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 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!

Due to a pre scheduled event the 3 o'clock tour is unavailable. 

In this workshop, led by artist Nada Odeh, participants will learn about the cultures experienced during William Seward’s visit to the Middle East and Syria. There will be a brief presentation followed by fun hands-on art experiences. In addition to creating art, participants will also brainstorm ideas with Nada for a mural that reflects Middle Eastern cultures in Upstate NY. All artistic materials and supplies will be provided for free! This event will take place at the Equal Rights Heritage Center and is free to attend, but reservations are recommended. 

Equal Rights Heritage Center, 9:15 AM, 10:15 AM, 11:15 AM, & 12:15 PM

All aboard for “Ride Through History” trolley tours. Staff from the National Park Service and Seward House Museum will lead free narrated tours as part of the City of Auburn’s Juneteenth Weekend Celebration. Stops include a number of downtown sites related to Tubman and Seward family history. Seating is limited, and reservations are required; contact kimberly_szewczyk@nps.gov or (315) 882- 8060 for reservations.

 

Join us on Facebook as we go live with Dennis Carr, the Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator of American Art at The Huntington Library as he leads a virtual tour of the gallery where Thomas Cole’s “Portage Falls on the Genesee” is now on permanent display. This part of a continuous programming partnership between the SHM and The Huntington will trace this history of the painting, explore its Seward connections, and contextualize the ways that the artist offered it as a criticism of industrialization.

 

Part of the SHM’s 2022 Specialty Tour series to be offered on the second Wednesday of every month. Back by popular demand! Pulled from the Seward family papers at the University of Rochester, this 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.

$15 for general public, $10 for members. Reservations recommended.

 

Due to a pre scheduled event, the 4 o'clock tour on June 3rd is unavailable. 

Join us for our June First Friday reception! We will have art by Sally Stormon on display in our gift shop, and we are hosting Colleen Kattau and her band in the gardens. Two rooms in the Museum will be open for interpretataion, and refreshments will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there! 

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