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Back by popular demand! If you missed our ghost tours in July, here's a chance to catch one before October.

These tours aren’t just for Halloween! Taking a different route and telling different stories from the October Haunted History series, costumed guides bring macabre tales from Auburn’s past to life. Is “History’s Hometown” haunted? Join us on this evening outdoor walking tour and find out.

Shakespeare in the Gardens

Harriet a Taste of Freedom

Enjoy complimentary refreshments, a gift shop exhibit by artist Samantha French, our portion of the "Harriet: A Taste of Freedom" exhibit, and music by Infrared Radiation Orchestra.

This event is FREE and open to the public.

Throughout the early and middle 19th century, Central New York was often referred to as “the Burned Over District,” a testament to enflamed passions and idealism that led to abolitionism, the Women’s Rights Movement, and other forms of radicalism including experimental utopian societies. Tom Guiler, Director at the Oneida Community Mansion House, will explore this evolution and discuss his recent book, The Handcrafted Utopia.

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

The popular series returns for another summer. Bring back your folding chairs and picnic baskets for an open-air performance of The Taming of the Shrew in the SHM’s enchanting gardens, performed by Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park.

This event is FREE and open to the public. Donations suggested.

Enjoy complimentary refreshments, a gift shop exhibit by artist Domenica Brockman with works that explore architecture, atmosphere, and memory as inspired by the Seward House, the Harriet: A Taste of Freedom exhibit, highlighting the life and legacy of Harriet Tubman, and music by guitarist and vocalist Colleen Kattau, accompanied by Jane Zell.

This event is FREE and open to the public.

These tours aren’t just for Halloween! Taking a different route and telling different stories from the October Haunted History series, costumed guides bring macabre tales from Auburn’s past to life. Is “History’s Hometown” haunted? Join us on this evening outdoor walking tour and find out.

These tours aren’t just for Halloween! Taking a different route and telling different stories from the October Haunted History series, costumed guides bring macabre tales from Auburn’s past to life. Is “History’s Hometown” haunted? Join us on this evening outdoor walking tour and find out.

As a young man, William Seward described himself as a “Madisonian.” But what did the legacy of James Madison actually mean to Seward? How did he understand the contributions of this Founder and how did his thinking change and evolve? Public Historian and former SHM staff member Alyssa Morris will discuss Madison’s complicated legacy as part of the America 250 commemoration.

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

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