 Conference
Location
Hotel Accommodations
Maps & Driving Directions
Discover Rochester
Historic & Cultural Attractions
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 Conference
Location
The 2007 Frederick Douglass International Underground Railroad Conference will be held at the Rochester Riverside
Convention Center in the heart of Downtown Rochester
and overlooking the Genesee River.
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| Hotel
Accommodations
 The Hyatt
Regency Rochester is connected to the Convention
Center via an enclosed walkway.
125
East Main Street
Rochester, New York
14604 USA
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Reservations:
Tel: +1 585 546 1234
Fax: +1 585 546 6777 |
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 Hotel
Map and Directions
Click
here for details. |
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Rochester
Maps and Driving Directions
Rochester
is served by several national and regional airlines, Amtrak
and the Fast Ferry service between Toronto and Rochester.
Click on the map to enlarge. |
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Discover
Rochester
For information on what to do in Rochester go to www.visitrochester.com.
Images
of Rochester courtesy of the Greater Rochester Visitors
Association and Rochester Downtown Development Corporation |
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| Attractions |
Centers
at High Falls
 Rochester's
only riverside educational and entertainment center. Part
of the New York State Heritage Area System. See the Genesee
River rushing over a 96-foot cliff. Tours, gift shop,
restaurants and entertainment. |
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Corning
Museum of Glass
 The
Corning Museum of Glass is home to the world's most comprehensive
and celebrated collection of glass. An independent, non-profit,
educational institution, the Museum is dedicated to the
art, history, science and exhibition of glass. |
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Clothesline
Arts Festival
 Hundreds of local and statewide artists
gather on the grounds of the Memorial Art Gallery, 500
University Avenue, for one of the oldest and largest
outdoor art shows in the United States. Memorial Art
Gallery. |
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Finger
Lakes Wine Region
Our
Finger Lakes Wine District features more than 50 wineries
and 15,000 scenic acres - many perched on the magnificent
hills overlooking the lakes. See why American Way magazine
called this region "the Next Napa." |
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Ganondagan
State Historic Site
Ganondagan
State Historic Site is the location of a major 17th-century
Seneca town and palisaded granary. Three hundred years
ago, near Ganondagan, the French led an army from Canada
against the Seneca to annihilate them and eliminate them
as competitors in the international fur trade. |
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Genesee
Country Museum 
Take your place in history, just 20 miles from Rochester,
N.Y. This living history museum is the largest in New
York and one of the largest in the nation. |
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George
Eastman House
International Museum of Photography and Film
 Located on historic East Avenue in Rochester, the 12.5-acre
museum site was the urban estate of George Eastman (1854-1932),
founder of Eastman Kodak Company. Opened in 1949, the
Museum includes Mr. Eastman's restored house and gardens,
an archives building and research center, galleries, two
theaters, and an education center. The Museum displays
the art, technology, and impact of photography and motion
pictures over 150 years, and interprets the life of Mr.
Eastman, an influential industrialist and philanthropist. |
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Golf
Courses
See
a complete listing of dozens of public, semi-private and
executive golf courses and driving ranges in the Rochester
area. |
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Letchworth
State Park
 Letchworth
State Park, renowned as the "Grand Canyon of the
East," is one of the most scenically magnificent
areas in the eastern U.S. The Genesee River roars through
the gorge over three major waterfalls between cliffs --
as high as 600 feet in some places -- surrounded by lush
forests. |
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Mt. Hope Cemetery
 America's first municipal Victorian cemetery, established in 1838,
spans 197 acres and is the final resting place of a third of a million people including Susan B. Anthony and family, Frederick Douglass and family,
Rev. Thomas James, Issac and Amy Post, John Jacob Bausch and Henry Lomb, and more. |
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National
Women's Hall of Fame
 Honors
and celebrates the achievements of distinguished American
women who have made enduring contributions to the arts,
athletics, business, government, philanthropy, humanities,
science and education. |
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Rochester Museum & Science Center
 Rochester's Frederick Douglass Exhibit: see more than 300 artifacts and images offer compelling, tangible evidence of the activities, people, places, events, and turning points in the life of Frederick Douglass
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Flags Darien Lake |
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Strong
National Museum of Play
 Strong
Museum is the nation's leading hands-on history center
for children and families. Child Magazine calls it one
of the top ten children's museums in the country. |
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Susan
B. Anthony House
 Ignoring
opposition and abuse, Anthony traveled, lectured and canvassed
across the nation for the vote. She also campaigned for
the abolition of slavery, women's rights to their own
property and earnings, and women's labor organizations.
In 1900, Anthony persuaded the University of Rochester
to admit women. This fully furnished, National Historic
Landmark Victorian house was Susan B. Anthony's home for
40 years and the site of her 1872 arrest for voting. |
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Women's
Rights National Historic Park
This
park commemorates women's struggle for equal rights, and
the first Women's Rights Convention, held at the Wesleyan
Chapel in Seneca Falls, NY on July 19 & 20, 1848. |
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