Fort Ticonderoga is an independent nonprofit educational organization which serves its mission to ensure that present and future generations learn from the struggles, sacrifices, and victories that shaped the nations of North America and changed world history. It serves this mission by preserving and enhancing its historic structures, collections, gardens and landscapes; and educating the public as it learns about the history of Fort Ticonderoga. Welcoming visitors since 1909, it preserves North America’s largest 18th-century artillery collection, 2000 acres of historic landscape on Lake Champlain, and Carillon Battlefield, and the largest series of untouched 18th-century earthworks surviving in America. Fort Ticonderoga engages nearly 75,000 visitors each year and offers programs, historic interpretation, boat cruises, tours, demonstrations, and exhibits throughout the year and is open for daily visitation May through October. Fort Ticonderoga is accredited by the American Association of Museums and pursues its vision to be the premier cultural destination in North America.
Experience Fort Ticonderoga and immerse yourself in a place where America made history! Every day is an event at Fort Ticonderoga and every year is a new experience. Fort Ticonderoga is the only site in America that tells a new story each year through dynamic historical interpretation. In 2017, witness the year 1757, a time at which the French held this peninsula and it was called by the name “Carillon.”
Fort Ticonderoga is a family destination, a center of learning, and an interactive, multi-faceted experience. It's exploring the beautiful gardens, finding adventure in our events, meeting the interpretive staff, marching with the Fife & Drum Corps, and learning about a historic trade. It's a visit through the reconstructed fort, a narrated boat cruise around the historic Ticonderoga Peninsula, and an afternoon in our exhibit galleries exploring our premier collections. Highlighted programming includes daily weapons demonstrations, access to Mount Defiance to witness a birds-eye view of Fort Ticonderoga’s epic military landscape, guided tours lead by professional interpreters, special events & battle re-enactments, and so much more! A visit to Fort Ticonderoga connects all visitors to a place and time that defined a continent, a nation, and its continued legacy.
Immerse yourself in the history
Visit the Trades Shops
Observe daily weapons demonstrations
Take a 90-minute narrated tour around the historical Ticonderoga Peninsula
Attend special events such as the Heritage, Harvest, & Horse Festival
Witness history come to life with the help from a talented and professional interpretive staff
Roam through the breathtaking gardens
Enjoy the stirring rhythms of the Fife & Drum Corps
Get lost in the 6-acre seasonal corn maze designed in the shape of the fort
Explore the world-renowned collections and more than 10,000 square feet of exhibit space
See the fort from a birds-eye view atop Mount Defiance
Tour and immerse yourself in the wake of history at Fort Ticonderoga
Have some fun in the artillery lab with hands-on activities
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