Historic Palmyra, New York

Did you know Winston Churchill's grandparents come from Palmyra, New York? How about Ira Lackey, the whaler and owner of the "Morning Star," the first boat to send missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to the South Pacific? Or even Pliny Sexton, a famous abolitionist? Find all this out and more in the Historic Palmyra Museum.

Formerly a store, boarding house, and private residence, the Historic Palmyra Museum now holds the secret past of Palmyra including the founders of the town and the populace who lived here. The Palmyra Museum includes an exhibit dedicated to Joseph Smith, showing actual business documents signed by him, Hyrum, and Lemuel Durfee, who hired the Smith brothers on his farm. Another exhibit features a "war room" showing community members involved in every war the U.S. participated in, starting from the Revolutionary war to the Vietnam War.

You can visit the Palmyra Museum for an admission price of $3. The other museums in the city, the William Phelps House Museum and the Coverlet Museum, cost the same. If you want to visit all of the museums you can, for the price of $5.

Historic Palmyra, New York Tours
140 Market Street
Palmyra, New York 14522
(315) 597-6981 or (315) 597-4173

Tours begin at the Historical Museum just up the street.