Looking For Something To Do This Summer? Take an Adult Class or Send Your Kids to Camp at GCV!

 Still looking for something to do this summer?

If you thought it was too late to sign your kids up for Summer Camp think again! We still have a few spots avaliable in many of our Summer Sampler and Earth Camps!  We have classes and camps avaliable for kids 4-17 and something for almost every interest! 

This might also be the summer for you to try your hand at something new too as we have many adult classes and experiences that you can take part in.

To View/Download our Youth Camps Catalog Click Here. 

Click Here for a listing of our Adult Classes and Experiences.

For questions or to register, you may contact Maria Neale at (585) 538-6822 ext 216.

Reader Question & Answer Column-A 9 Year Old Girl Wants to Work In The Village!

This month starts our first ever reader question and answer column.

Our question is from Olivia, a 9 year old girl.

Question: Can kids work at the Genesee Country Village & Museum? At Laura Ingalls Wilder Day last year there were kids who looked like they worked there?

Answer: Well Olivia, there are a number of volunteer opportunities in the village for children! Volunteers need to be at least 10 years old and volunteers that are 10 & 11 need to have a parent or guardian present. Children 12 and up can volunteer on their own.

Kids can volunteer:

• At our historic baseball program to act as bat boys or roustabouts in the stands. We also have kids placed in the stands with baskets of 19th century toys to share with the crowd.
  
• Working in the kitchen alongside out interpreters in one of our newest kid friendly hands-on spaces in the MacKay kitchen.
  
• Helping out in the kitchens on tasting weekends and special event weekends such as the Laura Ingalls event.
  
• Helping out in Thomson's tavern with period games & toys.
• For those a little older, you can apprentice as a potter, tinsmith or at the Altay store.
  

Anyone interested in the youth volunteer program may contact Gail Fowler at gailfowler@juno.com.

Have a question? We would be happy to answer it! Just click the email link on the right hand side of the blog!

Summer Camp For Kids at Genesee Country Village & Museum

Interested in have your child take classes at the museum? We offer many varieties of instruction that your family can take advantage of.

Summer Camps

The museum offers 2 summer day camps, the Summer Sampler Camp and Earth Camp.

The Summer Sampler has a historical flavor where children don historic costumes and spend time in the village exploring many aspects of 19th century life. Our Earth Camp have been revised for this year and focuses on the natural world and our place in it. Between both camps we offer over 30 unique classes with age appropriate content for ages 4-17.

Click here for a PDF of our Summer Program Guide.

Click here for a PDF of our registration package.

Group Learning Programs

We also have programs geared toward scouting groups, home school groups and school groups.

Additionally, we have movable museum programs that will come to your classroom. These can be used as stand alone learning experiences or in conjunction with a visit to the village.

Please contact Maria Neale, our director of education at (585) 538-6822 ext. 216 to register or discuss an questions you may have.