Education Programs – Genesee Country Village & Museum

Maple Madness (on-site)

March 21 & March 28, 2025 (10am – 3pm) Geared for grades 2 – 12 This Maple Festival geared for school groups brings history, chemistry,

Sap, Syrup, and Sugar (on-site)

March 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, & 20. curriculum connections Geared for grades 2-12 This guided tour takes place at the Nature Center ONLY.

A man in historic costume showing a group of kids what he is working on.

Historic Village (on-site)

Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays, May 1 – August 29Thursdays & Fridays, September 25 – October 10Fridays only October 17 – November 14 Geared for grades

Nature Discoveries (on-site)

Various weekdays in April – June & September – November. Geared for grades K – 12 During this guided field trip, your class will rotate

Nature Rocks! (on-site)

Various Weekdays in April, May, June, September, October, & November curriculum connections Geared for grades 6 – 12 Our naturalists will guide your class on

Man in Civil War costume showing artifact to kids

Civil War Living History Day (on-site)

May 23, 2025 (9:30AM-1PM) Geared for Grades 4 – 12, based on the New York State curriculum and programming concepts. Understand the impact of the

Honoring Juneteenth (on-site)

June 18, 2025 (9:30AM-1PM) curriculum connections Geared for Grades 4 – 12. Juneteenth is considered the oldest celebration of the end of enslavement in the

19th Century Civics Day (on-site)

October 2, 2025 curriculum connections (coming soon!) This program is for all ages. Programming concepts directly relate to the New York State curriculum for Grades

Preparing for Winter (on-site)

November 15, 2024 (10am – 1pm) Stroll the Historic Village where preparations are underway for the cold season ahead. Students will learn about how the

Home for the Holidays (on-site)

December 2025 Geared for grades 2-12 On this guided tour through the wintery Historic Village, students are encouraged to make connections with 19th century traditions

Small Folks (in-classroom)

We bring the museum to you! Geared for grades PreK-Grade 3. Students discover what pioneer life was like for the settlers of Western New York.

The Ox-Cart Man (in-classroom)

We bring the museum to you! Geared for grades PreK-Grade 3. The story of a 19th-century family comes alive as our Museum educator brings a

Sap, Syrup, and Sugar (in-classroom)

curriculum connections We bring the museum to you! Geared for Preschool-Grade 12 and adults. Students will explore the sweet history and science behind maple sugar

Various animal skulls, furs, feathers, skins, and footprints.

Animal Kingdom (in-classroom)

Join a GCV&M naturalist to learn about animal diversity and biological adaptations in a fun and thought provoking atmosphere.

The Little Red Schoolhouse (in-classroom)

curriculum connections We bring the museum to you! Geared for grades 2-8. We turn your classroom into a 19th-century one-room schoolhouse. Our costumed museum educator

19th-Century Games (in-classroom)

Curriculum Connections We bring the museum to you! Geared for grades 1 – 12 and adults. Guided by a costumed museum educator, students play with

Objects from History (in-classroom)

curriculum connections We bring the museum to you! Geared for grades 4-12 and adult groups. Our museum educator brings unusual and everyday objects from the

The Tinsmith (in-classroom)

We bring the museum to you! Geared for grades 3-12 and adult groups. In this inquiry-based program, our Genesee Country tinsmith brings some of their

Three people in costume lighting a Christmas tree

Victorian Yuletide (in-classroom)

We bring the museum to you! Understand how the many cultures that migrated to Upstate New York influenced the traditions of Yuletide in the 19th

The Quilt Story (in-classroom)

Grades PreK-3 Through “The Quilt Story,” by Tony Johnston and Tomie dePaola, students will delve into the world of 19th-century quilting, exploring its history and

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