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 for summer walking tours of downtown on the First Friday of the month in June, July and August.
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A high-energy Americana band that plays traditional folk instruments in a style influenced by jazz, roots, bluegrass, and rock and roll.
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Explore the stories of Washington Street Cemetery on this walking tour.
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Guided tour of Underground Railroad sites in Niagara Falls and Lewiston and a visit to the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center .
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Rose Hill Mansion and the Geneva History Museum are closed for Independence Day.
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Learn about the history of South Main Street this summer with Historic Geneva staff.
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Bring the whole family for a fun day of games and activities at Rose Hill Mansion.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/rose-hill-family-day-2/?mc_id=276394" class="more list-more" title="Rose Hill Family Day">more »Learn about the history of South Main Street this summer with Historic Geneva staff.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/main-street-walking-tour/?mc_id=276401" class="more list-more" title="Main Street Walking Tour">more »Join Historic Geneva on a three day bus trip to Philadelphia (August 20-22).
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/philadelphia-bus-trip/?mc_id=276393" class="more list-more" title="Philadelphia Bus Trip">more »Join Historic Geneva on a three day bus trip to Philadelphia (August 20-22).
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/philadelphia-bus-trip/?mc_id=276393" class="more list-more" title="Philadelphia Bus Trip">more »Join Historic Geneva on a three day bus trip to Philadelphia (August 20-22).
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/philadelphia-bus-trip/?mc_id=276393" class="more list-more" title="Philadelphia Bus Trip">more »The Geneva History Museum and Historic Geneva offices will be closed for Labor Day.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/labor-day-2/?mc_id=276207" class="more list-more" title="Labor Day">more »Join us for one last summer walking tour of downtown on September 6 for First Friday!
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Explore the many cultural groups who have called Geneva home.
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Explore the history of the Fox sisters and their communion with the spirit world.
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Come to Rose Hill to meet Union Civil War reenactors and learn about military and civilian life during the American Civil War.
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Explore some of the historic gravestones at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Learn more about the history of boats on Seneca Lake in this slide show presentation.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/history-happy-hour-boats-and-boating-on-seneca-lake/?mc_id=276405" class="more list-more" title="History Happy Hour—Boats and Boating on Seneca Lake">more »
Learn about the Swan family's loss of a son and the practices Victorian Americans adopted to mourn their dead in this special tour of Rose Hill Mansion.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/mourning-otis-a-special-tour-of-rose-hill-mansion/?mc_id=276414" class="more list-more" title="Mourning Otis: A Special Tour of Rose Hill Mansion">more »Learn about the Swan family's loss of a son and the practices Victorian Americans adopted to mourn their dead in this special tour of Rose Hill Mansion.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/mourning-otis-a-special-tour-of-rose-hill-mansion-2/?mc_id=276416" class="more list-more" title="Mourning Otis: A Special Tour of Rose Hill Mansion">more »Learn about the Swan family's loss of a son and the practices Victorian Americans adopted to mourn their dead in this special tour of Rose Hill Mansion.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/mourning-otis-a-special-tour-of-rose-hill-mansion/?mc_id=276415" class="more list-more" title="Mourning Otis: A Special Tour of Rose Hill Mansion">more »Learn about the Swan family's loss of a son and the practices Victorian Americans adopted to mourn their dead in this special tour of Rose Hill Mansion.
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Learn about some of the newer burials on a tour of Geneva's oldest Roman Catholic cemetery.
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Join Historic Geneva for an evening at Jordan Hall on the campus of Cornell Agritech
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/every-building-tells-a-story-cornell-agritech/?mc_id=276419" class="more list-more" title="Every Building Tells A Story: Cornell Agritech">more »Last day this year to tour Rose Hill!
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Learn about the history of Geneva's cemeteries in this presentation.
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Enjoy a local beer while learning about Geneva's dry time during Prohibition.
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Shop the Holiday Market Thursdays through Saturdays this holiday season for unique decorations and gifts while supporting Historic Geneva.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/holiday-market-7/?mc_id=276421" class="more list-more" title="Holiday Market">more »Shop the Holiday Market Thursdays through Saturdays this holiday season for unique decorations and gifts while supporting Historic Geneva.
