County: Tompkins
- Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Tompkins County
- Dubbed "the Official Orchestra of the City of Ithaca," the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1976 to bring top quality classical music to the Finger Lakes region of New York. The ensemble performs a full range of classical selections at concerts held throughout Ithaca during the fall, winter and spring.
- Cayuga Nature Center Tompkins County
- A 75-acre nature preserve located on the site of a former tuberculosis preventorium in Ithaca, the Cayuga Nature Center offers five miles of hiking trails, observation of over 30 birds, animals and reptiles that the center keeps in captivity, and a six-story Treetops tree house that guests may scale to see views of the surrounding lakes and forests. The center also maintains a large indoor Butterfly House during the summer months that is home to a variety of local indigenous species.
- Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County Tompkins County
- Community Arts Partnership (CAP) of Tompkins County is an arts service organization that caters to artists and art lovers in Ithaca and surrounding areas. The organization maintains its own gallery, the Clinton House Artspace, that shows the work of local artists on a rotating monthly schedule year-round. The group also hosts the Greater Ithaca Art Trail, a self-guided open studio tour of local artists homes and studios held over two weekends each October.
- Community School of Music & Arts Tompkins County
- A multi-arts training center located in downtown Ithaca, the Community School of Music & Arts is an integral part of the cultural fabric of the Finger Lakes region. With over 1,700 students enrolled in its music, dance, performance and arts courses, the school plays a large part in the daily lives of community members from a variety of backgrounds. The school hosts regular exhibitions of students' and local artists' works in two on-site galleries and is also home to the Ithaca Children's Choir, a nationally-renowned youth chorus, that holds regular performances at the school.
- Cornell University—Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Tompkins County
- Designed by I. M. Pei, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University is home to a wide array of fine and decorative arts. Stengths of the collection include Japanese and Chinese art and ceramics, European modern art and contemporary sculpture. Founded in 1865 and a member of the Ivy League, Cornell University is one of the largest private universities in the state, but its agriculture, ecology, labor relations and veterinary schools are funded by the State of New York.
- Hangar Theatre Tompkins County
- Operated by the Center for the Arts at Ithaca, Tompkins County’s Hangar Theatre has been housed in a renovated airplane hangar in Ithaca’s Cass Park since 1975. Originally funded by a gift from Nelson Rockefeller with support from the Ithaca Repertory Theatre, Cornell University, Ithaca College and the City of Ithaca, today’s Hangar Theatre has expanded its multifaceted stage season to include year-round education programs, an annual New Play Festival and summer performances for children.
- Historic Ithaca Tompkins County
- An architectural and environmental preservation organization founded in 1966, Historic Ithaca documents and rehabilitates at-risk historic buildings in Ithaca and surrounding areas.
- History Center in Tompkins County Tompkins County
- The main repository of ephemera relating to the history of Ithaca and Tomkins County, the center collects, interprets and displays a wide range of historical artifacts that document hundreds of years of life in the Finger Lakes region. In addition to its exhibition program, the center also organizes a number of educational programs and events that encourage local school children to dig deep into the past of their hometown to help make light of the area and its rich history.
- Ithaca A Cappella Association - Cayuga Voice Ensemble Tompkins County
- With a repertoire covering everything from madrigals to musicals, Bach to Britten, and oratorio to opera, the Ithaca A Cappella Association has promoted the Cayuga Vocal Ensemble for over two decades. The ensemble performs in the newly renovated First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca, a venue that offers nearly perfect acoustics for classical voice performances.
- Kitchen Theatre Company Tompkins County
- A theater production company in Ithaca, the Kitchen Theatre Company mounts eight productions each year in its own intimate space. These mainstage productions are devoted to new work and new interpretations of established work and the series usually includes regional premieres and often one world premiere production.
