MESSENGER POST MEDIA 2015 Finger Lakes Region Summer Guide to events and getaways Messenger Post Media Advertising Supplement for the Week of May 17, 2015 Daily Messenger • Lyons-Clyde-Savannah Shopping Guide • Newark Pennysaver Sodus-Williamson Pennysaver • Timesaver • Victor Post • Wayne Post 2015 SUMMER GUIDE • PAGE 2 2015 SUMMER GUIDE • PAGE 3 Museums our area's rich history Open Now through September Open Daily Tuesday, Saturday & Sunday Grandin Building Antique Wireless Association 217 East Main Street, Palmyra Communications Museum Historic site of publication of Book of 6925 Routes 5 & 20, Bloomfield Mormon. Restored building includes One of the largest collections of early authentic 1830’s bookstore, bindery communications including wireless, and print shop. Free guided tour about telegraph, radio and television. Fee. 40 minutes. 315-597-5851 For more information call 585-314-7310, www.hillcumorah.org www.antiquewireless.org. Open Now through October 18 Butler Historical Preservation Society 1:00-5:00pm and Historic Sites Granger Homestead PO Box 34, Butler 13154 and Carriage Museum 315-594-2332 295 North Main Street, Canandaigua www.bhpsbutlerny.org Travel back in time as one of our Historic Palmyra May-October, 10:00am-2:00pm knowledgeable docents leads you First Saturdays of the Month through the Granger Homestead and 8 South Avenue, off Routes 5 & 20 musicians, storytellers and artists sharing Butler Church Museum Carriage Museum. Listen to stories of Ray Henry, Historian and resident of their cultural heritage. Crafts and arts, 4518 Butler Center Road, Butler the four generations of Grangers, who Canandaigua workshops, interpreted programs, guided Restored, oldest known Methodist Church lived in this magnificent home from trail walks and family drum jam. The only in Wayne County, built in 1836. Now a Sunday, July 12, 11:00am - 3:00pm 1816-1930. Gideon’s Gift Gallery. Fee. event of its kind in Western NY. Fee. museum listed on the NYS & National Antique Auto Show – Pre-1916 cars grangerhomestead.org, 585-394-1472. Registers for Historic Places. Chicken BBQ served at noon Now through September 1 Now through October 4 Sponsored by the Horseless Carriage Genesee Country Village & Museum Roe Cobblestone Schoolhouse Saturdays & Sundays, 1:30-4:00pm Society and East Bloomfield Historical 1410 Flint Hill Road, Mumford Corner Van Vleck Road & Rt.89, Butler Heritage Square Museum Society. 1838 Academy Building at Elton Featuring costumed interpreters in Restored cobblestone one room 7147 Ontario Center Road, Ontario Park, 8 South Avenue, off Routes 5 & 20, restored historic buildings, breathing life schoolhouse believed to be the oldest Step into a mid-1800’s historic crossroads into an authentic 19th-century country in North America, listed on the NYS & Thursday, September17, 7:00pm community and relive a touch of village. One of the largest living history National Registers for Historic Places. Abandoned: The Untold Story of Americana. See the sights, hear the museums in the country. John L. Wehle 315-594-2332, www.bhpsbutlerny.org. Orphan Asylums stories, experience being where families East Bloomfield Historical Society Gallery and nature center. Fee. like yours lived over a hundred years ago. Open every day - 9:00am-8:00pm 1838 Academy Building at Elton Park 585-538-6822, www.gcv.org. Tour the nine historic buildings on the The Corning Museum of Glass 8 South Avenue, off Routes 5 & 20 Saturday, June 27 13-acre site. Fee. 315-524-9330, www. Showcasing more than 35 centuries Michael T. Keene, Author, resident of 10:00am-4:00pm heritagesquaremuseum.org. of glass artistry. See a glass portrait Pittsford. Celtic Faire of an Egyptian pharoah, examples of Opening Weekend Celebrate the culture, history and the finest Renaissance Venetian glass, June 1-August 31 Saturday, June 6, 10:00am-4:00pm traditions of the Scots and Irish. works by today's contemporary artists Wednesday-Saturday Dedication of exhibit barn in honor of — and everything in between. Explore 10:00am-4:00pm Saturday, July 4 Polly & Bill Crombe. world-changing discoveries in glass and Foster Cottage Museum 10:00am-4:00pm Sunday, June 7, 1:30-4:00pm learn about the inventors. Fee. For more 9 East Main Street, Clifton Springs Independence Day Hot dogs, museum tours and music. information visit www.cmog.org or call Learn about Dr. Henry Foster’s [1821- Pomp, music and merriment highlighted Summer Sundays at the Square 607-937-5371. 