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Exploring Death and Mourning at Rose Hill
Through an exhibit and tours at Rose Hill Mansion visitors will explore 19th century ideas about illness, death, and common practices people used to cope with them. -
Bringing the Inside Outside: Rose Hill Landscape Plan
Overview of Historic Geneva’s plan to interpret and rehabilitate the grounds at Rose Hill Mansion. -
How Did The Victorians Keep Cool During The Summer?
Overview of how the Swan family and Rose Hill workers dealt with the summer heat during the mid-1800s. -
Summer At Rose Hill
Summer at Rose Hill with the Swan family in the mid-1800s. -
Cold, Chilly Victorian Winter
Brief overview of winter activities in the Victorian Era. -
New Year, New Season at Rose Hill
New Year activities for the Swan family and Historic Geneva -
How Does Our Holiday Celebration Compare to the Victorians?
How Victorian families, like the Swans at Rose Hill, celebrated Christmas -
Changing Seasons at Rose Hill Mansion
Fall at Rose Hill with the Swan. -
Rose Hill Mansion’s Landscape: Aesthetic & Utilitarian
How Rose Hill Mansion's landscape was used during the Swan period (1850-1890). -
Model T Birthday Celebration
Join the Geneva Historical Society for the 100th birthday of our 1916 Ford Model T Canopy Express Wagon! -
Uncle Doctor
Robert Swan’s youngest brother Frederick wrote a history of the Swan family in the 1890s. In it, he talks about their Uncle Daniel, or, as they called him, “Uncle Doctor:” [H]e made choice of the profession of medicine, and studied with Dr. John Brooks, then the resident physician of Medford. . . . Early in his practice, his attention was directed to the system of More » -
A Basket of a Tale
When people donate objects to the museum, we always ask if they know anything about the history of the items. Sometimes there is a family story about who made or owned a piece, and we take those stories seriously. Once in a while, though, when we look into the story, we find that there may have been some misunderstanding as the tale was passed down. More » -
Neither shall there by any more pain
Discussion of the usage of anesthesia during childbirth in the mid-1800s. -
New York City Draft Riots
Robert Swan's reaction to the draft during the Civil War -
From Lake to Table (Fish Dinner from Catch to Table)
The Swan family's experience with muskellunge
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.