Education

BEA Summer Career Exploration Camps provide students in grades 6-9 (grades 6-10 for Camp Hard Hat) the opportunity to experience different professions and industries in Genesee County.  Each day camp is a week-long and offers fun and hands-on activities led by Genesee Valley BOCES (GVBOCES) instructors.  

The 2026 BEA Summer Career Exploration Camp line-up includes:

• Camp BOCES (July 6-10 at GVBOCES Batavia Campus)
• Tech Camp (July 13-17 at Batavia High School)
• Medical Camp (July 20-22, various locations around Genesee & Wyoming Counties)
• Camp Hard Hat (July 27-31 at Genesee Valley Park in East Bethany)

The per camper cost for each camp is $125 (plus registration fees) and includes activities, water bottle, snacks, and t-shirt (NOTE: Medical Camp is $100 plus registration fees).  In partnership with business sponsors and community partners, the BEA is able to provide financial aid and scholarships for campers who qualify (limited number of scholarships available; one scholarship per household for those who qualify).  

The National Warplane Museum is a warbird and military history museum currently located on the grounds of the Geneseo Airport in Geneseo, New York. Founded in 1994, the museum restores, flies, and displays vintage military aircraft from the Second World War and Korean War eras. In 1998, after a split developed in the membership with two thirds of the group wanting to move to a modern airport and grow, the National Warplane Museum moved to the Elmira-Corning Regional Airport near Horseheads, New York. In 2010, the Horseheads museum reinvented itself as the Wings of Eagles Discovery Center. In 2013, the National Warplane Museum name was reacquired by the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group which remained in Geneseo. [1] The museum hosts the annual Geneseo Airshow, billed as the "Greatest Show On Turf.