William Hillcourt Scout Museum and Carson Buck Memorial Library

Located at Camp Woodland

The William Hillcourt Scout Museum and Carson Buck Memorial Library is proud to be part of the effort to keep the traditions of Scouting alive through the preservation and display of scouting memorabilia and artifacts. In addition to display, many of the historical documents are available for research. The museum has something for everyone!

The area in this picture displays some of the documents, patches, and posters from the original Syracuse Council  which, through mergers, has become the Hiawatha Seaway Council. Sometimes history can be fun and interesting - often the facts of an organizations history can be put in a historical timeline that is easy to read.

Uniforms, books, OA sashes, patches, mugs, and other memorabilia all tell the story of Scouting through the years. Through these object it often becomes easier to see the advance of technologies as well as helping understand how the Scouting program evolved to address the needs of boys in all segments of society.

At the museum and library you can research much of the history of the BSA as well as dig out some biographical information on some of the giants of scouting like Green Bar Bill, Daniel Carter Beard, and Ernest Thompson Seton or the founder of the entire movement, Lord Baden-Powell. If you are at Camp Woodland over the weekend you may have the opportunity to tour the museum and touch our history. If you want to arrange a special tour, you'll need to talk to one of the museum directors. You can get in touch with one of them through the council office 1-315-463-0201. There is a small trading post which helps fund the cost of operation. Please remember to sign our guest book.

If you wish to help the museum we have a patch that we sell through our Trading Post that we treat as a donation.