Art-n-Facts: Vintage Valentines

Make your own valentine inspired by museum artifacts. All ages welcome. All materials included.

6 - 7 p.m.

PRICE: $10 for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Please pre-register. 873-9644 x 311

American History Girls Club
Featured Doll: Addy, 1864, Growing Up in the Civil War

The American History Girls Club brings young girls into the Museum for fun crafts, tours, and snacks related to the historic time periods of the American Girl Dolls.  Ages of participants range from five to twelve. Girls do not need a doll to join.10 a.m. - Noon.

$10/session for member child
$15/session for non member child
Package Deal: Families can purchase all six club sessions combined with a Museum Family Membership to the Historical Society for $120!

The Model Trains Run 1 - 4 p.m.

See our model trains operate at full speed. Visitors have an opportunity to see a diorama under construction as our volunteer Rail Barons work to expand the display. All activities are included with regular museum admission.

The hand crafted train diorama represents Buffalo in the early 20th century and includes historic landmarks of Western New York . See a miniature version of the Erie Canal, the Eagle House in Williamsville, and the lost landmark: the Academy of Music , which once stood in downtown Buffalo . The diorama has been a permanent exhibit at the Historical Society for over twenty years.

African American Storytelling

With Sharon Holly in honor of Black History Month

2 p.m.

PRICE: Free with paid museum admission.

Story Time for Toddlers (Tuesdays 10-11am)

Today's subject: Valentine's Fun

Abraham Lincoln's 203rd Birthday Celebration

Noon

Free to the public.

The Model Trains Run 1 - 4 p.m.

See our model trains operate at full speed. Visitors have an opportunity to see a diorama under construction as our volunteer Rail Barons work to expand the display. All activities are included with regular museum admission.

The hand crafted train diorama represents Buffalo in the early 20th century and includes historic landmarks of Western New York . See a miniature version of the Erie Canal, the Eagle House in Williamsville, and the lost landmark: the Academy of Music , which once stood in downtown Buffalo . The diorama has been a permanent exhibit at the Historical Society for over twenty years.

Genealogy Library Workshop 6 - 8 p.m.

Part I: Hour long “How To” begin your research seminar. 

Part II: exclusive research session with librarian in Research Library, limit 15 people. Pre-registration required for this part.

Contact 876-9644 x 311.

PRICE:  Part I only, museum admission plus $5. Part II: (cost also includes part I, $10 for members, $20 for non members)

Docent Training

Sign up for docent training. Complete schedule here.

Today's session::

Noon - 2 p.m. - Museum exhibit training: Neighbors, 1870’s Street of Shops

The Model Trains Run 1 - 4 p.m.

See our model trains operate at full speed. Visitors have an opportunity to see a diorama under construction as our volunteer Rail Barons work to expand the display. All activities are included with regular museum admission.

The hand crafted train diorama represents Buffalo in the early 20th century and includes historic landmarks of Western New York . See a miniature version of the Erie Canal, the Eagle House in Williamsville, and the lost landmark: the Academy of Music , which once stood in downtown Buffalo . The diorama has been a permanent exhibit at the Historical Society for over twenty years.

"George Lorenz: The Hound Dog"

Anthony Bannon, Executive Director of the George Eastman House, will speak on George Lorenz, founder of radion station WBLK. This lecture is in conjunction with the current exhibit, "Buffalo and Its Music," in the Community Gallery.

6 p.m.

Free with paid admission.

Wednesday, February 22: Brownie Scouts Around the World
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Thursday, February 23: Global Awareness
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Brownie, Junior, and Cadett Girl Scouts can complete a variety of badge projects at the History Museum. Each program includes a museum tour, hands-on-activities, artifact scavenger hunts, and the opportunity to help local community organizations. Each session requires Scouts to bring a nonperishable food item or gently used book to be donated to community service groups in WNY.

Costs vary depending on program and included activities.

The Model Trains Run 1 - 4 p.m.

See our model trains operate at full speed. Visitors have an opportunity to see a diorama under construction as our volunteer Rail Barons work to expand the display. All activities are included with regular museum admission.

The hand crafted train diorama represents Buffalo in the early 20th century and includes historic landmarks of Western New York . See a miniature version of the Erie Canal, the Eagle House in Williamsville, and the lost landmark: the Academy of Music , which once stood in downtown Buffalo . The diorama has been a permanent exhibit at the Historical Society for over twenty years.

Live Jazz music with the “Full Swing Sound” & museum tours

6 - 8 p.m.

FREE with paid museum admission.

American History Girls Club
Featured Doll: Molly, 1944, Growing Up in WWII

The American History Girls Club brings young girls into the Museum for fun crafts, tours, and snacks related to the historic time periods of the American Girl Dolls.  Ages of participants range from five to twelve. Girls do not need a doll to join.10 a.m. - Noon.

