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Winter Quarters: November-April, open on select dates. Please visit the event calendar for more information.
Daily Visitation: May 3-Oct. 26, 2025 | Tues-Sun | 9:30am-5pm
Experience the blend of history and natural beauty like nowhere else when you visit Fort Ticonderoga! Explore 2000 acres of America’s most historic landscape located on the shores of Lake Champlain and nestled between New York’s Adirondack and Vermont’s Green Mountains. Create lasting memories as you embark on an adventure that spans centuries, defined a continent, and helped forge a nation.
EXPLORE THE 6-ACRE HEROIC CORN MAZE!
Share time with family and friends while exploring a unique corn maze located on the shores of Lake Champlain at Fort Ticonderoga, with a NEW DESIGN for 2025! Getting lost in this life-size puzzle is part of the fun as you look for history clues among towering stalks of corn! Find clues connected to our story as you navigate the maze!
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See What's Happening at Ticonderoga All Upcoming Events
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May
3–4
REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: “For the Good of the King’s Service”
In this exciting two-day REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ living history event, experience garrison life as it continued before the Revolutionary War reached Fort Ticonderoga! 250 years to the day, discover daily life for British soldiers and their families, as peacetime activities like gardening, shoemaking, tailoring, and boatbuilding continued, unaware of the events of April 19, 1775. […]
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May
9–11
REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ 3-Day Reenactment: No Quarter!
“No Quarter!,” a series of once-in-a-lifetime historic reenactments and events running from May 9-11, will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the pivotal capture of Fort Ticonderoga. At the very locations where events unfolded, a three-day immersive experience will transport visitors back to dawn of the American Revolution and our nation’s first victory. “Visitors will step […]
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May
10
REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Evening Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
**THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN SOLD OUT!!** 7:30 p.m. Fort Ticonderoga Opens to Visitors for Evening Vignette 8:00 p.m. The Last Hour of British Ticonderoga (Soldiers’ and Officers’ Barracks) Put, ‘America’s First Victory,’ into perspective as you meet the British soldiers and their families that garrisoned Ticonderoga up to May 10, 1775. Examine the mess room […]
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May
24–25
REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: Memorial Day Weekend
Join Fort Ticonderoga on Memorial Day weekend, to remember the service of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States who gave their all on the very grounds where so many American soldiers fought and sacrificed. Join the Fifes & Drums of Fort Ticonderoga for a special commemorative ceremony on Sunday. […]
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May
30
Annual History Conference for Educators
This annual daylong conference immerses teachers in primary sources, material culture, and pedagogical techniques to help connect students to history. Presentations are by classroom teachers, museum staff, archivists, and academics. With the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, each session of this conference explores one of five themes: Power of Place Revolutionary Possibilities Shaping Nations, Forging […]
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May
30–1
Twenty-Ninth Annual War College of the Seven Years’ War
Fort Ticonderoga presents the Twenty-Ninth Annual War College of the Seven Years’ War over three days, Friday-Sunday, May 30-June 1, 2025. Since its beginning in 1996, the War College has become a top venue for historians on subjects related to the Seven Years’ War in North America and beyond, drawing speakers and participants from across […]
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June
7
Annual Spring King’s Garden Plant Sale
As part of National Garden Week June 1-7, and back by popular demand, mark your calendars for the return of the King’s Garden Plant Sale on June 7 from 10am-4pm! Help Fort Ticonderoga with the historic garden’s stewardship and take home your living legacy from the walled King’s Garden. Visitors have the option to purchase […]
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June
8
Virtual Author Series featuring Christian Di Spigna
The Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Colonial and Revolutionary War history. According to Christian Di Spigna, author of Founding Martyr: The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution’s Lost Hero, little has been known of one of the most import figures in early American history. Dr. Joseph […]
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June
21–22
REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ Living History Event: Benedict Arnold’s Command
Discover Fort Ticonderoga under Benedict Arnold’s brief command and his dynamic leadership in the capture of the fort and its aftermath. Explore how politics, egos, and unclear authority led to an inquiry by the colony of Massachusetts and Benedict Arnold’s decision to resign his commission.