1901] home, his “Water Cure” and the by the swearing in of new American for kids of all ages! Clifton Springs Sanitarium Co. Free. 315- citizens on the steps of the Town Hall, Open Now through November Sunday, July 12, 1:30-4:00pm 462-7394, www.fostercottage.org. and family-fun activities. Wednesday - Friday Pioneer Family Day Summer Months Open Saturday Now through September 30 Open year 'round Home arts demonstrations, activities, 11:00am-2:00pm Tuesday-Sunday, 9:00am-5:00pm Glenn Curtiss Museum stories and music. Fee. East Bloomfield Historical Society Ganondagan State Historic Site 8419 State Rt. 54, Hammondsport Sunday, August 9, 1:30-4:00 pm 1838 Academy Building 1488 State Route 444, Victor Local artwork — paintings, photography Music at the Square 8 South Avenue, off Routes 5 & 20 Ganondagan (ga·NON·da·gan) is the site and sculpture highlighting aviation and Ice Cream Social of a Native American community that was history and the beautiful Finger Lakes The first floor exhibit for 2015 is entitled Open Year 'Round, Monday-Saturday a flourishing, vibrant center for the Seneca region. Vintage and reproduction aircraft, “The Spirit of America” covering a brief Hoffman Clock Museum people. Trails open year-round, 8:00 am bicycles, motorcycles and automobiles, history of Bloomfield participation in 121 High Street, Newark to sunset, weather permitting. Fee. Events as well as local history exhibits. Fee. wars from The War of 1812 to present. A unique collection of timepieces. Exhibits have special admission. 585-924-5848, For events call 607-569-2160, The second floor contains exhibits of local introduce visitors to timekeeping history www.ganondagan.org. www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org. Bloomfield history. For more information and development of clock styles, with a call 585-657-7244 or visit www.EBHS1838. July 25-26, Saturday & Sunday Saturday & Sunday, August 1 & 2 special emphasis on the history of NYS org. Like us on facebook! 10:00am-6:00pm 9:00am-5:00pm clockmakers. Free. 585-586-2942, Thursday, June 18, 7:00pm Native American Curtiss Classic Motorcycle Weekend www.hoffmanclockmuseum.org. Steamboats of Canandaigua Lake Dance & Music Festival & Odd Ball Old Dog Motorcycle Show East Bloomfield Historical Society This festival features a wide range of Bike Show, Ride, Exhibit and Swap Meet, 1838 Academy Building Native American traditional dancers, food and museum tours of the museum. 2015 SUMMER GUIDE • PAGE 4 OpenDaily Sunday Noon-3:00pm Joseph Smith Farm Open House 863 Stafford Road, Palmyra Newark-Arcadia Museum Two miles from Palmyra, includes the 120 High Street, Newark restored Smith Frame Home (1825), Newark Restaurants (through 1975) reconstructed log home (1818) and special exhibit opens, Newark Garden Sacred Grove. Free 20 minuted guided Club Plant and Bake Sale. Call 315-331- tours of homes. 315-597-5851, 6409 for more information. www.hillcumorah.org Museum open through October Open July & August The museum features displays of local Tours Wednesdays & Saturdays artifacts including quilts and coverlets, by Appointment Newark milk bottles and items from the Peppermint Museum Jackson & Perkins Company and their H.G. Hotchkiss Building famous rose gardens. Free. 315-331-6409. 95 Water Street, Lyons Open Tuesday - Saturday The museum tells the history of the world Ontario County Historical Museum famous Lyons Peppermint Oil Industry. 55 North Main Street, Canandaigua 315-946-4596, Educational programs and rotating www.lyonsheritagesociety.com exhibits on subjects pertaining to the Macedon Historical Society origins of Western New York along with a and Academy regional research center and depository 1185 Macedon Center Road for items relating to local history and 585-455-3798 genealogical research. Free admission, www.macedonhistoricalsociety.org donations accepted. 585-394-4975, www.ochs.org. Marion Museum 3827 North Main Street Now through November 1 315-926-4436 10:30am-4:30pm www.townofmarionny.com Historic Palmyra 132 Market Street, Palmyra June 12-14 Historic Palmyra’s five museums offer Friday 4:00-8:00pm unique original artifacts depicting Saturday 10:00am-6:00pm 2015 SUMMER GUIDE • PAGE 5 the Erie Canal era, early American life, Palmyra Historic Museum August 8 Local history collections, artifacts, business, and events. This year many 132 Market Street, Palmyra Bloody Mary and genealogy and exhibits of the area. Home anniversaries are being celebrated with 23 rooms of exciting local and area history Her Den of Buccaneers of early missionaries Elisha Loomis and founder General John Swift’s death at and artifacts. Live and dead pirates, 5K, scavenger hunt, Marcus Whitman. 585-554-6085, Fort George in 1814; The Town of Palmyra Print Shop skulls and treasurers suitable for all folks. www.villageofrushville.com/history. founding in 1789; and Historic Palmyra, 140 ½ Market Street, Palmyra Stories told in the museum yard 12:30 Now through October 31 the local historic society of Palmyra’s Original printing equipment made in p.m. and 3:30. Free. All museums open Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00am-5:00pm revitalization and inception in 1914 is Palmyra and the history of type from 11:00am-4:00pm. Fee. Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum celebrating its success of saving the Village 1838 to 1972. August 14, 9:00-11:00pm 7606 North Ontario Street, Sodus Point from the demolition of Urban Renewal William Phelps Candlelight Ghost Walk and Hunt 1870 lighthouse museum and gardens. that plagued many local communities Take a stroll through Palmyra’s village and Exhibits cover lighthouse, maritime and from 1964-1976.