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Join us for a First Friday reception. Enjoy complimentary refreshments, an exhibit of plein air paintings by artist Meg Vanek, and a mix of instrumental classical music and light jazz by Bob Piorun and Julie Howard.

This event is FREE and open to the public.

Join us for a very special First Friday event featuring a concert by the Auburn Civic Band, an open house of the Museum, a gift shop exhibit by Finger Lakes native Don Ellis, and a dramatic performance inspired by William Seward's many Fourth of July orations delivered right here at 33 South Street. Popular reenactor Jack Sherman returns to the role of Mr. Seward, revisiting the Independence Day speeches that riveted his friends and neighbors over the course of nearly half a century.

The Seward House Museum proudly presents the second installment of O Cara Mia: The Rebecca Carr Memorial Classical Concert Series. Set against the backdrop of the Museum's historic gardens, soloists Stevel Stull and Lynn Craver will take listeners through a musical journey of classical and American Songbook standards, accompanied by pianist Richard Montgomery.

1866 Addition Tour

Stewart Talk

160 years ago, in 1866, the Seward family made sweeping architectural changes to their home on 33 South Street. The elements that defined those alterations will be the focus of this specialty tour with SHM Director of Operations Mitch Maniccia. Guests will explore areas of the home not exhibited on a normal tour and will have an opportunity to see a display of original building pieces from the 19th century.

For many historians, Senator William Seward’s 1858 “Irrepressible Conflict” speech was the event that ultimately doomed his presidential ambitions. Retired judge Richard Dollinger takes us back into the room where it happened: Rochester’s Corinthian Hall. How did this singular speech change the course of Seward’s career? How did it play on the state and local level? Find out at this Lunchtime Lecture.

This event will take place at the SHM Event Center and is FREE and open to the public.

Join us for a First Friday reception. Enjoy an art show by Ithaca artist Jules Hojnowski, complimentary refreshments including a mead tasting courtesy of Combgrown Mead, Museum exhibits, and a musical performance by Aidan Thomas McKenna.

This event is FREE and open to the public!

Due to unforseen circumstances, this event has been postponed. We are hoping to reschedule to this Fall - more information to come!

SUNY Albany Professor of History Carl Bon Tempo will discuss the opening chapters of his book, Immigration: An American History, recounting the role immigrants played in both the American Revolution and the formation of a new republic. This program is part of the America 250 commemoration and includes a book signing.

Attorney and historian C. Evan Stewart comes to Auburn to discuss his new book on William Seward’s efforts to stave off secession in between Lincoln’s election and inauguration. Stewart’s account centers Seward during this chaotic transition and provides an important corrective to history. A book signing with the author follows this program.

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