UPPER HUDSON

Slate Valley Museum 
http://www.slatevalleymuseum.org/  
17 Water St. 

Granville, NY 12832

Hours: May to October, Tuesday to Friday, noon - 4 PM, Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM. See website for annual holiday festival hours in December.

Phone: (518) 642-1417 

Admission: See website for rates.

 

 

Historical Description:   

The museum has an “extensive collection of documentary photographs reveals the people, atmosphere and traditions of 150 years of slate quarrying” It describes the processes of slate quarrying as well as the impact of technology on this traditional industry.    

 

The Site:   

The museum contains a number of exhibits relating to slate quarrying including a “30-foot-tall replica of a quarry stick used in days gone by to bring large pieces of stone up from the quarry pit into the yard, a quarry shanty, complete with all the machinery and tools used in traditional slate quarrying, and a geological display illustrating the natural history of slate.”