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Explore the global travels of William Seward in the beautiful surroundings of the Seward House Museum Gardens, featuring international food tastings by Salt City Market, live entertainment, including belly dancing and music by the Lunch Ladies.

 

Tickets: $75 - Click Here to Purchase

Tickets will be limited to 200 people.

 

 

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 The Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and SHM welcome documentarian Metra Lundy to Auburn, where she filmed part of her powerful A Walk In Her Shoes in 2019. Inspired by Harriet Tubman’s journeys on the Underground Railroad, Lundy recreated one, often on foot, traveling from Maryland to Canada. Her feature was the winner of the 2021 Socially Relevant Film Festival. Lundy will lead a discussion with the audience after this free public screening.

Bring your folding chairs and love of live theater to the SHM gardens for an open air performance not to be missed. Set against the backdrop of the Museum’s historic gardens and South Porch, actors from Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park perform this enchanting comedy production.

This event is free, but donations are suggested. 

 

Part of the SHM’s 2022 Specialty Tour series to be offered on the second Wednesday of every month. The fabulous and fascinating artwork of the Seward House moves from the backdrop to the foreground in this art-centric tour. Learn how aesthetics framed the world—and home—of the Seward family, as well as which artists and art movements caught their eyes. 

Tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 for members, and reservations are recommended. 

Join us for our August First Friday event! We are pleased to host bill berry, jr; readers Shawnté Blyss Barr and Nancy Avery Dafoe; and musicians Bernie Williford (keyboard and vocals) and Chris Jones (drums). Together they will present aaduna's "The History, The Future... Delving into Words & Music.

 

-          Meet SHM Director of Education Jeff Ludwig in Seneca Falls to kick off Convention Days 2022. This weekend-long National Parks program is returning to in-person and on-site— this year adopting the theme of abolition within the Women’s Rights Movement. Jeff will discuss how anti-slavery politics became the gateway for Frances Seward to join many of her neighbors in Seneca Falls for their fight for suffrage.

Part of the SHM’s 2022 Specialty Tour series to be offered on the second Wednesday of every month. Secretary of State Seward was generally considered “President Lincoln’s right hand,” a trusted advisor and confidant among the administration’s famed “team of rivals." Discover the true nature of their relationship on this special tour. 

Tickets are $15 for the public, $10 for Members of the Museum, and reservations are recommended. 

 

 An opportunity for Girl Scouts at all levels to experience hands-on-history and earn badge requirements. This immersive Fanny-Seward-centered program teaches girls about 19th-century America through a number of fun, participatory activities. Staff from the SHM and Seymour Library will draw on events and memories from Fanny’s life to inspire Scouts about how girls can change the world! Each participant will receive a unique Seward House Museum patch.  

This event is free but with limited availability, please pre-register in advance. 

 

Seward family history comes to life as actors Jack Sherman and Maria Coleman perform an original dramatic reading. Portraying Mr. Seward and his beloved daughter Fanny during the tumult of the Civil War period, Sherman and Coleman draw on deep archival research (including letters transcribed for the first time) to recreate a loving father-daughter relationship. It was also one beset by extraordinary crisis. This evening program is ideal for all ages, with the Seward House providing an authentic backdrop and intimate setting to explore history at its most personal level.

Join us for our July First Friday event! We will be hosting Bob Keefe and the Surf Renegades in the gardens, an art display by Jess Wellington, complimentary refreshments, and rooms open for interpretation in the Museum. We look forward to seeing you there!

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