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
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Thomson’s Tavern front lawn
Try historic games (stilts, graces, hoop and stick, etc.)

Starting at 3:30 | Admissions Booth
In celebration of our anniversary, the first 250 visitors that evening will receive a piece of cake! Cake coupons will be distributed from the Admissions booth starting at 3:30 p.m.

5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Anniversary Cake!
Redeem your cake coupon at the Whistlestop and join us in saying “Happy Anniversary!”

5:30 p.m. & 7 p.m. | Flint Hill Dancers
Head to the Village Square to see 19th-century dances and then join in with the Flint Hill Dancers. Each movement is called step-by-step.

6 – 8 p.m. | Dark Horse Run
Tap your toes to the lively music of an evening musical performance from Dark Horse Run.

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. Help us find 50 birds for our 50 years! Grab your own checklist at the Nature Center and report back your finds for our wall of birds.
Genesee Vally Wood Carvers share their knowledge about carving birds and discuss how they created the appropriate environment for the bird species.

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.