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The Early Years of Genesee Country Village & Museum

By Peter Wisbey Curator of Collections, Genesee Country Village & Museum Thursday, February 16th 7 PM Lima Public Library 1872 Genesee St. Lima NY 14485 Co-sponsored by the Lima Historical Society and the Lima Public Library   Amherst Humphrey House – from Lima With 67 historic structures, Genesee Country Village & Museum, located in Mumford NY, is the largest living history museum in New York State and the third largest in the United States. Please join Peter Wisbey, Curator of Collections, as he presents a history of the museum and its complicated and interesting process of development, as it now…

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Zoom LHS Annual Meeting and Program – Sunday, May 16th at 2 PM

The Real Underground Railroad   By Tim McDonnell Speakers’ Bureau Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT   We have an exciting, illustrated program on a topic that we in Lima have often mused about— possible involvement of 19th century Lima residents in the Underground Railroad.  On May 16th, Tim McDonnell, a very popular speaker on the RIT Osher Speakers’ Bureau, and an adjunct associate professor at Monroe Community College, will be speaking about the Real Underground Railroad in our region. He will talk about how this loosely-organized “conspiracy” against slavery operated before the Civil War. Since New York has a long border…

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Lima Downtown Mural Meeting

Thursday, January 27, 2022, 12pm – 2pm Time changed to 12 to 2PM for in person meeting at Town Hall. Also available by Zoom. Please keep checking our website for link to Zoom access. Meeting at the Lima Town Hall to review artists’ proposals for Lima’s downtown mural to be painted this summer. Your vote will help determine what the mural will be.

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