The Brockport Community Museum (BCM) is a “museum without walls” that strives to bring local history to the attention of residents and visitors. With no building or collection to manage, this group uses its website, https://www.brockportcommunitymuseum.org/, as well as historic markers, interpretive panels and display cases to share local history with the community.
Recently, a sub-committee developed two new interpretive panels documenting Brockport’s lift bridges. The committee worked with Mayor Margay Blackman on the project. The Park Avenue Lift Bridge panel will be dedicated on June 10. The committee also worked with the Pomeroy Foundation to install a historic marker on State Street memorializing the Trolley Depot that, for many years, was known as the Colonial Inn and Flash’s Tavern. The trolley connected Rochester and Buffalo and was part of an interurban rail system that helped to link urban and rural areas before the advent of the automobile. These projects and many others can be explored on the BCM website.
The BCM is always looking to expand its membership and has a particular need for Board members and volunteers who possess skills in the area of graphic design, marketing using social media and other platforms, research, and just the joy of exploring local history.
For additional information, contact BCM President, Allan Berry, at
aberry@rochester.rr.com using the subject line: Wanted: Local History Buffs.
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