Monthly Chapter Meeting - Visit to the Big Springs Museum in Caledonia

Join our May chapter meeting at the Big Springs Museum Wednesday May 15th at 7 PM as we tour the historical Museum in Caledonia NY. Please Note the LOCATION CHANGE!

The Big Springs Museum is located at 3095 Main Street, Caledonia NY 14423

We will tour the museum, celebrating its history as the birthplace of modern American trout fishing. In 1864, the godfather of fisheries science, started the oldest fish hatchery in the Western Hemisphere along Spring Creek in Caledonia. Green’s research and work at the hatchery led to the spread in diversity and quality of trout fishing across the world. Spring Creek and the Caledonia fish hatchery remain a Mecca for trout anglers.

The Big Springs Museum’s collection is comprised of objects that reflect the history of the Caledonia-Mumford community located in the Genesee River Valley, southwest of Rochester, New York. The collection includes a strong emphasis on the area’s rural, agriculture character and the lives of Caledonia-Mumford residents. Objects in the collection include those that represent the history of Caledonia’s Seth Green Fish Hatchery, (the oldest in the northern hemisphere), military artifacts and memorabilia, items pertaining to public education and local spiritual life, toys, paintings and folk art, local African-American history, Native American artifacts, natural history collections, and an extensive costume and textile collection. The collection also includes photographs and archives, including some genealogical materials, and rare paper broadsides.