Genesee Country Village & Museum


Guest capacity

Up to 250 seated guests


About this venue

GCV&M is the largest and most comprehensive living history museum in New York State – and the third-largest in the United States. Chartered as an educational institution by the NYS Board of Regents, the Museum offers opportunities to see, smell, taste, touch, explore, and experience our 68 historic buildings; more than 20,000 artifacts; wildlife paintings, drawings, and sculpture spanning centuries; the living collections in our gardens, on our working farm and at our Nature Center; and the gorgeous landscape that first brought settlers to this region. Being one of the most unique wedding venues in the Great Rochester area, Genesee Country Village & Museum provides a wedding location unlike any other. Our 19th-century Historic Village offers both historic churches and stunning outdoor venues for your ceremony, paired with our unforgettable reception spaces including two romantic, rustic barns, as well as our recently updated banquet center.


Our event spaces

Exhibition Barn

Celebrate your event in this popular rustic barn venue.

Our high vaulted barn offers a charmingly rustic natural wood interior with a spacious open feeling. Amenities of this site include: • Capacity of 250 guests with space for tables, decorations, and dancing • Historic barn architecture with accent twinkle lighting • Handicapped-Accessible

Guest capacity

Up to 250 Seated

Up to 400 Standing

Square footage

5,000

Ideal for

Wedding reception

Carriage Barn

Celebrate your special day in the Carriage Barn

With a wooden interior, carriages hung around the room, and twinkle lights dangling above, this barn has all the charm to enhance your reception setting. Amenities of this site include: • Capacity of 150 guests with space for tables, decorations, and dancing • Carriages adorned with twinkle lights that hang from up above, creating a magical atmosphere • Handicapped-Accessible

Guest capacity

Up to 150 Seated

Up to 300 Standing

Square footage

4,000

Ideal for

Wedding reception, Rehearsal dinner, Wedding shower, Welcome party, Farewell brunch, Other

Conference and Banquet Center

For a timeless and formal reception – with a lovely view overlooking the Great Meadow – the Conference & Banquet Center is the ideal choice.

Amenities of this site include: • capacity of 200 guests, including tables and chairs • Two large rooms to accommodate dinner and dancing • A beautiful lounge with a fireplace and wooden bar to start your reception • Available year-round with the comfort of heat or air conditioning • Handicapped-Accessible

Guest capacity

Up to 250 Seated

Up to 300 Standing

Ideal for

Elopement, Wedding reception, Rehearsal dinner, Wedding shower, Engagement party, Welcome party, After party, Farewell brunch, Couples luncheon, Other, Cocktail hour

Guests often feel this space is

“Warm and cozy”

Freight House Pub

The Freight House is an authentic train depot from Phelps, NY

The Freight House has a great view, overlooking our Great Meadow. It has a built-in bar, an attached outdoor deck and is a great setting for any number of occasions – showers, rehearsals dinners, birthday parties, small wedding receptions, etc. Amenities of this site include: • Seating for 50 guests • Beautiful wood bar • Restrooms on site • Air conditioning and heat • Handicapped accessible • An attached deck that overlooks the Great Meadow

Guest capacity

Up to 50 Seated

Up to 75 Standing

Square footage

1,120

Ideal for

Elopement, Wedding reception, Rehearsal dinner, Wedding shower, Engagement party, Welcome party, After party, Farewell brunch, Couples luncheon, Other, Cocktail hour

Room cost

$400 +

John L. Wehle Gallery

Your event will be uniquely distinguished in the John L. Wehle Gallery

Guests will be able to explore and discover one of the best privately held collections of historic clothing, coverlets, and wildlife and sporting art that spans four centuries. Amenities of this site include: • Seating for up to 40 guests • Restrooms on site • Air conditioning • Handicapped accessible

Guest capacity

Up to 40 Seated

Up to 60 Standing

Ideal for

Elopement, Wedding reception, Rehearsal dinner, Wedding shower, Engagement party, Welcome party, After party, Couples luncheon, Other, Cocktail hour

Apple Orchard

The Apple Orchard offers a picturesque setting for an outdoor wedding.

