Distinguished Speaker Series: Robin Bernstein
Join the Seward House Museum for the final installment of the 2024 Distinguished Speaker Series. Harvard University Dillon Professor of American History and scholar Robin
Join the Seward House Museum for the final installment of the 2024 Distinguished Speaker Series. Harvard University Dillon Professor of American History and scholar Robin
The SHM will offer free admission on June 19th for Juneteenth. Reservations are recommended for Juneteenth tours due to limited availability. Tours run at the
For this next installment of our 2024 Distinguished Speaker Series we welcome scholar Harold Holzer. Recipient of the 2015 Gilder-Lehrman Lincoln Prize, Holzer will discuss
Holiday Traditions Open House Returns to the City of Auburn this December Citywide events celebrate the spirit of the season in History’s Hometown The City
Discover the Sewards at play in this interactive program as SHM intern Maria LaFleur shares her research into the Seward’s favorite pastimes and invites the
Experience a full Victorian Christmas with all the trimmings and trappings. Costumed guides lead candlelit tours of the home, which is decorated in holiday splendor,
Seward House Museum Director of Education Jeff Ludwig explores how Abraham Lincoln and William Seward established Thanksgiving as a national holiday in hopes of uniting
Throughout mid 19th-century Central New York, a strange phenomenon gripped community after community: spiritualism, the belief that the dead were unquiet and could communicate with
The Seward House Museum proudly presents “Rooted in Reform,” our new exhibit for 2023. The exhibit explores the often complicated relationship between the Miller &
As a part of the City of Auburn’s Founder’s Day Celebration, join the Seward House Museum’s Director of Education for a trolley ride through history
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