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Shop the Holiday Market Thursdays through Saturdays for unique decorations and gifts while supporting Historic Geneva. Wreaths, Greens and Baked Goods available December 7 only.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/holiday-market-and-wreath-sale/?mc_id=276420" class="more list-more" title="Holiday Market and Wreath Sale">more »Shop the Holiday Market Thursdays through Saturdays this holiday season for unique decorations and gifts while supporting Historic Geneva.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/holiday-market-7/?mc_id=276422" class="more list-more" title="Holiday Market">more »Shop the Holiday Market Thursdays through Saturdays this holiday season for unique decorations and gifts while supporting Historic Geneva.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/holiday-market-8/?mc_id=276425" class="more list-more" title="Holiday Market">more »Shop the Holiday Market Thursdays through Saturdays this holiday season for unique decorations and gifts while supporting Historic Geneva.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/holiday-market-9/?mc_id=276427" class="more list-more" title="Holiday Market">more »Shop the Holiday Market Thursdays through Saturdays this holiday season for unique decorations and gifts while supporting Historic Geneva.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/holiday-market-7/?mc_id=276423" class="more list-more" title="Holiday Market">more »Shop the Holiday Market Thursdays through Saturdays this holiday season for unique decorations and gifts while supporting Historic Geneva.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/holiday-market-8/?mc_id=276426" class="more list-more" title="Holiday Market">more »The Geneva History Museum and Historic Geneva offices will be closed December 24 for Christmas Eve.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/christmas-eve-day/?mc_id=276438" class="more list-more" title="Christmas Eve Day">more »The Geneva History Museum and Historic Geneva offices will be closed December 29 to January 1 for the New Year's holiday.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/new-years-holiday/?mc_id=276344" class="more list-more" title="New Year's Holiday">more »The Geneva History Museum and Historic Geneva offices will be closed December 29 to January 1 for the New Year's holiday.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/new-years-holiday/?mc_id=276344" class="more list-more" title="New Year's Holiday">more »The Geneva History Museum and Historic Geneva offices will be closed December 29 to January 1 for the New Year's holiday.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/new-years-holiday/?mc_id=276344" class="more list-more" title="New Year's Holiday">more »The Geneva History Museum and Historic Geneva offices will be closed December 29 to January 1 for the New Year's holiday.
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Learn about this historic building on North Street and the campus of Cornell AgriTech.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/antiques-club-of-the-finger-lakes-the-history-of-parrott-hall/?mc_id=276429" class="more list-more" title="Antiques Club of the Finger Lakes: The History of Parrott Hall">more »
Learn about Geneva's World War II experience in this Happy Hour slide show program.
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Bring an interesting antique or vintage item to share and discuss.
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See images of Geneva's neighborhood stores, once a fixture on corners in every neighborhood.
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Enjoy Peter Saracino's performance of the poet Robert Frost in this Antiques Club program.
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After months of construction the Geneva History Museum is reopening.
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Learn about Mark Twain's wife and his family life.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/livy-the-life-of-olivia-langdon-clemens/?mc_id=276456" class="more list-more" title="“Livy:” The Life of Olivia Langdon Clemens">more »
Find out the stories of some of the women in Geneva's history in an informal slide show and talk.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/history-happy-hour-a-brief-history-of-women-in-geneva-2/?mc_id=276434" class="more list-more" title="History Happy Hour: A Brief History of Women in Geneva">more »
Explore two centuries of firefighting history in Geneva.
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Learn about 19th-century millinery or hatmaking in this Antiques Club program.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/antiques-club-of-the-finger-lakes-from-the-showroom-to-the-workroom-a-visual-tour-of-the-19th-century-millinery-shop/?mc_id=276459" class="more list-more" title="Antiques Club of the Finger Lakes: From the Showroom to the Workroom: A Visual Tour of the 19th-Century Millinery Shop">more »
Join us for an opening reception of the exhibit Art from Historic Geneva's Collection an exhibit on view at the Dove Block this month.
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Explore historical myth making in this lecture about the yule log, enslavement, and the construction of a mythical antebellum American South.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/debunking-the-yule-log-myth-the-disturbing-history-of-a-plantation-legend/?mc_id=276446" class="more list-more" title="Debunking the Yule Log Myth: The Disturbing History of a Plantation Legend">more »
See images of Geneva's neighborhood stores, once a fixture on corners in every neighborhood.
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Rose Hill opens for the season.
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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.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/antiques-club-of-the-finger-lakes-the-1779-american-sullivan-clinton-invasion-perspectives-from-history-archaeology-and-indigenous-community-members/?mc_id=276466" class="more list-more" title="Antiques Club of the Finger Lakes: The 1779 American Sullivan-Clinton Invasion: Perspectives from History, Archaeology, and Indigenous Community Members">more »
Explore Rose Hill’s landscape while keeping your eyes and ears open for local birds.
