Opening Day July 5, 2025
2:00 PM
Museum Director
Cynthia (Galusha) Perkins
BIO
Museum History
The Minerva Historical Society was formed in 1955. It is a nonprofit, educational organization formed to promote public interest in Minerva's History and folklore. The Methodist Church building in the center of the Olmstedville Hamlet was deeded to the Society in 1979 and by 1981, the museum was opened to the public. 
The museum opens every year on Minerva Day in July with a brand new theme and exhibit.  Exhibit items include items kept in museum storage and those loaned to the museum by our local residents.
Exhibits
The museum has two permanent exhibits -- THE TREE OF LIFE Mural with charts and files to research ancestry of the original settlers of Minerva, and WINSLOW HOMER prints of his original oils and water colors painted here in Minerva.
The museum is also home to religious artifacts, remaining from the building’s original purpose as a Methodist Church.

Museum

2025 Museum Theme
​Founders and Foundations

Founders of Minerva NY | Early Settlers, Town History & Genealogy

Founders of Minerva NY | Early Settlers, Town History & Genealogy

A century of Minerva’s earliest settlers, paired with an authentic 1828 road sketch created by A.P. Morse--one of the town’s founders and first surveyors.
A century of Minerva’s earliest settlers, paired with an authentic 1828 road sketch created by A.P. Morse—one of the town’s founders and first surveyors.

Museum Opening - July 4, 2026

Museum Opening Ceremony 2025
Museum Opening Photo Stream 2024