Michael Farrell, head of Cornell University’s Uihlein Forest Sugarhouse in Lake Placid, tests the sugar content of a batch maple syrup there in March 2016. (Enterprise photo — Andy Flynn)

New York state will host Maple Weekend Saturday and Sunday as well as on March 25-26 at various sugarhouses throughout the area.

Here is a list of the local participants and their offerings:

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Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, Tupper Lake

On Saturdays, March 18 and 25 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., the museum will host breakfast in its Waterside Cafe to celebrate the sweet season of maple sugaring. There will be tours of the on-site sugar shack to explain the museum’s Community Maple Project and get a taste of freshly made syrup. The breakfast costs $5 for members or $7.50 for non-members, plus museum admission. Reservations are appreciated for the breakfast at 518-359-7800.

The museum will also host a Sugar Shack Soiree from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 18. The outdoor, maple-themed party starts at 4 p.m. with live music. Attendees can learn how to boil maple sap, try different syrup grades and chop wood for the fire. Guests are welcome to bring their own musical instruments. There will be a cash bar and food available outside.

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Tastes of Maple, Conference Center, 2608 Main St., Lake Placid

From 4 to 6 p.m., Tastes of Maple offers samples of local maple-based cuisine, beer and spirits and live music.

Tasting tickets cost $1 each.

Local maple producers will provide maple syrup for a tasting competition. Samples will be provided from a batch from each producer for free, and participants will vote for their favorite. Winners will be announced at 5:50 p.m.

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Paul Smith’s College VIC, 7833 state Route 30, Paul Smiths

Free sugar shack tours will be held between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday and March 25-26.

March Interpretive Maple Tours will be given from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through March. Attendees should bring their own snowshoes to join a Visitor Interpretive Center naturalist for a walk through the woods and to the sugar shack to learn about the art and science of maple sugaring.

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Uihlein Forest by Cornell University, 157 Bear Cub Lane, Lake Placid

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., there will be guided tours of the entire syrup production process, beginning in the sugarbush, where the sap is collected, and ending in the sugarhouse, where people can see, smell and taste fresh maple syrup being made. Visitors will also learn about ongoing research projects and a variety of maple products will be available for sale in the gift shop.

Admission is free.

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Moon Valley Maple, 215 Johnson Road, Malone

Tours of the sugarhouse beside the slopes of Titus Mountain Family Ski Center will take place 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday only.

A chicken and waffles breakfast with maple wings, maple sticks and maple margaritas, all with house-made maple syrup, will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Titus Mountain’s lower lodge.

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Black Rooster Maple, 10819 state Route 9N, Keene

Sugar shack tours

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For more information about Maple Weekends throughout New York, visit www.nysmaple.com/nys-maple-weekend.