---
type: Place
title: Fairport Museum (Perinton Historical Society)
place_category: museum-arts
subcategory: museum
address: '18 Perrin Street, Fairport, NY 14450'
latitude: 43.10059
longitude: -77.44399
coordinate_basis: geocoder-approximate
phone: 585-223-3989
website: 'https://www.perintonhistoricalsociety.org/'
hours:
  - days:
      - sun
    opens: '14:00'
    closes: '16:00'
  - days:
      - tue
    opens: '14:00'
    closes: '16:00'
  - days:
      - sat
    opens: '09:00'
    closes: '13:00'
hours_note: Open March through mid-December per society site.
jurisdiction_basis: >-
  Village of Fairport government body/service; jurisdiction is the village by
  definition
wikidata_id: Q137212680
checked_on: '2026-10-03'
description: >-
  Local history museum run by the Perinton Historical Society, open three days a
  week from March to mid-December.
tags:
  - history
  - museum
  - indoor
sources:
  - resource: >-
      https://www.perintonhistoricalsociety.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=604079&module_id=796749
    title: 'Perinton Historical Society: Visiting the Fairport Museum'
  - resource: >-
      https://www.perintonhistoricalsociety.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=604079&module_id=796727
    title: 'Perinton Historical Society: About PHS'
  - resource: >-
      https://www.perintonhistoricalsociety.org/content.aspx?page_id=4&club_id=604079
    title: 'Perinton Historical Society: Contact Us'
  - resource: 'https://www.village.fairport.ny.us/community/about_fairport/index.php'
    title: 'Village of Fairport: About Fairport'
generated:
  by: 'process:hm-schema-v2-p1'
  at: '2026-10-04T14:28:06.985Z'
superbee_updated_by: 'process:hm-schema-v2-p1'
setting: indoor
---
# Fairport Museum (Perinton Historical Society)

The Perinton Historical Society, founded by ten women in 1935 and incorporated in 1950, operates the Fairport Museum. Its site lists hours Sundays and Tuesdays 2 to 4 pm and Saturdays 9 am to 1 pm, March through mid-December.

# Related

- [in area](../areas/village-of-fairport.md)