World's Largest Kaleidescope

Mount Tremper, New York, United States

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The World's Largest Kaleidoscope is a kaleidoscope built inside a silo at The Emerson resort in Mount Tremper, New York. Visitors stand beneath mirrors and watch a video show. The operator says Guinness recognised it in 1997 and gives the silo as 60 feet tall.

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Site-level location · 42.0500° N, 74.2885° W

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Most kaleidoscopes fit in your hand. This one is a farm silo in the Catskills, and visitors stand inside it.

It is at The Emerson, the resort and shopping complex on Route 28 in Mount Tremper. The operator says the structure began as a grain silo from the property's former farm, Riseley Flats, and that kaleidoscope artist Charles Karadimos turned it into the attraction. Hudson Valley One reported in 2016, the attraction's 20th anniversary, that developer Dean Gitter conceived the idea of converting an unused silo, that some neighbours called it "carnivalesque", and that it cost a "cool quarter-million" in 1996.

The operator says the mirrors were built on site and lifted into the silo with a 100-foot crane. It gives the silo as 60 feet tall and the mirrors as 37½ feet long, weighing 5,000 pounds, with three mirrors forming a sphere when seen from below. Hudson Valley One gave 56 feet for the height and described a 2.5-ton pyramid of mirrors about 37 feet tall. The operator says the Guinness Book of World Records recognised it as the largest in 1997; Hudson Valley One also described it as certified by Guinness.

There are no beads or coloured glass. Instead, the operator says, original video art is projected through a custom lens and mirror system. Isaac Abrams and his son Raphael created the original shows, with a score by Gary Burke. KFOX reported in January 2026 that the roughly 10-minute show then running was "The Earth Laughs in Flowers".

The operator lists Thursday to Monday, 10 am to 5 pm, with admission of $5 for ages 12 and over, free for children under 12 and complimentary for hotel guests. It notes that holiday hours may vary.

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The operator lists Thursday to Monday, 10 am to 5 pm (closed Tuesday and Wednesday), $5 for ages 12 and over, free under 12 and complimentary for hotel guests; holiday hours may vary. KFOX describes a roughly 10-minute video show, and a shop sells handcrafted kaleidoscopes.

ACCESS

Inside a silo at The Shops at Emerson Resort, 5340 Route 28, Mount Tremper, New York, a resort and shopping property. Entry is ticketed per the operator; call 845-688-2828 for details.

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