Condensery, and the Croton Reservoir System. In addition, the museum presents various changing exhibits, drawing on its extensive collection of antique farm and household implements, quilts, clothing and assorted Americana reflecting 19th century material culture.

The Southeast Museum presents a wide variety of educational programs and special events in conjunction with its exhibition program. Activities include tours of area historic sites, house tours, lectures, film presentations, interpretative tours of Putnam County, craft workshops and family programs. The museum also offers a wide variety of educational programs for local school groups. Presentations on 19th-century life, mining, railroads and folklore are among the many subjects offered.

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