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World's oldest photography museum and one of the oldest film archives, located on the historic estate of George Eastman in Rochester, NY.
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One of my favorite underrated spots in Rochester, NY are the gardens at the George Eastman Museum. 🌿🍂

The estate has multiple gardens and green spaces, with beautiful pathways, flowers, landscaping, and tucked-away corners that make it feel like a little escape from the city.

And honestly, Fall is such a beautiful time to visit. 🍁

If you’re planning a Rochester, NY fall getaway, add the George Eastman Museum to your itinerary and give yourself time to wander beyond the galleries.

📍 George Eastman Museum | Rochester, NY

Save this for your Rochester trip, especially if you love historic homes, gardens, photography, and beautiful places to explore.

#RochesterNY #VisitRochester #GreaterRoc #Thingstodoinny #newyorktravel taken in Rochester, New York by @eastmanmuseum

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Exploring Rochester: Part 2

We loved visiting the George Eastman Museum, it is so lovely! The spring gardens are now open and the wisteria is in bloom.😍 If you’re exploring Western New York, this Rochester estate is a must-see. taken in Rochester, New York by @eastmanmuseum

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Last call for landscape tours! Don’t miss your chance to experience one of our docent-led tours through the museum's grounds before they wrap up for the season.

🌿 Saturday, October 17 at 12:30pm
🌿 Sunday, October 18 at 12:30pm
🌿 Saturday, October 24 at 12:30pm
🌿 Sunday, October 25 at 12:30pm
🌿 Saturday, October 31 at 12:30pm

🎟️ Tours are included with museum admission, and last about 45 minutes. Admission is free for members, SNAP and EBT cardholders and their families, and for active-duty military personnel and their families.

Tag a friend you'd like to take a tour with ✨

#EastmanMuseum #Gardens #RochesterNY #GreaterRoc #VisitRoc taken in George Eastman Museum by @eastmanmuseum

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Discover the story of Kodak’s LGBTQ employee network and the people working to preserve its legacy. 🌈

The curatorial team for "Picturing Equality: The Lambda Network at Kodak" will discuss their work documenting and preserving the network’s history.

Project lead Dr. Tamar Carroll of RIT’s History Department and student researchers will share their curatorial process and demonstrate their digital preservation of primary sources.

🎤 In Focus: Documenting LGBTQ History at Kodak
📅 Saturday, October 24
⏰ 1 p.m.
📍 7Crest Financial Partners Hall

🎟️ Free for members and students with ID. Included with museum admission.

We hope you’ll join us—link in bio 🔗

📷 @jackiephotographyroc

#EastmanMuseum #ExploreFingerLakes #VisitRoc #GreaterRoc #ExploreRochester taken in George Eastman Museum by @eastmanmuseum

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For more than 26 years, the Wish You Were Here photography lecture series has brought acclaimed artists and photojournalists to Rochester to share their stories and photographs. 📸

Join us for the final lecture in our 2026 Wish You Were Here Series with Deana Lawson, whose photographs explore the Black familiar and its relationship to lore, global histories, and mystery traditions.

🎤 Wish You Were Here: Deana Lawson
📅 Thursday, October 22
⏰ 6 p.m.
📍 Dryden Theatre

To honor Lawson's Rochester upbringing, we are extending an invitation for all teachers and students to attend this talk for free, with ID. The talk is also free for members and $15 for nonmembers. 🎟️

Reserve your ticket—link in bio 🔗

📷 Copyright Deana Lawson

#EastmanMuseum #ExploreFingerLakes #VisitRoc #GreaterRoc #ExploreRochester Deana Lawson taken in Dryden Theatre by @eastmanmuseum

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Voting is now open for @roccitymag’s Best of Rochester 2026 and you can find George Eastman Museum in not one, not two, not three—but four categories!

✨Nitrate Picture Show for Best Film Festival
✨Dryden Theatre for Best Movie Theater
✨"Edward Steichen and the Garden" for Best Art, Museum, or Makerspace Exhibit
✨George Eastman Museum for Best Museum

Head to the link in our bio to cast your vote before midnight on Friday, November 27 🔗

#EastmanMuseum #ExploreFingerLakes #VisitRoc #GreaterRoc #ExploreRochester taken in George Eastman Museum by @eastmanmuseum

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Luis González Palma is interested in the intersection of perception and power as it relates to photography.

His past works have investigated this theme through portraits exploring indigenous and mixed race identities in Guatemala from the colonial period to the present. “La Mirada Critica,” which translates to “the critical gaze,” plays with the historical practice of measuring indigenous people for study.

While most of the image is sepia-toned, González Palma has left the eyes white to intensify this gaze, imbuing the sitter with a sense of dignity while also speaking to our continual implication within the power structures inherent to viewing images.

Explore works by González Palma through our online collection—link in bio 🔗

📷 Luis González Palma (Guatemalan, b. 1957), “La Mirada Critica,” 1998. Gelatin silver print, printed 2007. George Eastman Museum, purchase with funds from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation. © Luis González Palma.

