George Eastman Museum
Explore Eastman's historic mansion, changing photography galleries, and a theater devoted to film preservation.
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George Eastman's Rochester estate joins a Colonial Revival mansion with a museum devoted to photography and moving images. The historic rooms explain the Kodak founder's life and domestic world; changing galleries and camera collections show how image-making evolved beyond him. Give both sides time. A beautiful house tour alone does not explain the museum's enormous photographic and film-preservation work.
Museum galleries generally open Tuesday–Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m.–5 p.m.; Monday is closed. Adult admission is $23, with lower rates for seniors and children. The Dryden Theatre has separate screenings, schedules, and tickets, so a museum admission is not automatically a movie ticket. The East Avenue address leads to the museum complex, with on-site visitor parking.
- Historic residence
- Completed 1905
- Focus
- Photography and cinema
- Theater
- Dryden
Quick guide
- Split your time
- Visit both the historic mansion and photography galleries; they tell different parts of the story.
- Check film separately
- Dryden Theatre screenings use a different schedule and ticket from general museum entry.
Know before you go
- Begin in the house
- See how Eastman's home and working world connected to photographic technology.
- Follow the medium
- Compare early cameras with changing photographic methods.
- Look at exhibitions
- Ask how the museum interprets images, not just preserves equipment.
- Consider a screening
- Review the Dryden schedule if film history is your main interest.
Good to know
Some house areas or exhibitions can rotate or close, and the Dryden Theatre is not included in a basic museum ticket. The institution's collection is much broader than Kodak nostalgia.
Notice these
- Eastman mansion
- Photography collections
- Dryden Theatre