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The Gilboa Museum is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the heritage of Gilboa, New York and the cultural treasure of the Devonian Period Gilboa Fossils. The Museum features videos about the fossils along with historical displays about the area and the town of Gilboa. Take time to visit Gilboa and the museum to see the Gilboa Fossil Exhibit both indoors and out and the Gilboa Dam close by.
Museum hours are: 12:00pm to 4:00pm, Saturdays & Sundays from May 24th, Memorial Day Weekend until Columbus Day, October 12th 2025.
Art Murphy
Juried History Center
We are proud to continue to offer the Juried History Center at the Gilboa Museum. In remembrance of his parents John and Anna Juried, Nicholas J. Juried made a donation to the Gilboa Museum that allowed the museum to add a new wing dedicated to the history of Gilboa and the surrounding area. With the help of local historians and volunteers, the Gilboa Museum has created a series of exhibits that capture the history of the region and the people that settled here.
The Juried History Center offers a view into how life was lived in the late 19th and early 20th century in upstate New York. By today’s standards life was hard for these Americans trying to make a good life in the mountains. But as hard as it was there were many benefits to living in this region. The Juried Exhibit offers a unique opportunity for people and students to better understand the relationship of families to the land.
Besides an excellent Devonian fossil exhibit and the Juried History Center, the Gilboa Museum has several new, permanent displays. Many donations of logging saws, and antique farming tools are on display, artifacts from the original town of Gilboa and large Devonian tree size fossils have also been incorporated as part of the museum’s permanent collection.
