Java with Joe E.: Tyler Angora, “The Holland Land Company & the Erie Canal”

Join us at the Holland Land Office Museum on Thursday, September 25th at 9 am for the next presentation of our Java with Joe E. series. Tyler Angora, the Curator at the LeRoy Historical Society, and former Curator at the HLOM, will be presenting "The Holland Land Company & the Erie canal". Admission is free […]

West Side Batavia Ghost Stories

The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce its West Side Ghost Stories program on Thursday, October 2nd at 7 pm. Join us as Connie Boyd shares the spooky, sinister, and weird documented stories from the West Side of Batavia’s past. Come and listen to tales of murder, ghosts, body-snatching hangings, and abandoned cemeteries. […]

Downtown Batavia Ghost Walks

Back this year is our Downtown Batavia Ghost Walk on Fridays in October. The walks led by Connie Boyd will occur on October 3 and 17 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 […]

Downtown Batavia Ghost Walks

Back this year is our Downtown Batavia Ghost Walk on Fridays in October. The walks led by Connie Boyd will occur on October 3 and 17 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 […]

Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Featuring WNY Improv: “A Murder Most Illuminating”

Join the Holland Land Office Museum for another Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre. The event will be Saturday, October 4 from 6-8 pm at the Batavia Country Club, located at 7909 Byron Rd. in Batavia. Come and enjoy a great meal from The Lodge at the Country Club and a wonderful show by WNY Improv. The […]

West Side Batavia Ghost Walks

Back and expanded by popular demand, please join the Holland Land Office Museum for a West Side Ghost Walk on Fridays in October. The walks led by Connie Boyd will take place on October 10 and 24 at 7 pm and 7:30 pm. Take a walk on the west side and hear tales of murders, […]

West Side Batavia Ghost Walks

Back and expanded by popular demand, please join the Holland Land Office Museum for a West Side Ghost Walk on Fridays in October. The walks led by Connie Boyd will take place on October 10 and 24 at 7 pm and 7:30 pm. Take a walk on the west side and hear tales of murders, […]

Guest Speaker Series: Dr. Elizabeth Masarik, “Spiritualism’s Place: Reformers, Seekers, and Seances in Lily Dale”

The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to welcome the next presenter in our Guest Speaker Series on Saturday, October 11th at 11 am. Dr. Elizabeth Masarik of SUNY Brockport will be presenting on a book she co-authored with the other producers of their award-winning podcast Dig: A History Podcast, "Spiritualism's Place: Reformers, Seekers, and […]

Guest Speaker Series: Derrick Pratt, “The Conception of the Erie Canal”

The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce the next presenter in our Guest Speaker Series on Wednesday, October 15th at 6 pm. Derrick Pratt of the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse will be presenting on "The Conception of the Erie Canal." While the Erie Canal took only 8 years to dig, getting to […]

Downtown Batavia Ghost Stories

Back this year is the Downtown Ghost Stories program on Thursday, October 16th at 7 pm a the museum. Join Connie Boyd as she shares the tales of spiritualists, psychics, buried bones, and many colorful characters that reside in the heart of the city. You will even get to know more of Batavia’s Madame, Edna […]

Downtown Batavia Ghost Walks

Back this year is our Downtown Batavia Ghost Walk on Fridays in October. The walks led by Connie Boyd will occur on October 3 and 17 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 […]

Downtown Batavia Ghost Walks

Back this year is our Downtown Batavia Ghost Walk on Fridays in October. The walks led by Connie Boyd will occur on October 3 and 17 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 […]