#EastmanMuseum #ExploreFingerLakes #VisitRoc #GreaterRoc #ExploreRochester taken in George Eastman Museum by @eastmanmuseum

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"Ahndraya Parlato: TIME TO KILL" on view, gardens to explore, eats at @openfacefoods, and more this weekend at George Eastman Museum. 👉

🗓️ Saturday, October 10
🪴 Garden tour at 12:30 p.m.
🚶‍♀️ Mansion tour at 2 p.m.

🗓️ Sunday, October 11
🪴 Garden tour at 12:30 p.m.
🚶‍♀️ Mansion tour at 2 p.m.
🎶 Beauty Through the Ages with Jaclyn Renee Warren at 3 p.m.

🎟️ Museum admission is always free for members , SNAP and EBT cardholders and their families, and active-duty military personnel and their families

Link in bio to plan your visit. 🔗

📷 @amandamewert

#EastmanMuseum #ExploreFingerLakes #VisitRoc #GreaterRoc #ExploreRochester Visitor in the "Selections from the Collections" exhibition taken in George Eastman Museum by @eastmanmuseum

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What can the history of photography reveal about throughlines and lineages?

Join us for a lecture with Assistant Curator Louis Chavez, who will discuss their collaboration with Collection Manager Stephanie Hofner to select the objects currently on view in "Selections from the Collection."

The talk will also explore the familial and creative networks of photographic practitioners, as well as the aesthetic traditions passed down through teaching and mentorship.

💻 In Focus: Selections from the Collection (Virtual)
📅 Friday, October 16
⏰ 1 p.m.
🎟️ Free for all

Register at the link in our bio to receive the Zoom link 🔗

📷 Carl Chiarenza (American, 1935–2026), "Untitled 275," 2010. Gelatin silver print. George Eastman Museum, Gift of Carl Chiarenza and Heidi Katz, 2025.

#EastmanMuseum #ExploreFingerLakes #VisitRoc #ExploreRochester #GreaterRoc Carl Chiarenza (American, 1935–2026), "Untitled 275," 2010. Gelatin silver print. George Eastman Museum, Gift of Carl Chiarenza and Heidi Katz, 2025. taken in George Eastman Museum by @eastmanmuseum

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@daniellepondermusic Congratulations on the release of your sophomore album, ✨“Everything Has Changed!” ✨. It was truly an honor to serve as Producer for your “Open Windows” visualizer, filmed at the prestigious @eastmanmuseum . Although Mother Nature threw us a few curveballs, everything came together beautifully! I’m extremely proud of what we created and the amazing team that helped bring this vision to life! .

After so many years in the entertainment industry, it’s moments like these that remind me why I love what I do! A HUGE thank you to @alexasilverman for her incredible management support and all the amazing talent who stood by this project from the very beginning! Through the schedule changes, weather delays, and unexpected adjustments, you remained patient, flexible, and committed to bringing this vision to life!

On behalf of myself and @collectivesocietyllc , THANK YOU for trusting us and allowing us to be part of this journey! Here’s to bigger and greater things ahead! ✨

*All BTS footage was shot by: @ashford_films1

#DaniellePonder #rochesterny #producer #fyp #collectivesociety taken in George Eastman Museum by @eastmanmuseum

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Gag moves. Gag is visceral. Gag catches in the throat. A laugh. A retch. A joke. A bind. Pleasure and pain. In the hands of artists, it offers a means of grappling with contemporary experience in a tragicomic mode.

“GAG” at the George Eastman Museum proposes a bold new framework for understanding twenty-first-century photography and video.

Experience the exhibition, on view in the Main Galleries through April 11, and explore what gag means to you ✨

#EastmanMuseum #RochesterNY #VisitRoc #ExploreRochester #GreaterRoc taken in George Eastman Museum by @eastmanmuseum

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Against the backdrop of Augusto Pinochet’s violent military dictatorship in Chile, artist Mario Fonseca made photographs in a conceptual mode.

The adoption of conceptualism among some Chilean artists during this period was in part facilitated by its seeming unintelligibility, which often helped artists avoid government persecution. Fonseca’s “Habeas Corpus” series features self-portraits that have been obscured in different ways—a critique of state surveillance and political censorship.

Explore works by Mario Fonseca through our online collection—link in bio 🔗

📷 Mario Fonseca (Chilean, b. Peru, b. 1948), “Habeas Corpus 6a + 6b,” 1981. Gelatin silver prints and internal dye diffusion transfer prints. George Eastman Museum, gift of Chantal Fabres.

#EastmanMuseum #RochesterNY #VisitRoc #ExploreRochester #GreaterRoc Mario Fonseca (Chilean, b. Peru, b. 1948), “Habeas Corpus 6a + 6b,” 1981. Gelatin silver prints and internal dye diffusion transfer prints. George Eastman Museum, gift of Chantal Fabres. taken in George Eastman Museum by @eastmanmuseum

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