The venerable Agriculture Museum gets a lot of attention during the New York State Fair. Rightly so–it’s a real gem. But it’s little next-door neighbor–the Carriage Museum– is too often overlooked. 
Many of the engineless vehicles on display there seemed to have been driven right out of vintage movies or from history books. There are many fascinating examples of wagons, carriages and buggies that were an indispensable part of mainstream American life before Henry Ford and his contemporaries revolutionized transportation.
The vintage chuckwagon presented by Cowboy Doug Corey adds a colorful and historic frontier 
dimension and there’s a working blacksmith shop in the back that features demonstrations throughout the Fair.
It’s free to visit and you’re likely to see pieces you won’t see anywhere else.
Leave a Reply