Hours and Rates:

The Holland Land Office Museum is open
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 am-4 pm.

 

 Members: Free

Children: $1
Students/Veterans/Seniors: $3
Adults: $5
Family (4 People): $10

Renovation Updates

Many of you may have noticed some signs of construction going on at the museum. The museum is getting a bit of a facelift, to make significant improvements. Genesee County has begun a restoration project at the historic Holland Land Office facility in Batavia. The work will help maintain and preserve the County-owned building while addressing several exterior, interior, and building-system needs.

The project includes:
• Masonry and stone veneer repair, repointing and restoration
• Restoration of the roof, exterior trim, portico, fascia and columns
• Repairs to windows, doors and other exterior building components
• Interior finish work, including plaster repair and painting
• Updates to HVAC, restrooms and life-safety systems

Construction is underway and will be completed in phases through fall 2026 and spring 2027.

We will continue to give updates on the project as it moves through the phases. The museum is still open to the public, but going forward, there will be times when the museum will be closed while work is happening. Immediate updates will be given when those times are known, along with any other pertinent information.

Upcoming Events

Downtown Ghost Walk

Friday, October 16, 2026 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Returning this year is our Downtown Batavia Ghost Walk on Fridays in October. The walks led by Connie Boyd will occur on October 2 and 16 at 7:00 and 7:30 pm. The walks will begin and end at GO ART! located at 201 E. Main St. in Batavia. Walk through Downtown Batavia and hear tales of spiritualists, psychics, buried bones, and many colorful characters that reside in the city’s heart. You will even get to know more of Batavia’s Madame, Edna Gruber. Admission is $15.00 or $10.00 for museum members and reservations are required with purchase. Members will receive a promo code for their discount. Tours are limited to 25 people each. The tour begins and ends at GO ART! and is approximately 1 1/2 to two hours long. For tickets or more information, please follow the link below Holland Land Office Museum Batavia Downtown Ghost Walks Tickets, Multiple dates | Eventbrite

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Downtown Ghost Walk

Friday, October 16, 2026 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Returning this year is our Downtown Batavia Ghost Walk on Fridays in October. The walks led by Connie Boyd will occur on October 2 and 16 at 7:00 and 7:30 pm. The walks will begin and end at GO ART! located at 201 E. Main St. in Batavia. Walk through Downtown Batavia and hear tales of spiritualists, psychics, buried bones, and many colorful characters that reside in the city’s heart. You will even get to know more of Batavia’s Madame, Edna Gruber. Admission is $15.00 or $10.00 for museum members and reservations are required with purchase. Members will receive a promo code for their discount. Tours are limited to 25 people each. The tour begins and ends at GO ART! and is approximately 1 1/2 to two hours long. For tickets or more information, please follow the link below Holland Land Office Museum Batavia Downtown Ghost Walks Tickets, Multiple dates | Eventbrite

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Guest Speaker Series: Derrick Pratt, “The Beer-ie Canal Was A-Risin’: Brewing on the Erie Canal

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce the next presenter in our Guest Speaker Series on Wednesday, October 21st at 6 pm. Derrick Pratt of the Erie Canal Museum will be presenting "The Beer-ie Canal Was A-Risin’: Brewing on the Erie Canal." The Erie Canal was a transformative waterway for various industries along its route, including brewing, which flourished from Albany to Buffalo. This discussion examines the Canal’s beer boom in the 19th century and its new one in the 21st. The Guest Speaker presentation will be held at GO ART! located at 201 E. Main St. in Batavia. Please contact the museum at 585-343-4727 or hollandlandoffice@gmail.com if you plan to attend.
The Guest Speaker Series is sponsored in part by Tompkins Community Bank.
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by GO ART!."
"GO ART! acknowledges that the land on which this project takes place is the ancestral territory of the Seneca Nation, one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. GO ART! recognizes the historical and ongoing presence of Indigenous peoples in Western New York and honors their enduring relationship to this land.”

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Java with Joe: Tom Tiefel, “Bergen’s Housel Bank: The First Casualty of the 1929 Stock Market Crash”

Thursday, October 22, 2026 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am

Join the Holland Land Office Museum for the next edition of our Java with Joe E. series on Thursday, October 22nd at 9:30 am. Bergen Town Historian Tom Tiefel will be presenting “Bergen’s Housel Bank: The First Casualty of the 1929 Stock Market Crash.” This month’s Java with Joe will be held at the Richmond Memorial Library. Admission is free with coffee and donuts. If you plan to attend, please contact the museum at 585-343-4727 or hollandlandoffice@gmail.com. Thank you to Tim Horton's of Batavia for again sponsoring Java with Joe E. for 2026.

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If you have an interest in local history be sure to check out these other local museums and historically based institutions.
You can check them out by following the links below.

Brockport Community Museum
The Cobblestone Museum
Genesee Country Village & Museum
Genesee Symphony Orchestra
Jell-O Gallery
LeRoy Historical Society
Oakfield Historical Society
Western Monroe Historical Society-Morgan Manning House

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