Special Tours & Evening Programs
Special Tours & Evening Programs
Fort Ticonderoga's programs allow visitors to enrich their experience through specialized tours and demonstrations focusing on unique parts of Fort Ticonderoga's history. Led by engaging historians, these programs illuminate history in a way that builds curiosity and understanding of the past!
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History Beneath the Walls Join the museum’s curator for an in-depth exploration of Fort Ticonderoga’s hidden past. This hour and a half tour will visit three areas not accessible to the general public that preserve unique evidence of the Fort’s original structure. This daytime program is available Thursdays at 1:00 PM during July and August. Advanced reservations are available or tickets can be purchased on the day of the tour at the Guest Services Desk in the Log House Welcome Center. $35 per person - Limited space available. Your receipt acts as your reservation for the tour and will need to be presented to the Museum Curator. The tour will begin at the Guest Services Desk. This tour is not handicap accessible or appropriate for those who have difficulty walking. All sales are final, no exchanges or refunds. This event is rain or shine.
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Fort Ticonderoga's Guns by Night
Experience the flash of musketry and roar of cannon fire by night in this unique 90-minute tour of and demonstration of 18th-century guns, big and small! Explore the workings of the firelocks and cannons that armed the many garrisons of Fort Ticonderoga and influenced the shape and strategic importance of this important frontier citadel. Learn how these great guns were used to attack and defend the Fort during the French & Indian War and made it such an important prize in the American Revolution. The tour concludes with a dramatic nighttime demonstration of weapons that you will not see anywhere else! Limited space and advanced reservations required. $35 per person. |
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Fort Ticonderoga’s Garrison Ghost Tours
Visit Fort Ticonderoga by night and venture into the darkness to learn about the unexplained experiences reported by staff and visitors over the past century and decide for yourself if they are connected to the Fort’s remarkable past. A museum staff person will serve as your guide on this 90-minute exploration of the Fort’s darkest and most active areas and provide rare insight into a unique and not well understood aspect of Ticonderoga’s history. Limited space and advanced reservations required. $35 per person. |
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- For evening programs the main gate will be open at 7:30 pm and the tour will promptly begin at 8:00 pm. Tour duration is 1 ½ hours.
- Your credit card receipt acts as your reservation/ticket(s) and will be held until the evening of your tour. These Tours will start in the main parking lot at the Log House, which is one mile beyond the Fort's entrance.
- For directions to Fort Ticonderoga visit http://www.fortticonderoga.org/visit/directions
- Dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes. Remember that it will be dark out during evening programs and you will be outdoors, going up and down stairs and over some rough terrain. Flashlights are permitted if you would like to bring one.
- These tours are not handicap accessible or appropriate for those who have difficulty walking.
- For the comfort and safety of everyone on the tour we request that you do not take flash photos, video, or audio record the tour.
- All sales are final, no exchanges and no refunds.
- These events are rain or shine.
For More Information and Reservations Call (518) 585-2821
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