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Founder's Circle
Unrestricted annual membership gifts such as these allow us to further our educational mission and strive for excellence in our preservation, programming and events, while allowing you to continue making memories with us in new and exciting ways. Please consider becoming a leader and friend to the museum at one of our Founder’s Circle levels. Founder’s Circle members provide critical support for our institution and demonstrate a level of engagement with GCV&M that we cherish.
Please consider becoming a leader and friend to the museum at one of our Founder’s Circle levels.
To join Founder’s Circle, email Cheryl Marshall or call (585) 294-8267.
Enjoy a special after-hours tour exploring hidden, rarely-seen rooms in the Historic Village!
Free with Museum admission!
Free admission to residents in Mumford, Caledonia, Scottsville, LeRoy, Avon, & Batavia.
Celebrate a traditional harvest of hops!
Spinning, Typesetting and Printing, & Growing and working with Everlasting Flowers
Bean to Bar Chocolate & Quilting by Hand
Hand Sewn leather Wallet & Baking Buns and Crackers
Free with Museum Admission!
19th-Century Hand Sewing Essentials & Herbariums
Join us for our biggest annual fundraising event!
Join the Jones Farm cook to learn 19th-century cheese-making techniques.
Join us for Smithsonian Magazine's 12th-annual Museum Day and get free admission!
Explore eerie folktales of supernatural visits and haunted happenings in the shadowy corners of the Historic Village.
Forage for seasonal offerings of wild edibles and discuss the folklore of medicinal plants found at GCV&M.
Come to our authentic, 19th-century country fair with something for everyone!
Gather around the harvest table to savor the meal you have created!
Learn to make springerles!
Prepare for a chilling night with hauntingly spooky scenes.
Trick-or-Treating throughout the historic village.
Our all-day symposium is comprised of an array of lectures spanning the late-18th through mid-19th century. Four renowned speakers will present on a variety of topics relating to the late 18th century through mid-19th century.
Enjoy a delicious pancake breakfast with St. Nick.
The village is getting ready for the winter season!
Experience a Christmas like no other.
An open house-style walk through of the snowy Historic Village.