The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce the next edition of its Guest Speaker Series on Thursday, June 20th at 7 pm. Daisy Nicosia, the Curator/Archivist of the Seneca Falls Historical Society, will be presenting "To the Men of Enterprise & Capital: The Settling of Early New York." Admission is $5 or $3 […]

The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce the next edition of our Java with Joe E morning coffee series on Thursday, June 27th at 9 am. Our Director, Ryan Duffy, will be presenting on the "Agrarian Opposition to the Holland Land Company," which details the conventions established in the late 1810s through the […]

The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce the next edition of its Concert Series on Friday, June 28 at 7 pm. Don Dwyer will be playing "The Music of the Women of the Civil War." The program includes songs either written or inspired by women in the 1850s and 1860s. Admission is $5 […]

Join us at the Holland Land Office Museum for the next edition of our Trivia Night @ the Museum on Thursday, July 11th at 7 pm. In honor of the Fourth of July, our topic will be the document that started it all the Declaration of Independence. Admission is $5 or $3 for museum members. […]

Join us at the Holland Land Office Museum on Saturday, July 13th at 1 pm for a full screen presentation by New York City painter and sculptor Anthony Terrell on his two new murals. Anthony, a former resident of Batavia, will show off his latest large scale works, "Crossing the Atlantic in Chains and Shackles" […]

The Holland Land Office welcomes back as its next presenter in its Guest Speaker Series on Thursday, July 18th at 7 pm, Joyce Thompson-Hovey. She will be presenting "The Baker Boys of Stafford," about the incredible lives of Colonel Lafayette Baker and his brother Captain Calvin Baker, who were both spies for the Union and […]

Join us at the Holland Land Office Museum for the next edition of our Guest Speaker Series, presented by David Reilly. Since 2018 Dave Reilly has been writing stories for The Batavian about growing up in Batavia in the 1950s and ‘60s. He combined 20 of these stories into a book called “Small Town Talk”. […]

Every third Saturday at the museum come from 11 am-12 pm to participate in a workshop to help you preserve, create, or research your history! On July 20th, come and learn how to preserve and store your family’s photos and photo albums at home! Our curator Tyler Angora will teach you tips and tricks on […]

The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce the next edition of its Guest Speaker Series. On Wednesday, July 24th at 7 pm, the museum welcomes back Kevin Pawlak, who is the Historic Site Manager for the Prince William County Historic Preservation Division and works as a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Antietam National Battlefield. […]

Join us at the Holland Land Office Museum for the next edition of our Java with Joe series on Thursday, July 25th at 10 am. Listen to our curator, Tyler Angora, talk about some of the most famous women who came out of the American Civil War. Women played a larger role in the American […]

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 […]