Boat Builder's Workshop Comes To Adirondack Museum

The guideboat was first designed and developed in the Adirondacks. These light-weight elegant boats are still built by skilled craftsmen and women. Talk with Allison Warner, the museum’s boatbuilder-in-residence and watch as spruce ribs are formed and wafer-thin planking is tacked in place. The guideboat maker’s shop is in the exhibit Boats and Boating in the Adirondacks.

Also visit the shop on Wednesdays and Thursdays in July and August to see paddle maker Caleb Davis at work. Demonstrations held 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. every Wednesday and Thursday except for July 16 and August 13.

On the days that Caleb is in the Boat Builder's Workshop, he will also offer "Paddling on the Pond" from 12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Gordon Fisher will be in the shop on July 16, August 13, and September 5 & 6 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. for his demonstration “Guideboat Paddles.” -- www.adkmuseum.org