The North Chagrin Trailside Museum and self-guided footpath were modeled by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History after educational nature trails and museums developed during the 1920s through a collaboration between the American Museum of Natural History and the Palisades Interstate Park Commission at Bear Mountain State Park in New York. The nation's first educational nature trails and trailside museums at Bear Mountain State Park attracted the praise and attendance of the public, and the model was emulated in both state and national parks across the country. With the opening of the North Chagrin Trailside Museum during the summer of 1931, the Cleveland laid claim to being the first city or regional public park system to draw from this blueprint. | Source: Courtesy of Cleveland Public Library Photograph DepartmentDownload Original File
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