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Go from the belvedere to the basement of Rose Hill.
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Go from the belvedere to the basement of Rose Hill.
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Attend a performance of Anything Goes at the Shaw Festival and go on a guided tour of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/niagara-on-the-lake-overnight-trip/?mc_id=276450" class="more list-more" title="Niagara-on-the-Lake Overnight Trip">more »Attend a performance of Anything Goes at the Shaw Festival and go on a guided tour of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/niagara-on-the-lake-overnight-trip/?mc_id=276450" class="more list-more" title="Niagara-on-the-Lake Overnight Trip">more »Residents of Ontario and Seneca Counites can enjoy free admission to Rose Hill Mansion.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/neighbor-day/?mc_id=276481" class="more list-more" title="Neighbor Day">more »The Historic Geneva offices and the Geneva History Museum are closed for the Memorial Day holiday.
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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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Explore the ways women were able to pursue artistic endeavors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and how artists portrayed women looking at art in the mansion.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/from-needle-to-brush-women-and-art-a-special-tour-of-rose-hill-mansion/?mc_id=276484" class="more list-more" title="From Needle to Brush: Women and Art—A Special Tour of Rose Hill Mansion">more »Explore the ways women were able to pursue artistic endeavors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and how artists portrayed women looking at art in the mansion.
<a href="https://historicgeneva.org/calendar-of-events/from-needle-to-brush-women-and-art-a-special-tour-of-rose-hill-mansion-6/?mc_id=276497" class="more list-more" title="From Needle to Brush: Women and Art—A Special Tour of Rose Hill Mansion">more »Rose Hill Mansion and the Geneva History Museum are closed for Independence Day.
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Enjoy an evening of jazz, boogie-woogie, ragtime, and swing with Cool Club and the Lipker sisters on the grounds at Rose Hill.
more »Explore the ways women were able to pursue artistic endeavors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and how artists portrayed women looking at art in the mansion.
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Learn how downtown Geneva was affected by the completion of the Erie Canal.
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Jim Richmond and The 3 of Us will perform a free concert on the lawn at Rose Hill.
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Learn how downtown Geneva was affected by the completion of the Erie Canal.
more »Explore the ways women were able to pursue artistic endeavors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and how artists portrayed women looking at art in the mansion.
more »Learn how downtown Geneva was affected by the completion of the Erie Canal.
more »Go from the belvedere to the basement of Rose Hill.
more »Explore the ways women were able to pursue artistic endeavors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and how artists portrayed women looking at art in the mansion.
more »Go from the belvedere to the basement of Rose Hill.
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Autumn Sun will perform a free concert on the lawn at Rose Hill.
more »Explore the ways women were able to pursue artistic endeavors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and how artists portrayed women looking at art in the mansion.
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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.
more »The Geneva History Museum and Historic Geneva offices will be closed for Labor Day.
more »Go from the belvedere to the basement of Rose Hill.
more »Residents of Ontario and Seneca Counites can enjoy free admission to Rose Hill Mansion.
more »Explore the ways women were able to pursue artistic endeavors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and how artists portrayed women looking at art in the mansion.
more »Go from the belvedere to the basement of Rose Hill.
more »Explore the ways women were able to pursue artistic endeavors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and how artists portrayed women looking at art in the mansion.
more »Go from the belvedere to the basement of Rose Hill.
more »Residents of Ontario and Seneca Counites can enjoy free admission to Rose Hill Mansion.
more »Explore the ways women were able to pursue artistic endeavors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and how artists portrayed women looking at art in the mansion.
more »Residents of Ontario and Seneca Counites can enjoy free admission to Rose Hill Mansion.
more »Go from the belvedere to the basement of Rose Hill.
more »Explore the ways women were able to pursue artistic endeavors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and how artists portrayed women looking at art in the mansion.
more »The Geneva History Museum and Historic Geneva offices will be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday on November 23 and 24.
more »The Geneva History Museum and Historic Geneva offices will be closed December 24 for Christmas Eve.
more »The Geneva History Museum and Historic Geneva offices will be closed December 25 for Christmas.
more »The Geneva History Museum and Historic Geneva offices will be closed December 29 to January 1 for the New Year's holiday.
more »Rose Hill opens for the season.
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