Fort Ticonderoga Announces Opening of British Powder Magazine — Interactive space open to visitors for the first time in 50 years!

Fort Ticonderoga is thrilled to announce the opening of the British Powder Magazine in the Southwest Bastion, open to visitors for the first time in 50 years. Visitors can descend into this interactive space, passing through the oak door that secured this magazine. Inside this vaulted stone room, examine reproduction cannon shot and wracks of […]

Major NEW Exhibition Launches National 250th Commemoration at Fort Ticonderoga

A REVOLUTIONARY ANTHOLOGY: POWER OF PLACE features more than 100 objects many on public display for the FIRST TIME EVER Fort Ticonderoga, a museum, National Historic Landmark historic site, and major cultural destination, announces the OPENING of a major new 250th Anniversary exhibit program entitled, A Revolutionary Anthology.  The first year of this exhibit program, […]

Celebrate the Scot in You During Annual Scots Day Celebration on June 15!

Fort Ticonderoga invites you to explore Scottish history, heritage, and culture during our daylong Scots Day celebration on Saturday, June 15, 2024. Discover the heroic stories of Scottish soldiers in the British Army serving at Ticonderoga and North America though the campaigns of the 18th century. Thrill at musket demonstrations that highlight the equipment, clothing, […]

Fort Ticonderoga Awarded Grant from American Battlefield Protection Program, National Park Service

Fort Ticonderoga, a museum, major cultural destination, and National Historic Landmark, has been awarded a $147,151 Preservation Planning Grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP), National Park Service for the survey of the American encampment on Liberty Hill. As American forces retreated from their disastrous invasion of Canada and arrived at Ticonderoga in July […]

Fort Ticonderoga Receives $237,630 Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services

Award from the Museums for America grant program supports a national 250th Anniversary exhibition program to tell the stories of America’s War for Independence Fort Ticonderoga a museum, National Historic Landmark, and major cultural destination, has received a competitive grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in the amount of $237,630 to […]

Fort Ticonderoga has been awarded a Preserve New York Grant to fund Existing Conditions Study for the Historic Fort Walls

Fort Ticonderoga is one of this year’s Preserve New York (PNY) grantees. This grant of $18,800 will fund an existing conditions study for the historic fort walls. The Preservation League of NYS and their program partners at the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) are thrilled to help fund this important work. “Fort […]

Fort Ticonderoga Receives Funding to Support Archaeology Internship Program Supported by the Alma Gibbs Donchian Foundation

Fort Ticonderoga, a major cultural destination, museum, and National Historic Landmark, has been awarded funding from the Alma Gibbs Donchian Foundation, providing Vermont’s Castleton University students with a semester-long paid internship working with archaeological collections. Dr. Matthew Moriarty, Director of Archaeology and Grants and Castleton University’s Anthropology, Archaeology, and Geography Program Coordinator said, “The opportunity […]

Fort Ticonderoga Receives Funding to Enhance Visitor Experience for All — Funding made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)

(Ticonderoga, NY) Fort Ticonderoga, a major cultural destination, museum, and National Historic Landmark, has been awarded a $10,000 Regrowth and Capacity Grant from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). The grant funds will provide support to Fort Ticonderoga to broaden visitor accessibility both digitally as well as on-site with increased and improved […]

Fort Ticonderoga Receives Technical Assistance Grant by the Preservation League of New York State

Fort Ticonderoga has been awarded a Technical Assistance Grant from the Preservation League of New York State which will provide funding for the first phase in the preservation and stabilization of a significant piece of 18th-century architecture on Fort Ticonderoga’s historic landscape. “The $4,000 grant funding will support a building condition survey for the remains […]

Celebrate the Scot in You! Fort Ticonderoga’s Popular Scots Day Returns on June 18th

For the first time since 2019, this family favorite event is back! Fort Ticonderoga invites you to explore Scottish history during our Scots Day Celebration on Saturday, June 18, 2022. The celebration of Scottish history, heritage, and culture run from 9:30 am to 5 pm. Advance tickets can be purchased on our website or at […]