Holland Land Office Museum

10/16/2026

We're going through the Holland Land Office Museum's bone collection just in time for spooky season! 🎃☠️🎃
Here you can see a few of the 11,000-year-old Mastodon bones that were discovered right here in Batavia, NY.

10/16/2026

In case you could not make it to our latest installment of our Concert Series, you can catch the excellent music of the Dark Road Duo in full at our YouTube channel at the link below.

The Holland Land Office Museum welcomed as the next show in our Con...

10/15/2026

There are still tickets available for tomorrow’s Downtown Batavia Ghost Walk. The walks are at 7:00 and 7:30 pm, and will begin and end at GO ART! located at 201 E. Main Street in Batavia. Tickets are $15 per person. You can find tickets at the museum’s website or through the link in the event below.

10/14/2026

The Wonderland of Trees at the Holland Land Office Museum has become a holiday tradition in Genesee County, but this year will be different. Volunteers and staff have begun planning the 26th annual event and are hoping our community friends can help us bring history and fun to the holiday season. However, due to renovations at the museum, Wonderland of Trees will have a temporary home at the former JCPenney store at 40 Batavia City Centre.

The Wonderland of Trees opens to the public on Friday, November 20th and is an opportunity for the community to come together as a whole, share your traditions and your fond memories, and show off some good old-fashioned Christmas spirit.

The 2026 theme is “Christmas Under Construction” to reflect the transition at the museum and our new home for this year. We are reaching out to local businesses and organizations for sponsorships and donations, as well as to set up a decorated tree that reflects your business or organization’s history and pride; we ask for a support donation of $50 for businesses and $10 for non-profit organizations. Your support and donation help maintain the operations of the museum and keep program costs low. We will proudly your business name among all the event sponsors in the Wonderland of Trees advertising.

Due to limited tree spaces, early registration is suggested and should be submitted by November 1st, 2026. Decoration dates are November 2nd through November 19th, just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. Please contact the museum with times you wish to decorate, so that the space will be accessible. This event is an opportunity to broadcast your business or organization and is not an avenue for solicitation. We also ask that participants refrain from decorating with food items.

If you are interested in participating please visit the museum’s website at www.hollandlandoffice.com for more information. You can also contact the museum at 585-343-4727 or [email protected].

Hours and Rates: The Holland Land Office Museum is openTuesday-Saturday, 10 am-4 pm. Members: Free Children: $1Students/Veterans/Seniors: $3Adults: $5Family (4 People): $10 Renovation Updates Many of you may have noticed some signs of construction going on at the museum. The museum is getting a b....

10/13/2026

There are still tickets available for our second round of our Downtown Ghost Walks. Get your spot now for either or 7:00 or 7:30 slots this Friday. The walks begin and end at GO ART! located at 201 E. Main Street in Batavia.

10/13/2026

Join us at the Richmond Memorial Library tomorrow night at 7 pm for the next show in our Concert Series. The Dark Road Duo will playing traditional folk, country and blues music. Admission is by suggested donation. Please contact the museum if you plan to attend.

10/09/2026

Our first West Side Batavia Ghost Walk will be tonight at 7 and 7:30 pm. The walks begin and end at the museum and feature stories of murder, hangings, ghosts and grave robbing. Tickets are $15 or $10 for museum members. You can get tickets through the museum’s website or follow the link below.

10/08/2026

Author and Batavia native Bill Kauffman will speak about his latest book, Upstaters: Poets, Pols, Prophets and Bush-League Heroes of Upstate New York at Act 4 Books, 4 South Main Street in Perry, NY, on Thursday, October 15 at 5pm.

Over the last three-plus decades, Bill Kauffman has written about and interviewed upstate New York novelists, politicians, and civic activists who have given the region much of its pith, vitality, and distinctiveness. The men and women profiled in Upstaters do not exist in isolation; they give life to and draw life from their places, and so their communities also slip into the profiles. Kauffman’s work is animated by love for the part of New York that has nurtured, annoyed, and entertained him for a lifetime.
Bill Kauffman is the author of a dozen books, among them Dispatches from the Muckdog Gazette, which won the 2003 national “Sense of Place” award from Writers & Books; Look Homeward, America, which the American Library Association named one of the best books of 2006 and Ain’t My America, which Senator George McGovern called “one of the best books I’ve read in years.”
At Act 4 Books, Kauffman will discuss Upstaters and then be available for questions and book signing.
Act 4 Books is a community-supported bookstore.

10/07/2026

Don’t forget that tomorrow night is our next Trivia Night at 7 pm at the Richmond Memorial Library. Come and test your knowledge of “Spies of the American Revolution.” Admission is $5 or $3 for museum members.

10/06/2026

Our first West Side Batavia Ghost Walk will be this Friday, October 9th at 7 and 7:30 pm. The walks begin and end at the museum and feature stories of murder, hangings, ghosts and grave robbing. Tickets are $15 or $10 for museum members. You can get tickets through the museum’s website or follow the link below.