The History Trail of Western New York is brand new this year and includes a network of 13 museums located throughout the area to visit and enjoy. The trail is broken up into six regions to explore: Gates/Chili, Greece/Charlotte, Hilton/Hamlin, Ogden/Sweden, Rochester (East), and Rush/Henrietta.
Pick up a trail passport at local town and village offices or at any of the participating museums:
•The Hinchey Homestead
634 Hinchey Road, Rochester, 464-9740,
•Streeter’s Inn
4145 Union Street, North Chili,
www.chilihistoricalsociety.org
•Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse
Historical Society
70 Lighthouse Street, Rochester, 621-6179, www.geneseelighthouse.org
•Greece Historical Society & Museum
595 Long Pond Road, Greece, 225-7221,
www.greecehistoricalsociety.org
•Parma Hilton
Historical Society Museum
1300 Hilton Parma Corners Road,
Hilton, 748-9411,
www.parmahiltonhistoricalsociety.com
•North Star History Center
864 Walker Lake Ontario Road, Hamlin,
727-3855, www.hamlinny.org
•The Emily L. Knapp Museum
49 State Street, Brockport, 637-5300,
•Colby Pulver House Museum
568 Colby Street, Spencerport, 352-1586,
www.ogdenhistoricalsociety.org
•Spencerport Depot and
Canal Museum
16 East Avenue, Spencerport, 352-0942,
•Fairport Historical Museum
18 Perrin Street, Fairport, 223-3989,
www.perintonhistoricalsociety.org
•Town/Village of East Rochester
Department of Local History
317 Main Street, East Rochester, 381-3023,
www.eastrochester.com/departments/
•New York Museum of Transportation
6393 East River Road, Rush, 533-1113,
•Sage-Marlowe House
69 Main Street, Scottsville, Wheatland
Historical Association on Facebook.
Have the History Trail passport stamped at each museum visited. Check with the museums to find out if they participate in a regional loyalty program. For example, once three stamps have been collected, show the passport for special offers at Vic’s Ice Cream in Spencerport.
To find out more about the trail and to use interactive maps, visit www.historytrailwny.com.
Any area museums that would like to be trail members next year can contact David Haines at 490-4751.
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