The Aurora History Museum features American Indian artifacts from Aurora, personal possessions of the community’s earliest settlers, and items related to local industry and business. New and special exhibits will debut periodically, so please check back often to see another aspect of our community’s history. The Rix Jennings murals, which chronologically tell the story of Aurora’s history, are on exhibit in the main corridor outside the town offices at the Municipal Center.

The exhibits of the Aurora History Museum, located outside the Historian's Office and presented in collaboration with the Aurora Historical Society, are open during Municipal Center hours, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.

 

LARGE-PRINT EXHIBIT LABELS:

To assist our guests in exploring the exhibits of the History Museum and inside the Historian’s Office, the exhibit labels are available for digital download and in a book on the table outside the Historian's Office door. Click below to download the labels.

 

FEATURED EXHIBITION:

October 21, 2024 - January 31, 2025
Checking In: The Globe Hotel Guest Registers

The Globe Hotel on East Aurora’s Main Street opened its doors 200 years ago, in 1824. Thousands of visitors stayed there in the years since.

Five volumes of guest registers from between 1890 and 1926 are among items from the hotel preserved in the archives of the Aurora Town Historian’s Office. In commemoration of The Globe’s bicentennial, the Historian’s Office is putting them on public display for the very first time.

To better preserve the guest registers for future generations, hotel proprietors over the years donated them to the Historian’s Office archives. An effort will soon be underway to digitize and index the registers, which offer a unique insight into one of the region’s oldest businesses.

A stagecoach stop in the early 1800s, The Globe operated for decades as a restaurant after no longer serving as a hotel. It remains closed after shuttering its doors in December 2022.

This and other historical exhibits may be viewed during regular Municipal Center hours, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.