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Cayuga County Tourism

Pitch in with museum staff and volunteers in preparing the grounds for autumn!

Back by popular demand! Join museum staff from both the Seward House and the Cayuga Museum for a guided walking tour through Auburn. This tour is dedicated to unpacking the history of Auburn's West Side. By exploring the homes, businesses, and public spaces of this neighborhood, guides will discuss how the area emerged as a distinctive community in its own right. This tour will start at the Cayuga Museum and is rain or shine, so participants are encouraged to dress comfortably and prepare appropriately in anticipation of two hours of walking through city neighborhoods.

Focusing on the wartime actions of the entire Seward family, this specialty tour traces the history of the Civil War through a most intimate lens. Follow the various members of the family through the conflict that divided a nation, and learn how each bore witness and participated in the struggle to preserve the union.

Admission is $10. This tour will be in place of the regular 11am public tour.

Mr. Seward's Junior Detective League tour is designed just 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. Once they discover the artifact (and check it off their list), junior gumshoes are told brief stories about each historical object. When all the special objects have been found, a prize and an award await them from the Seward family.

This tour offers a glimpse into the lives of the women of the Seward family through their personal diaries and letters. It explores gender relations, politics, and social customs in the antebellum and Civil War periods.

This tour will be in place of the regular 11am public tour. Admission is $10.

Join us for a pet themed First Friday Community Event to celebrate the dogs days of summer featuring live music by The Primates! We are partnering with the Finger Lakes SPCA, Lucky Goat Farm products, as well as dogs, cats, goats, and their owners. Donations will be accepted for the FLSPCA and we will have a pet parade through the Victorian Gardens at 6:30pm. Additionally, the artwork of Dan Marquart will be on display in our Gift Shop gallery space. Docents will be on hand to lead tours through the dining and drawing rooms, and complimentary refreshments will be provided.

 

The 21st century meets the 19th in this two day Victorian day camp. Activities include a game of Town Ball (an early version of baseball) with players from the Auburn Doubledays, luncheon and high tea with costumed interpreters of the Seward family, 19th century outdoor games, gardening, arts & crafts, and of course, historical programming at the Museum. Appropriate for ages 9-12. Scholarships are available - contact the SHM for more information.


Admission for Members is $35, General Public is $45. Reservations Required

The 21st century meets the 19th in this two-day Victorian day camp. Activities include a game of Town Ball (an early version of baseball) with players from the Auburn Doubledays, luncheon and high tea with costumed interpreters of the Seward Family, 19th century outdoor games, gardening, arts & crafts, and of course, historical programming at the Museum. Appropriate for ages 9-12. Scholarships are available - contact the SHM for more information.

Admission for Members is $35, General Public is $45. Reservations Required

Join members of the talented cast of Opera Ithaca for an exclusive summer evening parlor concert in the inimitable elegance of the Seward House Drawing Room. With a set list of Seward family favorites drawn from their rich collection of sheet music and accompanied by the beauty of their 1872 Steinway piano, this performance is not to be missed. Marking the bi-centennial of 33 South Street, song selections have been specially chosen to reflect the tastes of all four generations of the family that lived here.

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