First Friday Community Event at the Seward House

Join us for a First Friday reception and enjoy complimentary refreshments. Docents will be on hand to interpret Seward's office, the library, and the SHM's new exhibit: Forged in Freedom: The Bond of Seward-Tubman Families. Visitors will have a first glimpse of a recently acquired portrait of Secretary of State William H. Seward, circa 1856.

Art will be on display in the gift shop, featuring watercolor artist Christy Lemp and her paintings of nature, wildlife, and people, along with accompanying musicians Colleen Kattau and Jane Zell. Jane is a Sammy-nominated blues guitarist and Colleen is a bilingual vocalist, guitarist, and composer of songs.