Bring the kids by the Holland Land Office Museum for our new History Storytime for Summer 2024. On Saturday, July 27th at 11 am Joyce Thompson-Hovey will be sharing life in the "Early Schools of the 1800s." It covers not only the role of the student and teachers during this period but also what school […]
The museum is extending its hours every first Wednesday of the month until 8 PM! You will get personal tours from staff and volunteers, meaning you will get a more in-depth history of Batavia and Genesee County! You also may be able to go upstairs, if you are able and want to! Admission: $5 for […]
Join the Holland Land Office Museum for the next edition of our Trivia Night @ the Museum on Thursday, August 8th at 7 pm. This month trivia will be held at GO Art! located at 201 E. Main St. in Batavia. You can even get a drink at their Tavern 2.o.1. In honor of the […]
Due to popular demand for varying times in our presentation/program times! HLOM staff with be giving presentations every second Saturday of the month from 11 am to 12pm! Holland Land Office Museum curator, Tyler Angora, will be presenting on Saturday, August 10 at 11 am on "19th-Century Weddings," which he did a few months ago […]
Bring the kids by the Holland Land Office Museum for our new History Story time for Summer 2024. On Saturday, August 17th at 11 am Joyce Thompson-Hovey will be sharing the fun topic of Civil War Mascots & Pets. For this presentation the speaker comes in Civil War Union uniform and explains what the average […]
Come and learn the first steps to create a Family Tree on Saturday, August 17 from 2 - 3 pm!! In partnership with the Genesee Area Genealogists! This is the first part of a two-part program to learn how to begin creating a family tree, which can be daunting if you do not know where […]
Join us at the Holland Land Office Museum for a special edition of our Java with Joe E. morning presentation series on Thursday, August 22 at 9 am. Erica Wanecski will be sharing how the world and Western New York changed throughout the decade of the 1980s. Admission is free with coffee and cookies. Please […]
On August 24th at 11 am Brandon Brooks, Curator of the John L. Wehle Gallery at Genesee Country Village & Museum, will be presenting “Redeeming the Irredeemable: The Diabolical Striped Garment,” The presentation will explore how the stripe and striped garments have been used by society to draw a line between those who are welcome […]
Join us at the Holland Land Office Museum for a special edition of our Java with Joe E. morning presentation series on Friday, August 30 at 9 am. Bob Bialkowski will present on the history and restoration process of Batavia’s Rocket Car, those who were responsible for saving the car and how it ended up […]
Join the Holland Land Office Museum for the next edition of our Trivia Night @ the Museum on Thursday, September 12th at 7 pm. In honor of Constitution Week, we are collaborating with the Anna Ingaslbe Lovell Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to put together trivia on the US Constitution to win […]
On Saturday, September 14th at 11 am, come hear from our Executive Director, Ryan Duffy as he presents, "The Holland Land Company & the Development of WNY!" The history of the land of Western New York is cobbled together through many purchases and development groups, the Holland Land Company being the most profound. Its desire […]
On Wednesday, September 18th, at 7 pm, come for a presentation by Patrick F Ryan, the Cultural Curator at The Richardson Olmsted Campus and the Lipsey Architecture Center Buffalo! “The Richardson Olmsted Campus: Past, Present, & Future,” This lecture covers the complicated history of the former Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane, now the Richardson […]