The main gallery houses many exhibitions including a display of Seneca Ray Stoddard’s photos, maps and paintings, an exhibition of the Lake George Battlefield Park curated by its director Dr. Stairwells to the museum archive storage rooms, the president’s office and to the downstairs of the building are pending completion. The Town of Lake George, under the direction of Jim Martino, provided the restoration work, and all exhibition rooms and bookstore, plus the LGHA Library have been restored. Solomon Foundation to restore its original flooring. In 2014 the LGHA received funding from the Alfred Z. Kay Olan, Mohawk, provided support and material for this exhibition. The Bob Ervien collection of arrowheads is on display an exhibition with loans form area Abenaki families, and a case of loaned artifacts from the Museum in Albany’s Million Dollar Beach dig of 2013, plus loans from the Iroquois Museum including baskets, and Iroquois artifacts is on exhibit along with artifacts belonging to the LGHA. Area photographer Charlie Kreitler, created the wall collages area avocational archaeologist Tom Weinman loans his large panel displaying Native American artifacts found in the Southern Basin of the lake and a pestle used in AD 600. Area designer John Sahler (Idea Partners) implemented the graphic maps and video display for the room, and LGHA Board members helped to install the exhibition. There is a handbook on sale in the bookstore which encapsulates this history. The park was officially dedicated on and offers concert and event space, a children's play area, a skate park, public bathrooms, a walking trail, a fountain and small pool, and a constructed wetland used to filter stormwater before reaching Lake George.Supported by a 2015-16 Conservation Grant from the Lake Champlain Basin Program interprets the presence of Native Americans in this area. Wood Foundation, contributed $750,000 towards a $1.8 million nature park, to be called Charles R. In April 2012, it was announced that the foundation of Gaslight Village's late founder, the Charles R. In December 2010, it was reported that the Lake George Association, Lake George Land Conservancy, and other organizations had acquired the land and were demolishing the site in order return the area to wetlands to filter water draining into Lake George, at a cost of up to $12 million. Its site later became the now defunct Lake George Action Park. The main feature of the park was the Opera House where Vaudeville-style shows, including an Ice Show, melodramas, and a wide variety of stage acts performed all day and until lights-out each evening. The park was approximately 3-4 city blocks in size, and featured some standard amusement rides, (a Ferris wheel, merry-go-round, bumper cars, Tilt a Whirl, etc.) as well as some unusual rides. It opened in 1959, designed by Arto Monaco and built by amusement park builder Charles Wood. Route 9 and Warren County Route 69 (West Brook Road) in the village. The park was located along New York State Route 9N, U.S. Gaslight Village was a Vaudeville themed amusement park in Lake George, New York. JSTOR ( December 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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