Lily Dale has been the world’s largest center for spiritual development and the practice of the Spiritualist religion. For more than 130 years, Lily Dale has offered a world-renowned summer program of lectures, workshops, and other activities featuring best-selling authors, leaders in academic and scientific research into psychic phenomena, as well as the world’s most powerful mediums, teachers, and healers. Lily Dale is widely known as a place where knowledge and enlightenment converge in ways that deepen faith and heighten awareness.

Chautauqua Lake is a popular inland lake for recreation including boating, sailing, paddle sports and fishing.

For 150 years, the Chautauqua Institution has served as a catalyst for creative exploration, educational growth, relaxation and recreation. From Concerts, classes, lectures, recreation eating and shopping there is something for everyone!

The Center’s exclusive collections, world-class exhibits, and cutting-edge technology are featured throughout the 37,000-square-foot attraction. Visitors are educated, inspired, and entertained by more than 50 immersive experiences as they take an interactive journey through comedy history, from early vaudeville to the latest viral memes.

Explore the lives, careers, and legacy of the “First Couple of Comedy,” and the incredible impact they had on the world. Experience exact re-creations of the studio sets of the most beloved TV comedy of all time — I Love Lucy—