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About FLBM

2022 Marked 25 Years of FLBM

In 2022, Finger Lakes Boating Museum celebrated 25 years of sharing Finger Lakes Boating history with the community. Our mission remains the same: The Finger Lakes Boating Museum exists for the education and preservation of the boating activities and boat building heritage of the Finger Lakes.

1997-2013

1997

2000

2004

2005-2007

2007-2010

2010-2013

FLBM was granted its provisional charter, in December of 1997. This was the beginning of the FLBM.

FLBM was officially granted its 501 c(3) tax status. We officially became a non-profit organization.

The Museum hosted its first Boat Show on the waterfront in Geneva, NY to bring boating history out into the community.

The Museum was looking for a permanent home with a focus on sites in Canandaigua, NY.

FLBM also considered the former Penn Yan Boat Company Factory as a home for the museum.

The plan pivoted to the construction of a new home for the museum in Geneva; the property is now the Finger Lakes Welcome Center.

2013-2023:
Celebrating 10 Years in Hammondsport

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OUR TEAM

STAFF

KARA CALDER
Executive Director
 
NANCY WIGHTMAN
Administrator, Operations & Planning
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NICOLE KATSUR
Programs Coordinator

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JULIE JOHNSON
Bookkeeper
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LEE CALDER

Media and Design Specialist
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PEARL LONGWELL & BRITTANEY RANIEWICZ
Housekeeping

TRUSTEES

DAVE BORNHOLDT- President
JOHN RUDD- Vice President
LAURA CHANDLER- Treasurer
KATHY VENEMA- Secretary

PAM BORNHOLDT- Member at Large

BERNIE BURNS
MAGGIE COFFEY
MURRAY HESTLEY
JIM MOORE
DAVE ROCKWELL
DUNCAN SPRINGSTEAD
PHIL WALKER
ED WIGHTMAN

ADVISORY BOARD

CHRISTOPHER T. LYTLE - Chair

CTL Philanthropic Advisory

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REBECCA HOPFINGER - Vice Chair

Executive Director, Antique Boat Museum

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DICK SHERWOOD

Finger Lakes Chapter Antique & Classic Boat Society

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JOHN (MICK) BARNES

Skaneateles Boat Company

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GEORGE ZETH

Morehouse Boats

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GLENDA GEPHART

Executive Director, Schuyler County

Historical Society

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LEIGH TRINER

Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards

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EDWARD VARNO

Past Director, Ontario County Historical Society

 

KYLE CHEDZOY

Funeral Director, Royce-Chedzoy Funeral Home


MATT CONWAY
Registrar, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

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