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Discover the Sewards at play in this interactive program as SHM intern Maria LaFleur shares her research into the Seward's favorite pastimes and invites the audience to play along. Special objects from the Museum collections will be discussed and displayed. Admission for this event is $10 for SHM Members, $15 Non-Members. Reservations required, purchase tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/748768896927?aff=oddtdtcreator

SHM Director of Education Jeff Ludwig explores how Abraham Lincoln and William Seward established Thanksgiving as a national holiday in hopes of uniting the country amid the Civil War. This event will take place at the Equal Rights Heritage Center and is free and open to the public.

With war, rampant disease, and high infant mortality rates, death was not an unusual visitor to the average 1800s household. In this specialty tour, learn about the bygone customs and symbols of death used by Victorian-era Americans, including the Seward Family. Admission is $10 for SHM Members, $15 for Non-Members. Reservations recommended, purchase tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/733530588737?aff=oddtdtcreator

UPDATE: This event has been cancelled.

This lunchtime lecture aims to introduce interpretive connections between the Miller and Seward family to the Haudenosaunee. Dan Hill, a member of the Heron Clan of the Cayuga (Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ) Nation and caretaker of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ SHARE farm, will be offering an introduction to Haudenosaunee culture, values, and basic history. He will also be sharing the mission of and his work with the SHARE farm, which supports Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ sovereignty and rematriation.

Join us Friday, November 3rd for our First Friday Event. We will be hosting an exhibit by Terry Cuddy's BOCES class in our gift shop. Complimentary refreshments will be provided and rooms in the Museum will be open for interpretation. This event is free and open to the public.

Join us Friday, October 6th for our First Friday Event. We will be hosting an exhibit by Anne Lahr in our gift shop and the musical stylings of Roscoe's Basement in our gardens. Complimentary refreshments will be provided and rooms in the Museum will be open for interpretation. This event is free and open to the public.

Join us Friday, September 1st for our First Friday Event. We will be hosting an exhibit by Donna Nicholas in our gift shop and the musical stylings of Infrared Radiation Orchestra in our gardens. Complimentary refreshments will be provided and rooms in the Museum will be open for interpretation. This event is free and open to the public.

Costumed guides take guests around the Seward House grounds and the darkened streets of Auburn, sharing chilling tales of Victorian funeral practices, spectral encounters from Seward family lore, grizzly true crime stories, and other spooky accounts drawn from local folklore and history. $15 Adults, $10 Children (12 & under). Reservations required, purchase tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/731214210387?aff=oddtdtcreator

Costumed guides take guests around the Seward House grounds and the darkened streets of Auburn, sharing chilling tales of Victorian funeral practices, spectral encounters from Seward family lore, grizzly true crime stories, and other spooky accounts drawn from local folklore and history. $15 Adults, $10 Children (12 & under). Reservations required, purchase tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/731214210387?aff=oddtdtcreator 

Throughout mid 19th-century Central New York, a strange phenomenon gripped community after community: spiritualism, the belief that the dead were unquiet and could communicate with the living. Revisit this wave of faith that even some members of the Seward family entertained with Riley Stevers, the Education Coordinator at the Seneca Falls Historical Society. This event will take place at the Equal Rights Heritage Center and is free and open to the public.

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