2013 Educational Programs
Specialty Tour Saturdays
Abolition to Emancipation Tour
6/15, 7/27, 8/3 at 11 AM.
Admission cost for adults is $8, $7 for Seniors/AAA members, $5 for students w/ college I.D. Reservations required.
To commemorate the centennial of Harriet Tubman’s death the Seward House will debut our new Abolition to Emancipation Tour. The tour provides an in-depth discussion of the Seward Family’s abolitionist activities, including their friendship with Harriet Tubman and opening their home as a station on the Underground Railroad.
Civil War Tour
6/8, 7/6, 8/24 at 11 AM.
Admission cost for adults is $8, $7 for Seniors/AAA members, $5 for students w/ college I.D. Reservations required.
Join local historian and Seward House staff member, Andrew Roblee, for a tour of the Seward House focusing on the family’s experiences during the Civil War.
Lincoln Tour
6/22, 7/20, 8/17 at 11 AM.
Admission cost for adults is $8, $7 for Seniors/AAA members, $5 for students w/ college I.D. Reservations required.
Come learn the details behind the friendship between Abraham Lincoln and William Seward as portrayed in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln
Women’s Tour
6/1, 8/31 at 11 AM.
Admission cost for adults is $8, $7 for Seniors/AAA members, $5 for students w/ college I.D. Reservations required.
To showcase and honor the contributions the progressive political and social actions of the Seward women, the Seward House Museum is pleased to announce the return of Speaking for Ourselves: The Women’s Tour of the Seward House Museum. The narrative focuses on the tenacious spirits and civic involvement of the Seward Women during this critical time.
Community Garden Clean-Ups
6/29, 7/27, 8/31, 9/28 from 9 AM to 12 PM in the grounds of the Seward House Museum
Weather permitting; join Seward House staff and volunteers to help prepare the grounds for spring planting.
Gettysburg Lecture Series
Cayugans in the Field: Some Reflections with Tony Gero
6/15 from 1 – 2 PM.
Free admission.
Local educator and author, Tony Gero, will speak about his book Cayugans in the Field, and about the men and women from Cayuga County who served as soldiers, nurses and doctors at Gettysburg.
The Strategic, Military, Political and Social Implication of Gettysburg with Michael Groth.
7/13 from 1 – 2 PM.
Free admission.
Join Wells College History Professor, Michael Groth, for an engrossing look at the wider implications of the Gettysburg battle.
Revolutionary Views of the Civil War with Andrew Roblee
8/10 from 1 – 2 PM.
Free admission.
Seward House staffer and historian, Andrew Roblee, shares his perspective on how Gettysburg and the Civil War shaped revolutionary strategy and fervor in Europe.
Civil War Program Series
Parlor Music of the Civil War
TBD in September.
Admission is $20 for members, $15 for non-members.
Students from the George Eastman School of Music will perform songs of the Civil War era. The pieces ranging from camp songs, to spirituals and ballads of lost love will accompanied by an educational narrative placing the songs in their historic and cultural perspective.
Family Friendly
Let’s Move: Town Ball with the Auburn Doubledays at the Seward House Museum
July 6th from 10- 12:30, Free Admission. Please contact John Kingsley at 252-1283 for more information.
Families join in the fun of playing a 19th century version of baseball with very own minor league baseball team, the Auburn Doubledays as part of the nationwide Let’s Move Campaign. Team members of the Doubledays will coach kids and families on pitching and catching methods, and even re-create playing a 19th century version of baseball called Town Ball that was a favorite of Abraham Lincoln. Other learning activities will immerse participants in the geography of baseball teams, and what it was like to be at a baseball game in the 1920’s. Guaranteed fun for all ages, abilities and interest levels.
iSpy for Kids: Where in the World is William Henry Seward?
9/21 at 11 AM & 2 PM.
Admission for children is $7, $8 for adults.
Members receive a dollar off their admission.
Children and their adult learning partner take act as sleuths and take an interactive tour of the house, using artifacts and reproduction maps, to trace William Seward’s travels around the world.