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Three years before the 19th Amendment to the Constitution granted suffrage to women nationwide in 1920, women in New York won a hard fought battle for the ballot. Historians Susan Goodier and Karen Pastorello will tell their story, touching on how a diverse web of grassroots activists led to a successful referendum in the Empire State, and how that story reinvigorated a national movement for women to gain the vote. Goodier and Pastorello will also sign copies of their acclaimed book, Women Will Vote: Winning Suffrage in New York State (2017).

April showers are not the only way of ensuring May flowers. Help transform the majestic Seward House grounds for spring by planting and tending to flower beds, garden spaces, and the lawn.

Due to the First Friday Community event, the 4pm-5pm tour will not run, and the Museum will be closed during this time. We apologize for the inconvenience. 

Mr. Seward’s Junior Detective League tour is designed especially for four and five year olds. Led by retired teachers, this unique experience offers children the chance to explore the first floor of the museum following clues that lead to distinctive artifacts.

Join us for a First Friday reception! Enjoy complimentary refreshments, contemporary art from the organization aaduna, along with music and poems by aaduna as well.

All too often, accounts of Mr. Seward’s Alaska Purchase consign the Native Alaskan peoples effected by the 1867 Treaty of Cession to the background of a dramatic saga involving Russia and the United States, a late-night chess match between William Seward and Baron Eduard de Stoeckl. But, in many ways, the story of Alaskan Native American legal rights begins with the document these men forged. Legal expert Roger Manning traces the century of Native Alaskan policy and politics that followed.

Roll up your sleeves and join museum staff and volunteers in kicking off spring by cleaning up and preparing the grounds for planting.

Commemorate Women’s History Month with this intimate portrait into the lives of the ladies of several generations of the Seward family. Drawing on their personal diaries and letters, this 90 minute extended tour offers insight into the politics of gender relations, the women’s rights movement, and the social customs of the Antebellum and Civil War periods.    

Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for museum members. Reservations suggested. This tour will take place at the Seward House Museum.

Join us on Friday, March 1st, as the Museum opens to the public for the season. Tours will be given on the hour starting at 10am until 3pm. After which, please join us for First Friday from 5pm to 8pm! 

Join us for the beginning of our First Friday season. Enjoy complimentary refreshments and a historic art exhibit in the gift shop.

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