Press Release:
The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce the next edition of its Trivia Night @ the Museum on Thursday, Aug,. 10 at 7 p.m. This month's topic is Anne Frank and her well-known diary. The trivia night will be held at GO ART! located at 201 E. Main St. in Batavia. Their Tavern 2.0 will also be open to anyone interested in a beverage. Admission is $5 or $3 for museum members. Please contact the museum at 585-343-4727 or hollandlandoffice@gmail.com if you would like to attend.
The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce the next edition of its Guest Speaker Series on Wednesday, August 16 at 7 p.m. The museum welcomes local author and historian, Julianna Woite, as she shares what our area was like from around 1880-1920. The Gilded Age is a fascinating point in the history of the United States, as the country was going through such dynamic change and perceived prosperity, with WNY at the heart of much of that, but an ugly underbelly was just hiding below the surface. Admission is $5 or $3 for museum members. Please contact the museum at 585-343-4727 or hollandlandoffice@gmail.com if you would like to attend. “This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by GO ART!”
Join us at the Holland Land Office Museum for the next edition of the museum's Java with Joe E. morning presentation series on Thursday, August 24 at 9 a.m. The museum welcomes Batavia School District Superintendent, Jason Smith, as he presents on his most famous predecessor, John Kennedy, and his educational system started here in Batavia. John Kennedy School bears his name. Admission is free with coffee and donuts. Please contact the museum at 585-343-4727 or hollandlandoffice@gmail.com if you would like to attend.
Join us at the Holland Land Office Museum for the next edition of our Guest Speaker Series on Thursday, August 24 at 7 p.m. Stephen Tulowiecki will be presenting, "The Letchworth State Park Atlas: A Fresh Look at America's Favorite State Park". Admission is $5/$3 for museum members. Stephen J. Tulowiecki, Associate Professor of Geography at SUNY Geneseo, will discuss the creation of his recently-published The Letchworth State Park Atlas, shining new light on the nature, history, and tourism of the park. He will discuss aspects of the park's geology, ecological communities, Native American settlement, nineteenth-century settlement, tourist origins, and beyond. Copies of his atlas will be available for purchase. “This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by GO ART!”
