The Home Within @ Buffalo History Museum
Join us on October 10th from 6-9pm at the Buffalo History Museum for The Home Within – a Multilingual Poetry event honoring Buffalo’s rich Linguistic Tapestry and Language Justice. Enjoy
Four WNY properties nominated by state for historic registry
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that the New York State Board for Historic Preservation has recommended adding sixteen properties — including four in Western New York — to the State
Buffalo State receives prestigious award for East Side History Project
STAFF REPORTS BUFFALO, N.Y. — The New York State Archives and Archives Partnership Trust awarded the 2018 Debra E. Bernhardt Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Documenting New York’s History
“A Christmas Carol” returns to GCC in support of the History Club
STAFF REPORTS BATAVIA, N.Y. — The Genesee Community College History Club is excited to once again celebrate the holiday season as Charles Dickens, played by WKBW-TV’s Meteorologist Mike Randall, presents
Museum of disABILITY History hosts grand opening for “The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic” exhibit
BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING BUFFALO, N.Y. — When Willard Psychiatric Center in New York’s Finger Lakes closed in 1995, workers discovered hundreds of suitcases in the attic of an abandoned building.
GCC Presents: The Frederick Douglass Project
STAFF REPORTS BATAVIA, N.Y. — Community College will be the proud albeit temporary home to the “Frederick Douglass from Slavery to Freedom: The Journey to New York City” exhibit from…
GCC history students sponsor third annual Heritage Festival
STAFF REPORTS BATAVIA, N.Y. — History buffs of all ages are invited to walk back and forth through time to meet a treasure trove of important historical figures from across
GCC presents world premiere of “Grant and Sherman Engagement”
STAFF REPORTS BATAVIA, N.Y. — The research is done. The script is written. The costumes created. But rehearsals continue as two Genesee Community College professors prepare for the world premiere
Niagara County uses Grigg-Lewis Grant to digitally preserve historic newspapers
STAFF REPORTS LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Thanks to the generosity of a local charitable trust, Niagara County historians have digitally preserved 28,000 newspaper pages, many the only known surviving copies, County
Historical Horizons publishes Fall 2018 Lecture Series
STAFF REPORTS BATAVIA, N.Y. — The History Club at Genesee Community College invites everyone to the Batavia campus on the first Wednesday evening of every month this fall to witness