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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. Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for children 12 and under, and reservations are required. 

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DePauw University Historian David Gellman will visit Auburn to discuss his new book, Liberty’s Chain, an examination of slavery and abolition in New York and the nation through the lens of the prominent Jay family. Gellman will also explore the intersection between the personal and the political, as Blacks and Whites navigated legacies of enslavement, emancipation, and racism across the generations, from Revolution to Reconstruction.This event will take place at the Equal Rights Heritage Center, and tickets are $10 for Museum Members and $15 for Non-Members. 

Learn about the bygone customs and symbols of death used by Victorian-era Americans, including the Seward family. With war, rampant disease, and high infant mortality rates, death was not an unusual visitor to the average 1800s household. To handle this constant trauma, Victorians developed ways of coping with death that we may find strange today. Tickets are $10 for Seward House Museum Members and $15 for the General Public, advanced reservations are recommended for this event. 

Reflecting on the 150th anniversary of William Seward’s death (October 10, 1872), Olga Tsapina, Curator of American Manuscripts at The Huntington Library, will open the archival vaults to share objects and artifacts related to his life. In this virtual review of The Huntington’s Seward holdings, Tsapina will especially highlight the Civil War years and the immediate postwar period. This is a virtual event and is free to the public. 

 

Join us for out October First Friday event! We will be hosting a gift shop exhibit by artist Anne Lahr, the band Roscoe’s Basement will be performing in our gardens, along with complimentary refreshments, and rooms in the Museum open for interpretation.

 Experience a full Victorian Christmas with all the trimmings and trappings. Costumed guides lead candlelit tours of the home, which is decorated in holiday splendor, as visitors learn about Christmas traditions of the Sewards through heart-warming holiday memories shared from their letters and diaries. Tickets are $15 for Adults and $10 for Children 12 and under, space is limited and reservations are required. 

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 Experience a full Victorian Christmas with all the trimmings and trappings. Costumed guides lead candlelit tours of the home, which is decorated in holiday splendor, as visitors learn about Christmas traditions of the Sewards through heart-warming holiday memories shared from their letters and diaries. Tickets are $15 for Adults and $10 for Children 12 and under, space is limited and reservations are required. 

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 Experience a full Victorian Christmas with all the trimmings and trappings. Costumed guides lead candlelit tours of the home, which is decorated in holiday splendor, as visitors learn about Christmas traditions of the Sewards through heart-warming holiday memories shared from their letters and diaries. Tickets are $15 for Adults and $10 for Children 12 and under, space is limited and reservations are required. 

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 Experience a full Victorian Christmas with all the trimmings and trappings. Costumed guides lead candlelit tours of the home, which is decorated in holiday splendor, as visitors learn about Christmas traditions of the Sewards through heart-warming holiday memories shared from their letters and diaries. Tickets are $15 for Adults and $10 for Children 12 and under, space is limited and reservations are required. 

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 Experience a full Victorian Christmas with all the trimmings and trappings. Costumed guides lead candlelit tours of the home, which is decorated in holiday splendor, as visitors learn about Christmas traditions of the Sewards through heart-warming holiday memories shared from their letters and diaries. Tickets are $15 for Adults and $10 for Children 12 and under, space is limited and reservations are required. 

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