Welcome to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The first stop on your journey is the Cooperstown Room where you will come face to face with ten electees who were present for that first induction ceremony in 1939. Here rare vintage photographs trace the origin of the game. Next comes the Great Moments Room where the game’s most famous events evoke more recollections. Legendary artists have also captured these special occasions on canvas, and Abbott and Costello entertain you with their classic parody, “Who’s on First?”
Located on Main Street in the heart of picturesque Cooperstown, New York, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is one of the country’s major tourist destinations – and is surely the best-known sports shrine in the world.
Opening its doors for the first time on June 12, 1939, the Hall of Fame has stood as the definitive repository of the game’s treasures and as a symbol of the most profound individual honor bestowed on an athlete. It is every fan’s “Field of Dreams” with its stories, legends and magic to be passed on from generation to generation.
The centerpiece of the Museum is the historic Hall of Fame Gallery, where the plaques of every Hall of Fame member line the oak walls. In the front section of the Gallery, visitors will see artifacts representing the most recent class of Hall of Famers.
