Arnot Art Museum
235 Lake Street
Elmira, NY 14901
607.734.3697
Contact: John D. O’Hern, Executive Director
Email: jdo@arnotartmuseum.org
Website: www.arnotartmuseum.org
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10:00a-5:00p
Sunday 1:00-5:00p
Holdings: The 19th-century American collection includes works by Cole, Bierstadt, William and James, Hope, Page and Sully among others. Twentieth-century artists include Henri, Davies, Burchfield, Assael, Bigbee, Cadmus and Nerdrum. Matthias Arnot's collection of 17th- to 19th- century collection European art is housed in his original Picture Gallery he added to his home in the 1890s. The museum has small but important collections of Egyptian, Asian, Native American, and Pre-Columbian artifacts.
Big Flats Historical Society
PO Box 232
258 Hibbard Street
Big Flats, NY 14814
607.562.7460
Contact: Glen Bates, Curator
Hours: Monday, Wednesday 10:00a-5:30p
Tuesday, Thursday 10:00a-8:00p
Friday 10:00a-5:00p
Holdings: Online catalog. Community celebration booklets: Corning, NY centennial; Chemung Co. 125th & 150th celebrations; assorted copies of regional planning studies in Chemung Co. and Southern Tier, put out by regional governments.
Chemung County Historical Society
415 East Water Street
Elmira, NY 14901
607.734.4167 x207
Contact: Kimberly Richards, Archivist
Email: archivist@chemungvalleymuseum.org
Website: www.chemungvalleymuseum.org
Hours: Closed during relocation. Collections accessible by paid research service only.
Holdings: Historical documents & collection from six-county region. Concentrations include documents on Elmira in the Civil War including the Elmira Confederate Prison Camp; settlement in the Valley including immigrants and African- Americans; social history of urban and rural populations; commercial, industrial and economic history; archeology and paleontology of the region; Ross Marvin's arctic explorations with Adm. Peary; and documentation on Mark Twain in Elmira.
Chemung Valley Farmers Museum
224 Van Etta Road
Spencer, NY 14883
607.589.6059
Contact: Kermit Bossard, Secretary
Email: kb45@cornell.edu
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Agricultural items from pre-mechanized era.
Elmira College
Gannett-Tripp Library
One Park Place
Elmira, NY 14901
607.735.1869
Contact: Mark Woodhouse, College Archivist
Email: mwoodhouse@elmira.edu
Website: www.elmira.edu/library
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Documents pertaining to Mark Twain (photos, manuscripts, letters, rare books), Charles Tomlinson Griffes collection, NYS Federation of Women's Clubs records (late 19th century-present), Elmira College Archives (early women's education 1855-present).
Elmira Heights Historical Society
PO Box 2084
272 East 14th Street
Elmira Heights, NY 14903
607.732.5167
Contact: Kenneth Erickson, Historian
Email: kericjson@stny.rr.com
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Variety of materials dating back to village incorporation.
Erin Historical Society and Museum
53 Fairview Road
Erin, NY 14838
607.739.0242
Contact: Suzanne Murphy, Historian
Email: smurphy237@aol.com
Hours: Bt appointment only.
Holdings: Museum has exhibits of rural American and railroad items and historical information. Museum also has collection of St. Patrick's Day memorabilia; school records; church records; genealogy records; information, articles and records of the history of Erin; information about farm tools, logging, and various milling operations within the town.
Historic 1897 Firehouse
PO Box 103
301 Maxwell Place
Elmira, NY 14902
607.734.6689
Email: station4@stny.rr.com
Hours: No hours while building is under construction.
Horseheads Cultural Center & Historical Society
PO Box 194
Horseheads, NY 14845
John. W. Jones Museum
PO Box 932
1250 Davis Street
Elmira, NY 14902
607.733.6162
Contact: Barbara S. Ramsdell, Treasurer
Email: wramsdel@stny.rr.com
Hours: By appointment only.
National Soaring Museum
51 Soaring Hill Drive
Elmira, NY 14903
607.734.3128
Contact: William Gallagher, Director of Archives
Email: billg@soaringmuseum.org
Website: www.soaringmuseum.org
Hours: Archives available by appointment.
Holdings: Archives of the Soaring Society of America; records of early National Soaring Contests. Extensive photo & moving image collections, detailing the history of U.S. motorless flight. Manuscript collections of many soaring pioneers. Extensive library contains over 1500 titles relating to motorless flight, general aviation, aircraft design/construction, and early aviation history. Archive of U.S. Soaring Certificate #1 holder, Ralph S. Barnaby. Over 4,000 soaring-related periodicals. Artifacts include fabric from original Wright 1903 Flyer, items from astronaut & Elmira native Eileen Collins (1st female Space Shuttle pilot & mission commander), and the world's largest collection of gliders and sailplanes.
Southport Historical Society
PO Box 146
Pine City, NY 14871
Hours: By appointment only.
Holdings: Historical records of the Town of Southport, in regard to homes, churches, schools, businesses, townspeople and government. Also photographs, small household items, some clothing, books, city directories, diaries, news articles, farm equipment (small items).
Tanglewood Community Nature Center & Museum
PO Box 117
246 West Hill Road
Elmira, NY 14902
607.732.6060
Email: info@tanglewood.org
Website: www.tanglewood.org
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00a-4:00p
Sunday 2:00-4:00p
Wings of Eagles
Elmira-Corning Regional Airport
17 Aviation Drive
Horseheads, NY 14845
607.739.8200
Contact: Edward J. Flesch, Curator
Email: director@wingsofeagles.com
Website: www.wingsofeagles.com
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00a-4:00p
Saturday 9:00a-5:00p
Sunday 11:00a-5:00p
Holdings: A significant collection of photographs relating to military aviation, and also a manuscript collection with some letters, certificates of training for military aviation, etc.
