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The SHM will offer free admission on June 19th for Juneteenth. Reservations are recommended for tours on Juneteenth due to limited availability. Tours run at the top of every hour; the first tour begins at 10:00 AM and the final tour begins at 4:00 PM. To make reservations, call the Museum at (315) 252-1283 or click the following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1371349456139?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join Director of Operations Mitch Maniccia as he reflects on the recently completed Barn and Carriage House Rehabilitation Project. From tribulations to triumphs, Mitch will recap the full story about what it took to get the job done.

This event will take place at the Equal Rights Heritage Center and is FREE and open to the public.

Celebrate William Seward’s 224th birthday at this special community event. The SHM invites everyone to join us for the ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the completion of the Barn and Carriage House Rehabilitation Project. More details coming soon!

While the history of the United States is marked by chapters of polarization, few political moments have ever proved as divisive as the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. In the words of historian David Brown, it was “the most lethal piece of legislation ever to clear Congress” and it spurred radical thoughts of disunion, a “mini-civil war.” Brown places William Seward at the center of this story in this discussion of his new book, "A Hell of a Storm."

The Lunchtime Lecture Series continues with LeMoyne College Professor of History Doug Egerton. Before he was rivals with Abraham Lincoln, in the 1850s Senator William Seward found himself challenged by an abolitionist upstart from New England named Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Egerton will bring the stories of their friction to life in this discussion of his new biography of Higginson, "A Man on Fire."

This event will take place at the Equal Rights Heritage Center and is FREE and open to the public.

Over the last decade, renowned historian Robert May, author of "Manifest Destiny's Underworld" and other fascinating books about U.S. territorial expansion, has delivered nearly half a dozen popular programs for SHM audiences. Now he returns to knit them together into a specialty tour of the house, connecting objects and artifacts to insights from his scholarship. You’ll never look at the Museum’s collections the same way again!

The SHM Lunchtime Lecture Series kicks off the year with a virtual field trip. On the eve of Seward’s Day, the anniversary of William Seward’s Alaska purchase (and a legal holiday in the State of Alaska), we venture to the Ketchikan Museum’s Totem Heritage Center and Tongass Historical Museum. Located on the ancestral land of the Tlingit, these sites preserve their culture and artistic traditions, including many original totem poles which will be visited during this program.

Pulled from the Seward family papers at the University of Rochester, this specialty tour focuses on some of the more shocking and scandalous stories from the archives. Gossip, intrigue, and tales of bad behavior abound in accounts you won't hear about on any other tour of the SHM. This event is part of the Brave Brews Festival of events in Auburn and all participants will receive a token for a complimentary beverage at Lunkenheimer Craft Brewing Company!

Pulled from the Seward family papers at the University of Rochester, this specialty tour focuses on some of the more shocking and scandalous stories from the archives. Gossip, intrigue, and tales of bad behavior abound in accounts you won't hear about on any other tour of the SHM. This event is part of the Brave Brews Festival of events in Auburn and all participants will receive a token for a complimentary beverage at Lunkenheimer Craft Brewing Company!

Pulled from the Seward family papers at the University of Rochester, this specialty tour focuses on some of the more shocking and scandalous stories from the archives. Gossip, intrigue, and tales of bad behavior abound in accounts you won't hear about on any other tour of the SHM. This event is part of the Brave Brews Festival of events in Auburn and all participants will receive a token for a complimentary beverage at Lunkenheimer Craft Brewing Company!

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