GCV&M Maple Sugar Festival 2025
Tap into the sights, sounds, and tastes of the maple season! Our Maple Festival is an outdoor adventure with several unique areas of the Museum to explore! In each, you may find maple history, live music, vendors, food, bonfires, hands-on activities, storytelling…its outdoor fun for the whole family! Join us for a delightful experience at our Nature Center and Historic Village, where you can explore the maple sugaring process, enjoy seasonal storytelling, participate in hands-on activities like tree-tapping and candle making, savor delicious maple-themed foods, and shop from a variety of local vendors while listening to live music under the festival tent.
Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.
Nature Center Activities
Our Nature Center is maple-central where the work of producing syrup from our sugarbush happens.
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Uncover each step of the sugaring process with our in-house producers and evaporator
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Explore Hodinöhsö:ni’ traditions with Tonawanda Seneca Leon Sam Briggs
- Get a sweet taste of sugar-on-snow
- Tour our historic Sugar Camp
- Try our DIY tree-tapping station
- See coopers in action crafting sap buckets and barrels
- Travel our Maple History Trail to discover the evolution of sugaring
- Fill your senses at our maple-themed touch table
For those unable to make it out to the sugar camp, we will have a video experience in the Nature Center Lobby that showcases what our historical educators are up to out on the trails!
Historic Village Highlights
Visit historic homes bustling with costumed educators sharing stories about maple syrup and sugar in the 19th century.
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Enjoy seasonal storytelling with Hodinöhsö:ni’ partners Perry Ground, Veronica Reitter, and Tonia Loran-Galban
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Discover ice harvesting and 19th-century refrigeration
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Learn about the lumber industry, deforestation, and conservancy in NYS
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Try a historical two-person saw! Slice a tree cookie to take home as a unique keepsake
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Indulge in historical maple receipts (recipes)
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Watch candle making in action
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Explore maple trade goods
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Visit the Genesee Valley Woodcarvers
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Investigate all things fried in lard
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Delve into 19th-century winter wear
Come hungry!
Our festival this year offers several places to get the tastes of the sweet season!
- Fresh off the griddle pancakes and sausages topped with Museum-made maple syrup, served from the carport across from the restaurant and pub
- In the Historic Village, Hosmer’s Inn will be hosting a taproom to warm up and fuel up
- Depot Restaurant will be serving up savory maple-themed bites!
- Stop in at the Freight House Pub for a craft beer, wine, or hard cider – bottled water and soda are available, too!
- The Confectionery will be open and filled with sweet confections for sale
- Set your alarm now so you don’t miss our popular Whistlestop Bread Sale daily 1 – 3 p.m.
Under the Festival Tent
Where maple, music, and handmade treasures meet!
Enjoy the haunting melodies of the Archive Ravens, an acoustic duo serenading you with music from the past with modern twists.
Vendors:
- CookWood
- Divanna Chocolates
- Edgemere Coffee
- Elder Earth Candles & Woodwork
- Fine Scottish Shortbread
- Florida Nut House
- Lazy Acres Alpacas
- Lords of the Seas
- Meliora Crystals & Minerals
- Rainbows & Wildflowers Creations
- Rook’s Bags
- SarKim Creations
- The Spice Project
- Tim the Blacksmith
- Troll Bridge Farm
- VioTea
- Yakisoba’s Noodles
*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.
Organization:
Genesee Country Village & MuseumLocation:
1410 Flint Hill Road PO Box 310
Mumford, NY, 14511United States
See map: Google Maps
Phone:
585-538-6822Contact name:
Ann Frederick
Email address:
Dates:
Time:
10 AM
Price:
Adult Members: $14 online | $15 onsite & Youth Members (3-12): $11 online | $12 onsite & Adults: $16 online | $17 onsite & Youth (3-12): $13 online | $14 onsite &Children 2 and under | FREE
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