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May 27 @ 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Free
The Antiques Club of the Finger Lakes in partnership with the Geneva Historical Society, will present the virtual program, “The Shakers in Western New York” by Peter Wisbey on Thursday, May 27 at 7 p.m.
Join Genesee Country Village & Museum curator of collections Peter Wisbey as he discusses the popularity of the United Society of Believers – the Shakers – and their New York communities at Sodus and Groveland. Wisbey will also highlight the dismantling, movement and restoration of the Groveland Trustees’ Building to GCVM in 1987.
Peter Wisbey has been curator of collections for Genesee Country Village & Museum in Mumford for over 14 years. He was previously the executive director of the Seward House in Auburn and held curatorial positions in Massachusetts and New Jersey.