Mumford, NY- The federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded $140,249 in grant money to Genesee Country Village & Museum in Mumford, NY. The museum will use the funding over the next three years to develop a comprehensive master interpretive plan that integrates its 19th-century historic structures, artifacts, fine art and gardens into a single intellectually consistent resource. The museum will assemble a team of nationally recognized scholars, local educators and community representatives to collaborate in this effort. The plan will be implemented at the museum, as well as through outreach programs and the museum's website.
"The museum is so pleased to receive this award and looks forward to developing exciting new experiences for our museum visitors and schoolchildren," said Betsy Harrison, President and CEO of the museum. U.S. Representative Thomas M. Reynolds, R- Clarence, announced the award on September 21. Reynolds acknowledged the important role the museum plays in preserving local history and heritage.
"The museum will use the funding to guide the development of new exhibitions, programs, events, and collecting plans," Reynolds said. "Once completed, these improvements will allow the Genesee Country Village & Museum to offer area residents an even more thorough, more valuable historical resource."
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is an independent federal grant-making agency dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation of learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities. "With their rich collections, museums enable visitors to physically connect with history, science and the creative process," said Dr. Robert S. Martin, Director of IMLS. "The Museums for America grants will help museums advance their role as trusted resources that serve communities by creating and sustaining a nation of learners."
Genesee Country Village & Museum is one of the nation's largest living history museums, with 68 historic structures from all around western New York.
It also includes the Genesee Country Nature Center, with five miles of interpreted trails, and the John L. Wehle Gallery of Wildlife & Sporting Art, home to the collection called by Wildlife Art Magazine "one of the finest in the world."
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Hours: The Genesee Country Village & Museum is open May - October from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Fri. and until 5 p.m. weekends and every day from July - Labor Day. The museum is closed on Mondays except for holidays.
Admission: $12.95 for ages 17-61; $9.95 for ages 62+ or students with a valid ID; $7.50 for ages 4-16; free for ages 3 and under and for Genesee Country Village & Museum members. Day passes are good for two consecutive weekdays. Gallery-only admission: $5.50 adults, $4.50 seniors & students, $3.50 ages 4-16, free to children 3 and under, museum members and with general admission. Nature Center-only admission: $3.50 adults; $3 seniors; $2.50 youth ages 4 -16; free to children 3 and under, museum members and with general admission.
Location: 1410 Flint Hill Road, Mumford, N.Y., 20 miles southwest of Rochester and 45 miles east of Buffalo.
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