Events

Join us Thursday, September 30th at 7 pm at the Holland Land Office Museum as we welcome acclaimed Civil War historian, author and editor of the Emerging Civil War series, Chris Mackowski. He will be discussing one of books "A Season of Slaughter: The Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse" and will be highlighting the immense impact […]

The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce its first West Side Ghost Stories program on Friday, October 8th 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 […]

Join us Thursday, October 14th at 7 pm at the Holland Land Office Museum to test your knowledge of the October (now November) classic the World Series. Admission is $3 per person or $2 for museum members. If you would like to attend please contact the museum at 585-343-4727. Trivia will also be available via […]

Back after a year hiatus and expanded by popular demand, please join the Holland Land Office Museum for a West Side Ghost Walk on three Fridays in October. The walks led by Connie Boyd will take place on October 15, 22, and 29 at 7 pm. Take a walk on the west side and hear […]

The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce the next edition of its Guest Speaker Series. Join us on Saturday October 16th at 2 pm. We welcome local author Rob Thompson as he speaks on the various accounts of grave robbing and body snatching in the history of Batavia. Mr. Thompson is the author […]

Back after a year hiatus and expanded by popular demand, please join the Holland Land Office Museum for a West Side Ghost Walk on three Fridays in October. The walks led by Connie Boyd will take place on October 15, 22, and 29 at 7 pm. Take a walk on the west side and hear […]

Join us Thursday, September 23 at 9 am at the Holland Land Office Museum as we welcome local genealogist and researcher Jennifer Liber Raines. She will be discussing the burials recovered at the Erie County Poor Farm on the University at Buffalo's south campus, the research, and how the 19th and 20th century poor lived […]

Back after a year hiatus and expanded by popular demand, please join the Holland Land Office Museum for a West Side Ghost Walk on three Fridays in October. The walks led by Connie Boyd will take place on October 15, 22, and 29 at 7 pm. Take a walk on the west side and hear […]