guest speaker

We are welcoming Lorna Czarnota back to the Holland Land Office! If you missed her last year make sure you make this one on your calendar. She will be discussing her book Wicked Niagara. Its sure to be an interesting side of the Niagara Frontier filled with fun discussions. Cost is $3 per person or $2 per museum member.

"This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by GO ART!"

This month The Holland Land Office Museum welcomes Tim and Deb Smith to share stories and truths of not just William Morgan but also some other famous Masons from the region.  
Cost to attend is $3 per person or $2 per museum member.
"This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by GO ART!"

Please join us through Zoom as Eric Weatherbee, also known as the "Humble Bard," reads some of his historically based Short Stories and Poems. The program will be shown over Zoom. Please visit our Facebook page or our website, www.hollandlandoffice.com, for the login details.

We welcome Jay Black to the Holland Land Office Museum ton September 17th at 7 pm to talk about and show some weapons of the Civil War from his own collection. The presentation will be made available virtually. Please visit the museum's Facebook page and website, hollandlandoffice.com, for more details.

Derrick Maxfield will be visiting the museum on Thursday Aug. 20th at 7 p.m. to talk about "Hellmira." The Elmira, NY fort that would come to be known as “Hellmira” among its prisoners began as a Union training post called Camp Rathbun. The fort was turned into a prison camp in 1864 with almost no notice. That was just the beginning...

The cost to attend this talk is $3 per person or $2 per museum member.

Please join us Saturday April 18th at 7 pm as we welcome back Rob Thompson to talk about his newest book "Candles in the Rain" coming out in April. Tickets are $3 per person or $2 per museum member.

"This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by GO ART!"

This month we welcome Michael Eula on March 26th at 9 am as he talks about Public Presence and Secret Injustice: Women in Genesee County, 1802 to the Present. This event is free to the public and there will be coffee, tea, hot cocoa, and pastries provided.

Please join us and Michael L. Hawley as he talks about Dr. Frances Tumbelty who was known mostly for being a Jack the Ripper suspect, lived for a brief period with family in Rochester and is buried in a family plot in Rochester, NY. Tickets are $3 per person or $2 per museum member.  To register please email hollandlandoffice@gmail.com, call (585) 343-4727 or stop into the museum.

Stop in for the first Guest Speaker of 2020!  the Holland Land Office Museum is welcoming Patrick Weissend on Wednesday January 22 at 7 pm.  He will be discussing the settlement of Western New York.  The cost for attending this discussion is $3 per person or $2 per museum member.

Free Spaghetti Dinner: Pasta for Peace

The second “Pasta for Peace” free spaghetti dinner, will be held on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 6:30 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church, 300 East Main St., in Batavia.  Local author and peace advocate Jim Morasco will be the featured speaker.  90 people attended the first Pasta for Peace in September.