Historic Geneva is a history museum in the Finger Lakes region of New York State which focuses on the history of Geneva, NY, historic architecture, genealogy, and the area's industry and agriculture. The Society maintains four historic 19th century properties, an archive and library, a museum and runs programs and events related to the history of Geneva and the Finger Lakes area.
Join us on April 23 from 3 to 5 p.m. for an opening reception for the new exhibit Juxtapositions: Selections from the Historic Geneva Collections curated by Hobart and William Smith students in the class Critical Museum Studies, an introduction to the history and theory of museums. The reception is open to the public and… <a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/opening-reception-for-juxtapositions-selections-from-the-historic-geneva-collections/?mc_id=276467" class="more list-more" title="Opening Reception for Juxtapositions: Selections from the Historic Geneva Collections">more »
May 1, 2025 (2 events)
Rose Hill Mansion Opens for the Season
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Antiques Club of the Finger Lakes: The 1779 American Sullivan-Clinton Invasion: Perspectives from History, Archaeology, and Indigenous Community Members
Join Cornell University Professor Kurt Jordan for a program on the 1779 American Sullivan-Clinton expedition into the homelands of the Onöndowa’ga:’ (Seneca) and Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ (Cayuga) Nations of the Hodinǫ̱hsǫ́:nih (Six Nations Iroquois) Confederacy during the American Revolution.
Marquis de Lafayette, Library of Congress. Join Archivist Becky Chapin at the Geneva Public Library Community Room on May 10th at 10am to hear about General Lafayette's visit to Geneva in 1825. The visit was part of a tour of the young nation in celebration of the Frenchman's role in helping… <a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/general-lafayettes-visit-facts-and-folklore/?mc_id=276465" class="more list-more" title="General Lafayette's Visit: Facts and Folklore">more »
The Historic Geneva offices and the Geneva History Museum are closed for the Memorial Day holiday.
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May 27, 2025 (1 event)
Lafayette in Western New York
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Learn about the first wildly popular celebrity tour of Western New York in this program on the Marquis De Lafayette's 1825 visit to the United States.
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Enjoy guided tours of West Point Military Academy, Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Eleanor Roosevelt’s Val-Kill, Straatsburgh State Historic Site, Thomas Cole National Historic Site, and Olana State Historic Site.
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Join us on April 23 from 3 to 5 p.m. for an opening reception for the new exhibit Juxtapositions: Selections from the Historic Geneva Collections curated by Hobart and William Smith students in the class Critical Museum Studies, an introduction to the history and theory of museums. The reception is open to the public and… more »
Join Cornell University Professor Kurt Jordan for a program on the 1779 American Sullivan-Clinton expedition into the homelands of the Onöndowa’ga:’ (Seneca) and Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ (Cayuga) Nations of the Hodinǫ̱hsǫ́:nih (Six Nations Iroquois) Confederacy during the American Revolution.
Marquis de Lafayette, Library of Congress. Join Archivist Becky Chapin at the Geneva Public Library Community Room on May 10th at 10am to hear about General Lafayette's visit to Geneva in 1825. The visit was part of a tour of the young nation in celebration of the Frenchman's role in helping… more »
Enjoy guided tours of West Point Military Academy, Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Eleanor Roosevelt’s Val-Kill, Straatsburgh State Historic Site, Thomas Cole National Historic Site, and Olana State Historic Site.
