National Comedy Center
Plan time with the interactive comedy exhibits. Check current admission, accessibility and program details.
Visitor details ↗Greater Niagara & Chautauqua–Allegheny / Find your place
Jamestown
Comedy stories · Local history · Lake country
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A place worth knowing
Make room for Jamestown.
Let a comedy-museum visit anchor your day, then explore local history and a downtown meal. Nearby Chautauqua Lake makes a different outing, with its own travel and seasonal plan.
A few good ways to begin.
Choose a stop, then leave room for the unexpected.
Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum
Explore the television and comedy story in the museum’s current exhibits. Check tickets and opening days.
Visitor details ↗Fenton History Center
Add regional history through the center’s collections and current visitor programs.
Visitor details ↗Eat & drink
Choose a local food stop around Jamestown using the visitor dining directory. Confirm menus, opening days and reservations with the business.
Explore local dining ↗Stay awhile.
Choose a base for your days around Jamestown. Compare dates, location and the operator’s booking terms.
Local places to stay ↗A little farther along.
Your next good stop.
Find a business. Put yours on the map.
Browse published places around Jamestown. Business details are supplied by their owners.
Photo credits & visitor sources
Real New York photographs. Photo dates vary; images illustrate places, not current weather or operating conditions.
- Jamestown Downtown Historic District, Jamestown, New York - 20190916 - 02 - North Main Street.jpg — Andre Carrotflower. Own work CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- View of the American Falls waterfall at Niagara Falls on the Niagara River in the New York State city of the same name. It and the nearby Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of the river are popular tourist attractions and natural wonders long depicted on post cards — Carol M. Highsmith. Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. No known restrictions on publication. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- Aerial view of Buffalo, New York, with a focus on the historic Buffalo Central (rail) Terminal — Carol M. Highsmith. Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. No known restrictions on publication. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
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County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, New York FIPS36. Six WTDO areas are editorial discovery groupings.