Last updated: 10/31/2014
Springvile, New York
Street Address
39 East Main Street
Springvile, NY 14141
Mailing Address
PO Box 1333
Buffalo, NY 14220

Hours

Sunday, Saturday
1 PM - 5 PM
During the week hours are by appointment only, (especially for)Schools, special programs and tours.

Admissions

Free

Museum Type(s)

Staff

Steve Teeft
phone: 716-870-0174
Description

The Echoes Through Time learning center is the ONLY Civil War museum in Western New York.

We are the Echoes through Time Learning Center or ETT for short. We are a type Educational “hands on” Civil War museum. Our Learning Center is involved in a variety of educational studies; programs; demonstrations and interpreting. We are a place for: learning, research & history… But our Learning Center is not in your traditional museum type of setting.

Half of our exhibits are not under glass, so that our guest can actually “touch” many of the actual items displayed. We provide a wide variety of educational / historical programs, covering most any subject / topic of the antebellum years. We also have available a number of local / regional tours, and provide a battlefield tour guide service.

History

Established in 2005; The Echoes Through Time Learning Center; teaches and demonstrates American Military history. At our Eastern Hills Mall location we specializes in the Civil War era.

Artifact Collections

Our exhibits collection holds a wide variety of CIVIL WAR RELATED weapons, uniforms, equipment & soldiers personal items. Items covering all the major military services and supporting services.

Research Collections
RESEARCH LIBRARY

We have several items at our facility being researched and documented. Civil War Soldiers, letters, photos, personal items and soldiers records.

Educational Programs

School & Educational Programs are our specialty.
Also we have programs for: Teacher Workshops, docent and volunteer programs, Veteran organizations, seniors groups, scouts, historical societies, civil organizations, etc...
We also provide: Historical & Battlefield Tours, Weapon & exhibit demonstrations, On-site Living history programs & much more.
We Host a Monthly Civil War Round Table.
Available for talks, demonstrations, lectures & tours.
Most programs a small modest fee is asked: Per hour or flat fee

Facilities
Lecture Halls
Library
Access: Students, Scholars, Members
Appointment required: Yes
Publications

NEWSLETTER = The Eagle

Services
Tours

Our historical & battlefield tours are done in uniform / period dress, by our staff. We cove most of the major actions at selected battlefield sites. We give our “hands-on” insight of equipment & weapons, as we describe and intrepid these hollowed grounds, while touring

Although firearms are not permitted on Federal property, especially the National Battlefield Parks or state owned parks, we do have non-firing weapons which we use on occasions to assist in our programs to help you understand the battlefields actions better, and life of the soldier.

It would not be uncommon to see a field artillery piece, and have a mock demonstration on “how” this field piece was fired. Having the tour group take the places of a nine man gun crew, and handle a “wooden” projectile and “pretend” to load & fire this piece by the numbers.

As we tour the battlefields, we will tell you some of the histories, stories, facts and the outcome, to help you to understand better the actions that took place at these sites.

Gift Shop
Online Gift Shop
Special Event Rental
Restaurant
Group Tours
ADA
Wheelchair Accessible
Parking
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Hosted by: Georgia Association of Museums

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Monday, February 17 - Wednesday, February 19, 2025

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Hosted by: Small Museum Association

The annual SMA conference attracts more than 300 museum professionals, board members, and volunteers from a wide variety of small museums. They attend sessions on topics ranging from collections and education to staffing and board issues.

We offer a large Museum Resource Hall and plenty of informal networking opportunities for you to talk with (and get ideas from!) other small museum professionals and volunteers

Theme for 2025: Make It Happen!!!

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February 18 - 22, 2025

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Tuesday, February 18 - Saturday, February 22, 2025

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The California Association of Museums is excited to continue offering in-person programming for 2025. We will not be requiring proof of COVID vaccination/s, but highly encourage vaccination and boosters. For the health and safety of our colleagues, masks are also encouraged (but not required). Capacity and spaces will be thoughtfully considered in the planning of this event.

For more information, please email programs@calmuseums.org.

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