The Holland Land Office Museum
The Holland Land Office Museum is a non-profit educational
organization committed to preserving, interpreting, and promoting an
interest in Genesee County, New York.
HOURS:
Tuesday through
Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
From Memorial Day
to Labor Day, we are open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until
4:00 p.m.
From Thanksgiving to New Years, we are open Sundays 12:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.
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Summer Program 2009 |
The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce the Children's Summer Program for 2009!
Click here to Register! |
Click on the image above or below
to see the exhibit!
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Genesee
County
Towns
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This
online exhibit looks at the towns of Genesee County. Check out the
hamlets, history and even Genesee County Historic Markers. There
are atlas maps of the towns, hamlets and villages, photographs of
the historical markers along with their gps coordinates. |
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Listen
To Our Podcasts |
The
Museum has been busy recording a series of podcasts. Check them
out on our podcast web page.
Check back often because we
will be constantly added to it. To go to the podcast page, click
here |
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Visit
the Museum Store |
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that unique Genesee County book or gift, visit the Joseph Ellicott
Gift and Book Shop at the Holland Land Office Museum. Check out
our Online Museum Store by clicking here! |
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Online
Exhibit! |
Genesee
County Through Art
The Holland Land Office Museum's FIRST
online Exhibit! To see this online exhibit about Genesee County's
Landscape Artists click here.
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Resident-Agent Joseph
Ellicott is considered the single most influential individual
to have lived in Western New York during the pioneer era. Joseph
Ellicott, and his land office, were an integral cog in the economic
machine of the Holland Land Company and were responsible for the
settlement of roughly 3.5 million acres of land. Enjoy the latest
publication from Ellicott Scholar and Museum Director Patrick
Weissend, now available in pdf format.
Ellicott
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circa 1941, the recently recovered "Fireside Chats"
by William Coon, along with other documents, are now available
in pdf format for your own curiosity or academic research. As
legal counsel to the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians, and once
County Historian, Coon wrote prolifically on the Seneca and the
history of the Holland Land Company.
enjoy |
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History