The orchard is bordered by the locally iconic homes of George Eastman and Col. Nathaniel Rochester. Amenities of this site include: • Accommodates up to 250 guests • The orchard provides a vivid backdrop for your ceremony • An alternate indoor setting is available in the case of inclement weather • Handicapped-Accessible

Guest capacity

Up to 250 Seated

Up to 300 Standing

Ideal for

Wedding ceremony

Hyde Garden

The Hyde Garden creates a beautiful location for your outdoor ceremony.

The gorgeous colors in the continuously blooming garden are laid out around the double curving brick walkways – a dramatic entrance! The iconic octagon Hyde House creates a perfect backdrop for your ceremony and photos. Amenities of this site include: • Accommodates up to 150 guests • This location lends itself to a private, yet picturesque setting for your special day • An alternate indoor setting

Guest capacity

Up to 250 Seated

Up to 300 Standing

Ideal for

Wedding ceremony

Livingston-Backus Garden

The beautiful and picturesque formal garden behind the grand Livingston-Backus House

Nestled in the beautiful and picturesque formal garden behind the grand Livingston-Backus House, you and your fancé will stand under the pergola to pronounce your love for one another. Amenities of this site include: • Accommodates 150 guests • An alternate indoor setting is available in the case of inclement weather • Handicapped-Accessible

Guest capacity

Up to 150 Seated

Up to 200 Standing

Ideal for

Wedding ceremony

Livingston-Backus Porch

The Livingston-Backus House, built in the early 1800’s in Rochester, NY, is one of the most popular houses at Genesee Country Village & Museum.

This porch provides the perfect backdrop for your ceremony and photos. A picturesque white fence makes for a dramatic entrance down the walkway, leading to front and side entrances for the bride and bridesmaids. Amenities of this site include: • Accommodates 250 guests • Handicapped-Accessible

Guest capacity

Up to 250 Seated

Up to 300 Standing

Ideal for

Wedding ceremony

Brooks Grove Churchyard

With Brooks Grove Church as a backdrop, surrounded by its historic white fence, the stone walkway creates a center aisle in an outdoor setting.

Amenities of this site include: • Accommodates 250 guests • An alternate indoor setting is available in the case of inclement weather • Handicapped-Accessible

Guest capacity

Up to 250 Seated

Up to 300 Standing

Brooks Grove Church

This beautifully simple Greek Revival church was built in 1844 in the quiet hamlet of Brooks Grove, NY.

Brooks Grove Church overlooks the Village Square. This large sanctuary provides a lovely setting for weddings of all sizes and styles. Amenities of this site include: • Seating for 175 guests • A double aisle for a dramatic entrance and exit • An 1880 pump organ that is still available for use • The balcony at the back is an ideal location from which your musicians and vocalist can fill the sanctuary with music • The church bell can be rung to announce that your new life has begun

Guest capacity

Up to 175 Seated

Up to 200 Standing

St. Feehan's Church

St. Feehan's Church was built in 1854 in Chili, NY. Now 150+ years later, the intimate chapel is available for ceremonies of all denominations.

St. Feehan’s is nestled on the corner of the Historic Village. Amenities of this site include: • Seating for 125 guests • A chapel setting that glows with beautiful hand-crafted woodwork • A traditional center aisle • An original reed pump organ that is still available for use • A gated churchyard for your guests to gather • Te church bell can be rung to announce that your new life has begun

Guest capacity

Up to 125 Seated

Up to 150 Standing

Exhibition Barn

Celebrate your event in this popular rustic barn venue.

Our high vaulted barn offers a charmingly rustic natural wood interior with a spacious open feeling. Amenities of this site include: • Capacity of 250 guests with space for tables, decorations, and dancing • Historic barn architecture with accent twinkle lighting • Handicapped-Accessible

Guest capacity

Up to 250 Seated

Up to 400 Standing

Square footage

5,000

Ideal for

Wedding reception


Available services that can be provided by Genesee Country Village & Museum

Services & amenities

  • Bar services
  • Catering services
  • Dressing room / Bridal Suite
  • Event coordinator
  • Event rentals
  • Event staff
  • Liability insurance
  • Service staff
  • Set up
  • Wifi

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  • Fantastic Wedding Venue

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    Michael DeMariaFeb 12, 2021

    Simply put, I love working at the GCV&M! It's a fantastic, beautiful, and unique venue. And specifically from a photographer's perspective, there are literally countless areas to shoot in that offer different looks and feels. And to top it all off, the staff is wonderful and does a great job. I would recommend them highly, and have nothing but good things to say!