ShareSports History
New York's sports teams and venues are among the most storied in American history. Besides being the birthplace of the American pastime in Cooperstown, the Empire State is the home of the oldest major sports venue in the U.S. at the Saratoga Race Course, and one of America's greatest Olympic triumphs that made everyone believe in miracles. These sites and others can be experienced as a fan, and some even as a participant.
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1932 & 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum and Hall of Fame
The Lake Placid Olympic Museum brings to life the Olympic memories and achievements from 1932 and 1980, including the American hockey team`s Miracle on Ice over the Soviets, and Sonja Henie and Eric... more
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Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum
The award winning, state-of-the-art Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum in Livingston Manor displays artifacts and memorabilia and hosts activities and programs in the area known as the... more
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Clinton County Historical Museum
The Clinton County Historical Association and Museum maintains a regionally and nationally significant collection of more than 30,000 objects, including prints, photographs, paintings, folk art,... more
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Concord Historical Society Campus
The Concord Historical Campus includes 5 main buildings plus several smaller outbuildings. The mission of the Historical Society is to preserve and promote the history and accomplishments of local... more
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Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame
The Harness Racing Museum, overlooking Goshen's Historic Track, has artifacts relating to its steeds including Goldsmith's Maid, the winningest horse in harness racing; paintings of horses and... more
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International Boxing Hall of Fame
The International Boxing Hall of Fame has local origins, from bare-knuckle matches along the Erie Canal, to Canasota natives Carmen Basilio, welterweight and middleweight champion of the 1950s, and... more
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International Motor Racing Research Center
Watkins Glen is a nationally recognized center for car racing. It is listed in the New York State and National Registers of Historic Places, and hosts an annual Grand Prix reenactment. The... more
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Kirkside Park
Kirkside Park was the estate of Helen Gould Shepard, daughter of Railroad Magnate and Roxbury native, Jay Gould. At the turn of the 20th century, Gould bought the park and hired Ferdinand Mangold,... more
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National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in famous Cooperstown features the hallowed Hall of Fame Gallery honoring the game`s greatest players, and countless interactive exhibits and emotional... more
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National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
The museum collects, preserves, researches, interprets and exhibits the entire spectrum of thoroughbred racing, equine art, artifacts, memorabilia, film, video, books and historical archives.... more
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Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Race Couse is the thoroughbred horse racing track in Saratoga Springs, New York that opened on August 3, 1863. It is typically open for racing from late July through early September.... more
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The Goodsell Museum
The Goodsell Museum is home to the Town of Webb Historical Association, and is where the Town of Webb's history lives. It is located in an old Victorian home built in 1899-1900 on Main Street in Old... more
