Brockport Community Museum

The Brockport Community Museum, provisionally chartered by New York State in 2002, is a "Museum Without Walls." With no building of its own, it brings local history directly to diverse constituencies through projects that include exterior interpretive panels, interior display case,
and educational content within this web site.

WHAT'S IT?
A working model about one foot square, it was first successfully manufactured commercially in Brockport, NY.

QUESTIONS:
- What did the full size object do?
- What did it replace?
- What time period was it used?
- How do you think it changed agriculture?
- How did this invention and Brockport's location on the Erie Canal help westward expansion of the United States?

CLUE:
- Cyrus McCormick invented it.

To learn more, click here.

Home
Click anywhere above the red bar on any web page.

Participate!
As a "Museum without Walls," we rely on your interactive participation and feedback.

Accessing documents on this website
This site makes extensive use of Adobe Acrobat™ which allows documents to be viewed in their original form, regardless the platform you use. Adobe Acrobat Reader™ can be downloaded here. To simplify the viewing process, you may elect to have your browser automatically open documents when you select them.

Copyrights
All materials on this site are ©2007-2009 Brockport Community Museum, unless otherwise noted. However, we do encourage your use of the educations materials herein which are free and available upon request for permission of use.

Contact:
Email:
Mail: Village of Brockport BCM, 49 State St., Brockport, NY 14420

Site acknowledgments:
- The BCM web site committee
- Education section: Mary Corey, Patricia E. Baker
- Site Design: Norman J. Frisch
- Site construction: Brian C. Davis [Olyphant, PA]