Museums
Below is a listing of
Museums in Allegany County, NY.
For additions or corrections please contact: WEBMASTER (Email Link)
•Allegany County Historical Society Museum
Please note: There are two different Societies at the same building and hours are different!
We will continue to be open as long as we can get support of the countywide community of VOLUNTEERS!
Notice: OPEN HOURS, ALLEGANY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
We will be open to the public Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
from 10 am until 3 pm. Also, we are open Saturdays by appointment only!
Email: alleganychs@gmail.com Snail Mail: ACHS - P.O. Box 252 - Andover, NY 14806
PHONE DURING OPEN HOURS: 607-478-5390 (Leave message if no answer)
Phone for special appointment with ACHS: Ron Taylor, President (cell) 585-610-8668
Email: ron.taylor@alleganyhistory.org
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ANDOVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
will be open Wednesday & Saturday 11 am until 2 pm.
or by Special Appointment Contact:
Diane Pitts, Andover Historical Society President - (585-610-0967)
email: iampitts@roadrunner.com
or,
Ruth Manske - (607) 478-8184
email: tpmram8184@gmail.com
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NOTE: If you wish to help us grow in service to the Allegany County Community please join and support the Society.
Volunteers needed & DONATIONS NEEDED!!
(We now are ready to receive Artifacts of local history and family genealogies for our new Museum by both Allegany County & Andover Historical Societies.)
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ACHS SAYS: Can You Help Us?
Part-time; Full-time? At the Museum or, If you have a computer and want to work at home we can arrange transcriber job for you.
We NEED: Greeters, Researchers, Filers, Designers, Displayers, Carpenter, Cleaners, Framers, etc.
Please consider talking to us today! A few hours a day, a week, or a month will make a lot of difference! Of course, we need "full-time" volunteers who have a love for local history and/or research in order to continue these expanded hours!!
Contact Ron Taylor - ron.taylor@alleganyhistory.org
or cell, 585-610-8668
(Email Link) Webmaster
Website: www.alleganyhistory.org
•Almond Historical Society
& Hagadorn House Museum
7 Main Street; Box 98
Almond, NY 14804
607-276-6781/6760/6324 (Website Link) CLICK HERE
•B.R.A.G.
The Bolivar-Richburg-Allentown-Genesee
Historical Preservation Society
c/o Bolivar Free Library
390 Main Street
Bolivar, New York 14715
•Angelica Free Library Colonial Rooms
Main Street
Angelica, NY 14709
585-466-7860
•Canaseraga Shawmut Station & Museum
Harvey & Sue Lacy
193 Ames Nichols Road
Canaseraga, NY 14822
607-545-6527
•Caneadea Historian's Office & Museum
Gert Hall, Town Historian
Corner of Rt 19 & 243
Caneadea, NY
•Colonial Library, Historical Rm.
61 Main Street
Richburg, NY 14774
585-928-2694
•Cuba Historical Society Museum
12 Genesee Street
Cuba, NY 14727
585-968-2633
•Cuba Cheese Museum
12 West Main Street
Cuba, NY 14727
585-209-5512
Addition Contact Info: palmeroperahouse@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CubaCheeseMuseum/
•Cuba Military Museum
Cuba, NY 14727
(New Location to be announced)
•Nathaniel Dyke Museum &
Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society
116 East Dyke Street
Wellsville, NY 14895
585-593-0606
Email Link: thelmargh@gmail.com
•Friendship Library
Baxter Rm.
40 West Main Street
Friendship, NY 14739
585-973-7724
•Herrick Memorial Library
Alfred University
Saxon Drive
Alfred, NY14802
607-871-2184
•Independence Historical Society Museum
Main Street
P.O. Box 121
Whitesville, NY 14897
•Mather Homestead Museum, Library,
Memorial Park and 1930’s Room
343 North Main Street
Wellsville, NY 14895
585-593-1636
•Pioneer Oil Museum
Main Street
Bolivar, NY 14715
585-928-1344
•Richburg Wirt Historical Society & Museum
Main Street Rt. 275
Richburg, NY 14774
•Rushford Museum
Main Street
Rushford, NY 14777 (seasonal)
•The Schein Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art
Binns Merrill Hall
Alfred University Campus
Alfred, NY 14802
607-871-2421
•Town of Hume Museum
10842 Claybed Road
Hume, NY 14745
585-567-8399
•Whitesville Public Library
500 Main Street
607-356-3645
•Town of Willing Museum
(Located in the Willing Town Hall, Route 19)
Wellsville, NY 14895
585-593-6145
•Allegany County Historian's Office & Museum
Court Street
Belmont, NY 14813
585-268-9293 (Email Link) historian@alleganyco.com
Additional information about Allegany County's other Cultural Groups & Points of Interst can be obtained at the website operated by Allegany County Office of Tourism & Culture - Phone: 800-836-1869; (Email Link) tourism@alleganyco.com (Website Link) DISCOVER ALLEGANY COUNTY