$10/session for member child
$15/session for non member child
Package Deal: Families can purchase all six club sessions combined with a Museum Family Membership to the Historical Society for $120!

Story Time for Toddlers (Tuesdays 10-11am)

Today's subject: Museum Magic

Admission costs:
FREE with paid admission
FREE for all members

Art-n-Facts

Make your own art inspired by museum artifacts. All ages welcome, All ages welcome. All materials included.

6 - 7 p.m

PRICE: $10 for members, $20 for nonmembers.

Please pre register. 873-9644 x 311

Lecture with Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner
"The Iroquois influence on Women's Rights and Early Feminists”

On the cutting edge of feminist scholarship, Sally Roesch Wagner describes how women of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy (the Haudenosuanee)  inspired the revolutionary vision of early feminists by providing a model of empowered women. At a time when Euro-American women were under the authority of men in all areas of their lives, Haudenosaunee women possessed decisive political voice, control of their bodies and property, custody of the children they bore, satisfying work and a society virtually free of rape and domestic violence. The thinking of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Matilda Joslyn Gage became transformed through their involvement with their Indigenous neighbors in upstate New York. Wagner’s presentation is based upon her book, Sisters in Spirit: The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Influence on Early American Feminists.

Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner is Executive Director, The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, Inc.

2 p.m.

Docent Training

Sign up for docent training. Complete schedule here.

Today's session:

Noon - 2 p.m. - Museum exhibit training: Road to Freedom and architectural history of the museum

“Haudenosaunee: After the Whirlwind”

Lecture with Alyssa Mt. Pleasant of Yale University.

6 - 8 p.m.

Ticket Price to be determined.

Her Story
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Brownie, Junior, and Cadett Girl Scouts can complete a variety of badge projects at the History Museum. Each program includes a museum tour, hands-on-activities, artifact scavenger hunts, and the opportunity to help local community organizations. Each session requires Scouts to bring a nonperishable food item or gently used book to be donated to community service groups in WNY.

Costs vary depending on program and included activities.

Live Jazz music with the “Full Swing Sound” & museum tours

6 - 8 p.m.

FREE with paid museum admission.

Community Gallery Opening

Story Time for Toddlers (Tuesdays 10-11am)

Today's subject: Grandma's Attic

Admission costs:
FREE with paid admission
FREE for all members

American History Girls Club
Featured Doll: Julie, 1974

The American History Girls Club brings young girls into the Museum for fun crafts, tours, and snacks related to the historic time periods of the American Girl Dolls.  Ages of participants range from five to twelve. Girls do not need a doll to join.10 a.m. - Noon.

$10/session for member child
$15/session for non member child
Package Deal: Families can purchase all six club sessions combined with a Museum Family Membership to the Historical Society for $120!

My Community
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Brownie, Junior, and Cadett Girl Scouts can complete a variety of badge projects at the History Museum. Each program includes a museum tour, hands-on-activities, artifact scavenger hunts, and the opportunity to help local community organizations. Each session requires Scouts to bring a nonperishable food item or gently used book to be donated to community service groups in WNY.

Costs vary depending on program and included activities.

Museum Discovery
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Brownie, Junior, and Cadett Girl Scouts can complete a variety of badge projects at the History Museum. Each program includes a museum tour, hands-on-activities, artifact scavenger hunts, and the opportunity to help local community organizations. Each session requires Scouts to bring a nonperishable food item or gently used book to be donated to community service groups in WNY.

Costs vary depending on program and included activities.

Docent Training

Sign up for docent training. Complete schedule here.

Today's session:

Noon - 2 p.m. - Pan Am exhibit at the Resource Center.

American History Girls Club
Featured Doll: Josefina, Cinquo de Mayo Party

The American History Girls Club brings young girls into the Museum for fun crafts, tours, and snacks related to the historic time periods of the American Girl Dolls.  Ages of participants range from five to twelve. Girls do not need a doll to join.10 a.m. - Noon.

$10/session for member child
$15/session for non member child
Package Deal: Families can purchase all six club sessions combined with a Museum Family Membership to the Historical Society for $120!

The Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society
is preparing to make history at its
150th Anniversary Gala
at downtown's newly restored historic treasure -
the Lafayette Hotel!

People of the World
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Brownie, Junior, and Cadett Girl Scouts can complete a variety of badge projects at the History Museum. Each program includes a museum tour, hands-on-activities, artifact scavenger hunts, and the opportunity to help local community organizations. Each session requires Scouts to bring a nonperishable food item or gently used book to be donated to community service groups in WNY.

Costs vary depending on program and included activities.