Exhibits
There are two types of exhibits at our museum, temporary and permanent.
Temporary exhibits are special interest historical displays that are
available for public viewing for a period of four to six months. Permanent
exhibits are available for viewing at all times. Please click on the
exhibit titles that interest you to learn more about them.
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The Holland Land Office
Museum teaches the long history of Genesee County's only Indian
Reservation
Click here to learn
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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
had an exhibit of 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 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
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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
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| The Pioneer
Occupations exhibit reflects the various jobs performed by early
Genesee County settlers.read more |
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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
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History
