Oddities of the Collection
The latest exhibit
at Holland Land Office Museum, Oddities From the Collection is opening
September 28th. The collection at the Museum consists of over 16,000 artifacts
and at any given time, there are about 2,000 on exhibit. The latest exhibit
looks at some of the zanier items in the collection.
Included in the exhibit will be a 3,000-year-old Egyptian sarcophagus,
the sword of one of Napoleon’s bodyguards and a 150-year-old corncob
that grew into the shape of a hand. The corncob was once featured in Ripley’s
Believe it or Not. Wesson Gage Taber picked it at Squire Duel’s
farm near Alabama Center in 1854. Four generations of the Taber family
preserved the artifact before it was donated to the Museum in 1994.
To see this artifact and many more, come to the Holland Land Office Museum.
The exhibit runs until November 6, 2004.
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The latest exhibit at
Holland Land Office Museum, Oddities From the Collection
is opening September 28th. The latest exhibit looks at some of the
stranger items in the collection.
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| Take a look at Genesee
County Places: Hamlets, Junctions, Crossings, and Corners. Only available
on the web. Click the link to read
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| The museum
holds on permanent exhibit artifacts from the Hiscock Site in Byron,
NY. The Hiscock site is considered one of the richest Ice-Age
localities in North America. It contains a remarkable record of the
changing environments, cultures, animals, and plants of our region
through the past 13k years.read
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| The Victorian
Parlor was popular during the American Victorian era (second half
of the 19th century until the early 20th century) in middle and upper-class
homes. read more |
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| A significant
collection of Seneca artifacts is on permanent exhibit here at the
Holland Land Office Museum. The Seneca exhibit won an award
of Merit at the 2001 Western New York Association of Historical Agencies
annual conference. read
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| The Military
display features artifacts from the Civil War (including a Medal
of Honor awarded to Charles Rand), both World Wars, the Korean War
and the Vietnam War. read
more |
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| The Land
Office Room focuses primarily on the history of the building itself
and the founding and growth of Genesee County through the efforts
of the Ellicott family, Paolo Busti, the Holland Land Company, and
the areas early settlers. read more |
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| The Linden Murders exhibit
recounts the horrific and haunting events that occurred between
1917 and 1924 in the hamlet of Linden, near Bethany, New York. In
that seven year period five people were murdered. read
more |
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| The Pioneer
Occupations exhibit reflects the various jobs performed by early
Genesee County settlers.read more |
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