The Horseheads Historical Society maintains regular museum hours and hosts scheduled tours at the Depot Museum April-December, allowing visitors to view our curated collection of Horseheads' history.

The Society are the caretakers of the Zimmerman House at 601 Pine St. in Horseheads, NY and its collection of art and artifacts from the cartoonist, Eugene "Zim" Zimmerman and his daughter Laura. Tours are available by appointment.

Throughout the year the Society hosts events to educate our community and schools about local history. We have a good time doing so! This includes things like the Zim Picnic in May, and the Ghost Walk in September.
Groups are welcome, and private tours for groups may be arranged by leaving a message at the Depot. Space is available for bus parking, several excellent local restaurants and the downtown shops are within walking distance for those wishing to spend the day. The Depot Museum is handicap accessible. Visitation and tours are free, donations are gladly accepted.

The board meet the second Thursday of the month at 6 pm at the Museum, keeping tabs on our activities, facilities, archives, committees and budget. This meeting is open to the public.

Society members support a wide array of ongoing and occasional activities. Many committees are actively seeking additional members, and volunteers are welcome.

• Finance Committee
• Buildings and Grounds
• Accessioning/Deaccessioning
• Membership
• Gift Shop
• Volunteers
• Newsletter
• Advertising/Outreach/Marketing
• Special Committees: Elections, Video Project, Fundraising, History, Zim Birthday Party, Field Trips, Holly Days, Holiday Decorating, Volunteer Appreciation Party

The Horseheads Historical Society is active on Facebook. We welcome all individuals to participate in discussions about the history of Horseheads and the surrounding areas. We ask that individuals be courteous, helpful, and generous in sharing their knowledge of community history with others. Because Facebook is an open forum, we cannot vouch for the reliability and accuracy of the content that is posted.

We ask that users:

• provide citations or sourcing for any content that is not your own.
• stay on topic.
• talk about local current and historical events, but in a respectful way that is mindful of the fact that others may not share your same viewpoints.
• remember that comments on posts do not reflect the viewpoint of the Historical Society. Moderator viewpoints in posts are their own.

We encourage open and honest discussion, however our Facebook moderators may hide or remove posts that do not fit with our guidelines for civil discourse or behavior. We welcome reasonable criticism, but may delete negative or derogatory comments about individuals, information that is inaccurate, or content that is not pertinent to the mission of our organization.

We do our best to respond to all comments in a timely fashion, but as we're all volunteers we do ask you to be patient. We're doing our best. We are not able to perform individual or personal family research, but we would be happy to help you arrange a visit to the archives.