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
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
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,
The Seward House Museum proudly presents “Rooted in Reform,” our new exhibit for 2023. The exhibit explores the often complicated relationship between the Miller &
Angela Davis, an iconic activist, feminist, and acclaimed author, will keynote a community-wide commemoration of Juneteenth hosted by the Seward House Museum. Davis is
For generations, the Sewards were among the most prominent of New York families. Of all the titles he earned over a 40-year career, Governor of
Mark your calendars for the Seward House Museum’s main fundraising event of the year: Culinary Expeditions! The event will take place in the Museum gardens
An evening with renowned William Seward biographer Walter Stahr, who will discuss his new book on Salmon Chase. Walter Stahr, author of a New York
The Seward House Museum is pleased to announce the 2021 Elsa Soderberg Distinguished Speaker: Dorothy Wickenden. Wickenden is the Executive Editor of The New Yorker, in addition
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