Fort Ticonderoga is now in Winter Quarters! Join us for unique virtual experiences, lecture series, social media events, and more to complement your Winter Quarters visit to Fort Ticonderoga during special living history event weekends!
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Living History Event: Noble Train Begins
Fort Ticonderoga 102 Fort Ti Road, TiconderogaJoin Fort Ticonderoga for this one-day living history event and relive Henry Knox's epic feat as he prepared to move massive cannon from Ticonderoga to Boston to force the British evacuation in 1776. Watch as soldiers work as carpenters to maintain Ticonderoga. Witness the raw power of oxen and horses as these thousand-pound animals pull […]
Hybrid Winter Workshop Series: Great Coats & Cloaks
Hybrid NYDue to popular demand, this workshop is full and registration is closed! In this 2-day workshop, build one of your choice of outerwear; greatcoat, women's cloak, sentry's cloak, or horseman's cloak. Explore some of the common details of these different forms of semi-fitted foul weather wear.
Virtual Fort Fever Series: Documentation, Preservation, & Accessibility in Ticonderoga’s Collections
Virtual NYThe Fort Ticonderoga Fort Fever Series features presentations by Fort Ticonderoga staff. Join Fort Ticonderoga VP of Collections & Digital Production Miranda Peters as she highlights the incredible work being undertaken by museum staff to document, preserve, and make accessible Ticonderoga's world-class museum collections. Fort Ticonderoga is currently cataloging, inventorying, and rehousing the museum's collections. […]
Living History Event: 1777 Preparing for the Coming Campaign
Fort Ticonderoga 102 Fort Ti Road, TiconderogaThis event brings to life the story of American soldiers at Ticonderoga in the year 1777 as they prepare for a British attack. In the winter of 1777, as snow piled up, soldiers worked busily to build barracks, repair cannons, clothe, arm, and equip soldiers for another campaign season. Discover the incredible story of the […]
Virtual Author Series
ZOOM NYThe Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Fort Ticonderoga’s history. Len Travers talks about his new book Hodges' Scout: A Lost Patrol of the French and Indian War. Although largely forgotten, the story of Hodges' Scout can tell us much about this particular war as ordinary young men--those without whom wars cannot be […]
Virtual Material Matters: It’s in the Details
ZOOM NYThe Eleventh Annual “Material Matters: It’s in the Details” conference takes place online on January 22, 2022. This conference is on material culture spanning 1609-1815. This conference is only available online through Fort Ticonderoga’s Center for Digital History, streaming through Zoom Webinars. A laptop, tablet, or smartphone is required to participate in the conference. Advanced […]
Virtual Fort Fever Series: Brace Yourself with Holsters
Virtual NYThe Fort Ticonderoga Fort Fever Series features presentations by Fort Ticonderoga staff. While holsters are commonly imagined as a personal accoutrement, their origin and reality in the long 18th century was part of saddlery. Join Fort Ticonderoga Vice President of Public History Stuart Lilie to explore the common details of 18th-century holsters and their rapid […]
Hybrid Winter Workshop Series: All Gaiters, Great and Small
Hybrid NYIn this 2-day workshop, build one of the many types of gaiters that appeared on soldiers in Ticonderoga's military history. Options include French linen gaiters, British spatter-dashers, British half-gaiters, & more. Discover the details and definitions of the many types of gaiters and build your own pair with expert guidance on assembly and fitting.
Winter Workshop Series: 1750s British Knapsacks and French Havresacs
Fort Ticonderoga 102 Fort Ti Road, TiconderogaIn this one-day workshop, build your choice of a British hair-on calfskin knapsack or French canvas havresac and petite sac. Explore the period supply and recent research on their construction.
Virtual Author Series
ZOOM NYThe Fort Ticonderoga Author Series features presentations by authors of books related to Fort Ticonderoga’s history. Eric Schnitzer talks about his book Don Troiani's Campaign to Saratoga--1777: The Turning Point of the Revolutionary War in Paintings, Artifacts, and Historical Narrative. The battles of Saratoga are cited as the turning point in the Revolutionary War. Beginning when the armies prepared […]