Life in Cooperstown has indeed unfolded according to Cooper's vision. The Village of Cooperstown, with its rich array of museums and other diverse attractions, is the jewel of Otsego County and of the Central Leatherstocking Country region of upstate New York.

Dubbed 'the village of museums', Cooperstown boasts three nationally/internationally recognized museums. The National Baseball Hall of Fame, known everywhere for our 'national pastime'; The Farmers' Museum, one of the country's oldest outdoor living history museums showcasing rural life in 1845 in its lively Village of Historic trade and craft shops; and Fenimore House Museum, home to one of the country's premier folk art collections, and now the American Indian Wing with a dazzling collection and galleries "any museum in the world would envy." (The New York Times) The museums attract visitors year round for special events such as Candlelight Evening in December and Sleigh Rally in February.