A century ago, this small Allegany County town was considered
"the Cheese Center of the World." In the 1880s, there were about
1,500 neighborhood cheese factories in New York State, and the
national price for cheddar cheese was established each Wednesday
by a group of men who met each week at Cuba's Hotel Kenney. >
Cheese Museum The best way to learn about Cuba's cheese-making
history is at the Cuba Cheese Museum, 22 Water St.
(585-968-5654, www.cubacheesemuseum.org), open weekends May to
October. This museum, established in 2004 by Nico van Zwanenberg
and John Nease, gives visitors an overview of the early cheese
and dairy industry in Western New York, with artifacts and
exhibits illustrating the evolution of cheese and dairy
production. Like many other things, cheese production has
changed greatly over the years. The goal of the museum is to
preserve the history of cheese making, as well as the tools used
in the process, for current and future generations. One of the
first displays you see upon stepping ins