If you haven’t experienced a total solar eclipse, you haven’t lived.
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One of the largest living history museums in the U.S. will transport eclipse chasers back to the 19th century on April 8 in a once-in-a-century event.
Genesee Country Village & Museum in Mumford, New York, will stage a four-day Solar Spectacle Festival (April 5-8) to celebrate the location’s 3 minutes and 32 seconds to totality during the total solar eclipse.
The site last experienced totality in 1925 and won’t again until 2144.
“Imagine seeing the total solar eclipse beside a team of oxen or sitting on the porch of a home built in the 1800s as you experience totality,” said Mary Challman, Genesee Country Village & Museum’s Senior Director of Interpretation, in an email. Visitors will have the opportunity to get a tin-type photo taken, eat historical celestially-themed treats, enjoy live music and guest speakers, see a magic lantern, and so much more.”
The historic village about 20 miles from Rochester hosts costumed historical educators who tell the story of New York State and 19th-century American history. Part of that is entwined with solar eclipses.
“Eclipses in the 19th century were accompanied by a huge push for scientific observation and citizen participation in science,” said Challman. “It was an exciting period of expansion—science was advancing, the U.S. was growing and changing ... eclipses in the 1800s were both experienced and understood by New Yorkers, but also internationally recognized.”
The Solar Spectacle Festival will include demos of how 19th-century people viewed and recorded eclipses as part of an effort by the Navy to gather celestial data. Visitors will also receive a free pair of eclipse viewing glasses on April 8 to safely view the partial phases of the eclipse.
Tickets are now on sale for $45 per person or $200 per vehicle, and parking is guaranteed. Eclipse viewing will take place on the Great Meadow and in the Vintage Baseball Field, with more exclusive viewing experiences—such as renting a Victorian mansion—also available.
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Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
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