GCV&M’s OFFICIAL 50th Anniversary!

We’ll be open until 8 p.m. and tickets are $5 for all visitors (free for members!). In celebration of our anniversary, the first 250 evening visitors will receive a piece of cake from the D.B. Munger Confectionery (must obtain cake voucher from Admissions). This will be the first in our series of extended evening hours this season. A dozen buildings in the Historic Village will be open, along with the Flint Hill Store, John L. Wehle Gallery, and the Genesee Country Nature Center and trails. Learn from costumed interpreters and tour spaces and buildings representing home, civic, social, economic, farm, and religious life throughout the 1800s.

GUIDED TOURS (ticket required)
5:30 – 7 p.m. | “Upstairs Downstairs” After-Hours Tours
Museum experts provide special access to upstairs, downstairs, and behind barriers throughout the Historic Village, providing guests with an experience above and beyond the day-to-day offerings (separate ticket required).

GUIDED TOURS (included with Admission)
5 p.m. | Spring Tonics Walk & Talk
MEET AT THE VILLAGE SQUARE STAGE
This hour-long tour walks through our gardens showcasing how spring tonics were – and are – the first relief from having a limited diet through the winter.

TIMED ACTIVITIES
5:30 p.m. & 7 p.m. | Flint Hill Dancers
See 19th-century dances and then join in! Each movement is called step-by-step.

TBD | Live Music
Tap your toes to the lively music of an evening musical performance.

19TH-CENTURY HISTORIC VILLAGE

Explore, see, and experience our Historic Village. We invite you to tour spaces and buildings representing home, civic, social, economic, farm, and religious life throughout the 1800s.

Be sure to visit Nathaniel Rochester House (#12), open every day, to delve into the real and often untold history of enslavement and freedom in the Genesee Country.

Stop by Thomson’s Tavern to try historic games (stilts, graces, hoop and stick, etc.) on the front lawn.

HISTORIC TRADESHOPS

Visit and talk with our trades folks who both practice and preserve timeless skills.

AGRICULTURE & GARDENS

A variety of heritage animal breeds can be found throughout the Village at the Hetchler House & Early Settlement Farm (#6), the Livery Barn (#11), and Jones Farm (#14).

Make sure to explore historic gardens throughout the Village, flourishing with both food and flowers! Animals and plants are for viewing only – please don’t feed, trample, touch, or pick.

JOHN L. WEHLE GALLERY

Home to one of the finest collections of sporting and wildlife art in America, and the dazzling Bruce & Susan Greene Costume Collection!

Don’t miss the three featured exhibits currently on display.

• An Extraordinary Attraction: 50 Years of History, Art, and Nature
• Color Me Calico
• Perceived Realities: Wildlife, Land, & Myth.

GENESEE COUNTRY NATURE CENTER

Visit with a naturalist and explore a variety of habitats on six trails ranging from .3 to 1.6 miles.

SHOP

Flint Hill Store
Buy goods handcrafted in the Historic Village, Museum apparel, historic toys, treats, and more!

EAT

The Depot Restaurant
Grab a burger and fries, ice cream specialties, salads, wraps. Don’t miss out on the Smoked Meatloaf Plate dinner special.

Freight House Pub
Light snacks, draft beer, cider, wine, bottled soda.

D.B. Munger Confectionery
Satisfy your sweet tooth with a variety of historic cookies, cakes and hand pies.

All information is subject to change.