What is Jamestown, NY known for?

Jamestown, NY is home to the National Comedy Center and Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz Museum.

• Recently named "Best New Museum" in the country by USA Today, one of the "World's Greatest Places" by TIME magazine, and among the “Top 25 Family Weekend Getaways in the U.S.” by U.S. News & World Report, the National Comedy Center provides hours of fun. The Comedy Center features state-of-the-art technology, interactivity, and personalization to create a 21st-century museum environment. Explore your favorite comedies and comedians at over 50 exhibits, including Johnny Carson: The Immersive Experience, which contains 30 digital projection screens that surround the audience and a holographic host, Jimmy Fallon.
• The hometown of Lucille Ball, Jamestown honors the legacy of “The First Couple of Comedy” with the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum. The museum features replica sets, Lucille Ball’s Emmy awards, costumes, rare memorabilia from I Love Lucy and other shows, and much more.
• Jamestown's largest annual event, the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival boasts over 50 live events and attracts more than 15,000 attendees each August.

The Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown celebrates the life and legacy of Robert H. Jackson – Supreme Court Justice, Chief U.S. Prosecutor at Nuremberg, and Chautauqua County native. Tour the Jackson Center’s exclusive collections and exhibits, plus program and meeting facilities, housed in a historic 1858 Italianate mansion. The Jackson Center is open for self-guided, individual, and group tours.

Jamestown was once known as the "furniture capital of the world." Explore the Made in Jamestown: How Furniture Built a City exhibit and much more about what makes Jamestown great at the Fenton History Center. The museum operates in the historic Fenton Mansion, family home of Reuben E. Fenton -- a U.S. Congressman, New York State Governor and U.S. Senator. 

Jamestown native Roger Tory Peterson was the premier artist-naturalist of his time and connected people with nature as never before. The father of the modern field guide, Peterson’s artwork offered a way for readers to discover the beauty and wonder of nature. Visit the Roger Tory Peterson Institute to explore a beautiful museum with nature art exhibitions, walk 2.5 miles of trails on a 27-acre preserve, and discover the largest collection of Roger Tory Peterson’s original artwork, films, slides and papers.