THE LAWSON BOATING HERITAGE CENTER ON CHAUTAUQUA LAKE

CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, FORUMS, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS CENTERED ON THE HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF THE LAWSON CENTER, MARITIME HISTORY OF CHAUTAUQUA LAKE, THE HISTORY OF WOOD BOAT BUILDING, AND THE LESSONS OF BOATING. WE WERE ABLE TO CONDUCT A MORE NORMAL SCHEDULE OF CLASSES, FORUMS, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS. OUR SUMMER LECTURE SERIES WAS HELD PRETTY MUCH AS NORMAL WITH GOOD ATTENDANCE AND RESPONSE. SCHOOL TOURS WERE HELD IN THE SPRING. WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE 944 MUSEUM VISITORS, 190 FOR ADULT EDUCATION SEMINARS AND 2,445 ATTENDED MEMBER AND PRIVATE EVENTS AT OUR VENUE.

PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF CLASSIC BOATS THAT IN THE PAST YEARS GRACED OUR LAKE. ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2024: WORK WAS COMPLETED ON A 1952 18 CHRIS CRAFT RIVIERA. UPHOLSTERY WORK WAS FINISHED ON THE 1953 17 CHRIS CRAFT (THE HANCOCK BOAT). WORK WRAPPED UP ON A 57 HIGGINS AND WORK STARTED ON A 67 CENTURY RESORTER AS WELL AS ON A BEE LINE FIBERGLASS BOAT. ALL ARE EXAMPLES OF THE HISTORIC BOATS THAT GRACED OUR AREA OVER THE YEARS AS WELL AS THE CRAFTSMANSHIP WE ARE PRESERVING. THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE HARD WORK OF OUR VOLUNTEERS AND THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR MEMBERS.