Chautauqua

Few communities in western New York have a history as closely tied to the Chautauqua Institution’s summer-learning tradition as Chautauqua. Set on the shores of Chautauqua Lake, it is best known for the institution founded in 1874 as a training assembly for Sunday-school teachers. It soon developed into a wider forum for education, religion, music and public discussion, giving its name to a national adult-education movement. The grounds retain a compact setting of performance venues, lecture halls and historic cottages, while the lake shapes the pace of the surrounding community. See how Chautauqua fits within the wider lake country of western New York by browsing webcams nearby.

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