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June
27
History Happy Hour on Lake Champlain
Cap off your day with a relaxing narrated cruise, surrounded by scenic beauty and Ticonderoga’s rich maritime history aboard the Carillon, Fort Ticonderoga’s classic 1920s tour boat. From poignant to comical, discover the drama that surrounded Ticonderoga on the storied waters of Lake Champlain. Enjoy the flavor of history through classic cocktails, taken from tales […]
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July
2
Morning Glory: A Premium Garden Experience
Start your day with the tranquil joy of the stunning King’s Garden flowers draped in glistening morning dew set within a national historic landmark. Be the first to enter the King’s Garden during this NEW premium morning tour and discover the layers of stories and the process of cultivating this historical botanical garden today.
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July
3
Ticonderoga Guns by Night
The flash of musketry and roar of cannon fire by night will captivate you in this unique tour and demonstrations of 18th-century firepower. The program concludes with a dramatic demonstration of weapons that you will not see anywhere else!
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About Fort Ticonderoga
Welcoming visitors since 1909, Fort Ticonderoga is a major cultural destination, museum, historic site, and center for learning. As a multi-day destination and the premier place to learn more about North America’s military heritage, Fort Ticonderoga engages more than 70,000 visitors each year with an economic impact of more than $16 million annually. Presenting vibrant programs, historic interpretation, boat cruises, tours, demonstrations, and exhibits, Fort Ticonderoga and is open for daily visitation May through October and special programs during Winter Quarters, November through April. Fort Ticonderoga is owned by The Fort Ticonderoga Association, a 501c3 non-profit educational organization, and is supported in part through generous donations and with some general operating support made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts. To view Fort Ticonderoga’s electronic press kit, click here. © The Fort Ticonderoga Association. 2025 All Rights Reserved.
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This Trades Tuesday we`re responding to the incredible interest in how a musket stopper is made with this quick how to. See these stoppers in action, keeping our muskets clean at our REAL TIME REVOLUTION opening weekend event!
https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/living-history-event-for-the-good-of-the-kings-service/
#Tradestuesday #Livinghistory #America250
Exhibit Work in Progress! 🛠
The museum team is getting ready to unveil "The Archaeology of Independence: Ticonderoga in the Revolution"—a new exhibit opening May 3rd! From artifact prep to final mountings, to printing and cutting labels, check out some sneak peeks of what is happening behind the scenes.
The American Revolution exploded into the Champlain Valley less than a month after it began. It was here that some of the most consequential events of the war occurred, particularly between 1775 and 1777. Thousands of men, women, and children struggled and fought across this landscape. What they left behind connects us to those experiences. These artifacts were all found right here at Ticonderoga, as well as Crown Point and in Lake Champlain. They speak directly to the lives of those who experienced the American Revolution. This exhibit explores objects that reflect over a century of archaeological work here at Ticonderoga.
Funding for this project came from a 2025 Collections Grant from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership.
On this #EarthDay shy magnolia, daffodil, & bloodroot flowers on a cool #spring morning in the #KingsGarden. Once the sun reached the bloodroot, they opened up.
This Campaign Season May 3-October 26, explore 2000-acres of America’s most historic landscape and create lasting memories as you embark on an unforgettable adventure that spans centuries as we commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution through REAL TIME REVOLUTION™ programming.
Hailed as the premier living history site in North America, Fort Ticonderoga’s staff brings history to life every day! Ticonderoga’s epic history and signature stories are highlighted through innovative story telling on a grand scale, historic trades, daily soldiers’ life programs, thrilling weapons demonstrations, endless outdoor activities, and captivating special events.
Click here to learn more about upcoming events, access the site map, and to purchase tickets: https://www.fortticonderoga.org/ft_events/
Lexington, Concord, and...
#OTD in 1775 the Revolutionary War began at Lexington and Concord. British troops, on a mission to destroy military stores in Concord, Massachusetts engaged with provincial forces, beginning a running fight back to Boston.
On the same day Captain William Delaplace at Fort Ticonderoga reported on the arrival late the night before of the first reinforcements to the garrison in over a year. He voiced concern about room to house them and more that were expected.
In Boston, before the day`s fighting ended General Thomas Gage wrote to Guy Carleton, the Governor of Canada. Responding to the requests of the government of New York for troops to back up their militia in suppressing resistance in the New Hampshire Grants Gage told Carleton "to send the 7th Regiment to Crown Point, or Ticonderoga without delay."
By the end of the day the situation in America was dramatically different than it had been that morning, and the war would soon spread to Ticonderoga.
#REALTIMEREVOLUTION
#fortticonderoga
#America250
