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April 8, 2025
Debunking the Yule Log Myth: The Disturbing History of a Plantation Legend
April 8, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Explore historical myth making in this lecture about the yule log, enslavement, and the construction of a mythical antebellum American South.
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April 3, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Learn about 19th-century millinery or hatmaking in this Antiques Club program.
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April 5, 2025, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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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April 8, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Explore historical myth making in this lecture about the yule log, enslavement, and the construction of a mythical antebellum American South.
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April 10, 2025, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
See images of Geneva's neighborhood stores, once a fixture on corners in every neighborhood.
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April 23, 2025, 7:30 am - 6:30 pm
Enjoy guided tours of the Buffalo History Museum and Burchfield Penney Art Center.
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May 1, 2025, N/A
Rose Hill opens for the season.
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May 3, 2025, 7:30 am - 9:00 am
Explore Rose Hill’s landscape while keeping your eyes and ears open for local birds.
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May 21, 2025, N/A
Attend a performance of Anything Goes at the Shaw Festival and go on a guided tour of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
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May 26, 2025, N/A
The Historic Geneva offices and the Geneva History Museum are closed for the Memorial Day holiday.
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May 27, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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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June 15, 2025, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Enjoy a concert of bluegrass, country and original songs on the lawn at Rose Hill.
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July 4, 2025, N/A
Rose Hill Mansion and the Geneva History Museum are closed for Independence Day.
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August 26, 2025, N/A
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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September 4, 2025, N/A
The Geneva History Museum and Historic Geneva offices will be closed for Labor Day.
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November 27, 2025, N/A
The Geneva History Museum and Historic Geneva offices will be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday on November 23 and 24.
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December 24, 2025,
The Geneva History Museum and Historic Geneva offices will be closed December 24 for Christmas Eve.
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December 25, 2025, N/A
The Geneva History Museum and Historic Geneva offices will be closed December 25 for Christmas.
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December 29, 2025,
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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