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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