All was right with the world, at least with Red Sox Nation, when Cooperstown opened a display on a Boston championship in November, 2004. This contains bats, gloves, uniforms, dirt, etc. from the Red Sox championship.
The Hall of Fame is an almost magical place for fans, and it's easy to spend a day there. It's main industry is baseball ... although I suppose it could be argued that they are in the nostalgia business in a sense.
The actual museum is quite interesting. The place opened in 1939 as part of a somewhat imaginary 100th anniversary of the sport. It honors some of the great players and managers as well as other figures, with plenty of memorabilia. Memorabilia is everywhere. If something significant happened in baseball, chances are good that the building has something related to it. The women's game also is represented nicely.
In addition, Cooperstown itself is quite quaint and has plenty of baseball-related stores on its main street. Every baseball fan should go here at least once, and the non-fans will not be bored either.
This is the quick way around the building:
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