Connecting our communities
GCV&M’s Hometown History Expo aims to connect museum visitors with their local small museums, town historians, historical societies, and genealogy groups. Included in the cost of general museum admission, come out for a day of exciting local learning and participation in local history! This event aims to provide a platform to raise awareness for the plethora of fantastic small museums and historical societies we are so lucky to have in the Genesee Valley Region.
Connect with hometown history
On this special day we’ll be inviting 20+ local small museums, house museums, historical societies, genealogy groups, and town historians, to be on-site and table. Our visitors will learn about the wide breadth of local historical organizations, find new community connections, and plan their visits to your sites during this new special event.
Participating Organizations:
- Macedon Historical Society
- These Old Bones
- Musician & Historian – Jeff Liles
- Tin Type Artist & Historian – Benjamin Rosiek
- Straw Milliner & Historian – Anna Worden
- RIT Press
- The Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery
- Franklin Hinchey Homestead & the Gates Historical Society
- Greece Historical Society
- Representatives from house Clan Baird
- Representatives from house Clan Wallace
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Organization
- 1816 Farmington Quaker Meeting House
- Heritage Square Museum
- Livonia Historical Society
- Webster Museum
- Dansville Area Historical Society
- Geneva History Museum
- Dave Austin Design
- Penfield Town Historian
- Rochester City Historian
- Avon Preservation & Historical Society
- Mumford Fire Museum
- Livingston County Historian
- Rochester Genealogical Society
- Historic Brighton
Please check back in the coming months as more information becomes available!
Freedom & Fairness
Join our friends from the Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse for a tour and presentation sharing the stories of slavery and abolitionism in the Genesee region.
- 1 p.m. | Take the Toward Freedom & Fairness walking tour, part of the Seeking Freedom initiative.
- 2 p.m. | Listen as Robin Nowell portrays Nancy Tolliver to share her experience from slavery to freedom (Nowell is a descendent of Tolliver) in the Brooks Grove Church, then join a discussion about GCV&M’s ongoing research for the “Seeking Freedom” initiative with Peter Wisbey, Wehrheim Curator of Collections.
Programming cosponsored by Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse, AKWAABA, and Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives
Hearts in Conflict: Kinship and Citizenship in American Civic Life
Join Joe Murphy from Humanities New York (HNY) and GCV&M for a Community Conversation exploring how individuals and families navigate divisive political issues – past and present. Inviting participants to reflect on the relationship between democracy and republican institutions, and how past struggles inform our civic imagination today.
Explore YOUR town's history in the Historic Village!
After meeting with representatives from local museums and historical organizations, head out into out 19th-century Historic Village to explore buildings that might just have been moved to this site from your hometown! Check out the list below of the original locations of buildings at GCV&M – is your hometown represented?
- Alloway, NY
- Altay, NY
- Brooks Grove, NY
- Caledonia, NY
- Campbell, NY
- Chili, NY
- Clyde, NY
- Dansville, NY
- East Avon, NY
- Elba, NY
- Friendship, NY
- Geneva, NY
- Greece, NY
- Lima, NY
- Mt. Morris, NY
- Nunda, NY
- Orleans, NY
- Pavilion, NY
- Riga, NY
- Rochester, NY
- Roseboom, NY
- Rush, NY
- Scottsville, NY
- Sonyea, NY
- South Butler, NY
- South Lima, NY
- South Valley, NY
- Stafford, NY
- Tyrone, NY
- Waterville, NY
- Wheatland, NY
- York, NY
Shop historical treats in the D.B. Munger & Co. Confectionery
Shop 19th-century sweets, treats, and baked goods in our historical Confectionery on the Village Square!
Museum Mount-Making Workshop
Partake in this hands-on workshop and learn how to make a museum-quality storage/archival mount for antique or vintage headwear, garments, or objects!
Purchase of this ticket includes admission to the Museum for the day; participants of this workshop do NOT have to purchase general admission tickets.
Ticket Information
Buy online and save! Tickets purchased onsite are an additional $2-$3.
GCV&M Member admission is FREE and guaranteed for this weekend. Click here to learn more about joining the Museum as a Member!
FAQs
Parking is free and plentiful! Park in any of the main lots at the front of the Museum. Please leave the first two bays available for handicapped parking.
Check-in will be through the Admissions tunnel at the front of the Museum.
Please have your ticket(s) either printed out OR pulled up on your phone screen and ready for scanning for quick and easy check-in. Pro-tip: take a screenshot of each of your tickets to have ready and pulled up on your phone screen! Please note: Wifi can sometimes be spotty at the front of the Museum.
Yes! This event is rain or shine. The Museum will only cancel in case of a severe weather emergency.
Please dress for the predicted weather conditions and wear comfortable footwear for walking. Paths through the Historic Village are made of crushed gravel or bricks and can be uneven.
Yes! Leashed service animals are welcome with proper identification.
We’re sorry to hear that you’re not able to attend! Tickets may be refunded only up to 7 days prior to the event date and are strictly non-transferable by date, entry time, or program.
