The Absolute Dance Center is a learning facility built on motivation, inspiration, and education. At Absolute Dance, aspiring dancers explore the world of dance.
A new presenting and production company offering plays, comedy acts, fine arts shows, dance, film and musical productions. The space includes a café, art gallery, black box theater and cinema.
A new presenting and production company offering plays, comedy acts, fine arts shows, dance, film and musical productions. The space includes a café, art gallery, black box theater and cinema.
Four-town history center for Cato, Ira, Victory and Conquest featuring two main exhibits on the school system and vintage farm equipment, plus other rare historical items.
This 48-acre campus features a nature trail for walkers and joggers. In addition, an outstanding array of cultural programming is offered including concerts, theater productions and lectures. View Ormie King’s “Legends of Auburn” in the library’s local history room.
Housed in the Willard-Case mansion (built in 1836), the museum offers permanent and changing exhibits on local figures, events and items pertinent to the development of Cayuga County. The Case Research Lab is the site where the first successful system of sound on film was invented. Gift shop offers local memorabilia
Dozens of exhibits showcase historic race cars, classic autos, unique racing memorabilia and rarely seen photographs. The gift shop offers a wide variety of collector items.
Set on a hill overlooking Auburn, this site was used for burial mounds by Native Americans as early as 1100 A.D. It includes the burial sites of William Seward, Harriet Tubman, Martha Coffin Wright, Col. Myles Keogh who fought with Gen. Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn, and a monument to Indian orator Chief Logan.
Located in an historic Presbyterian church, the Frontenac Museum has exhibits dedicated to local history and culture. Open weekends, April - October, or by appointment. Call for guided tours and general information.
Known as “The Moses Of Her People,” Tubman settled in Auburn after the Civil War and operated this home for aged and indigent blacks. As a conductor on the Underground Railroad-a network of abolitionists that helped slaves escape to freedom-she made a dozen trips south over a period of 11 years. Tubman died in 1913 at her South Street property, and is buried at Fort Hill Cemetery.
Former family business of noted educator and Quaker abolitonist Emily Howland (1827 - 1929), this museum displays historic items from the family's world-wide travels, and memorabilia honoring Howland's accomplishments.
This professional modern dance company and institute draws from the traditions of ballet, modern, ethnic and jazz dance. Fine arts dance and theatrical productions presented regionally, nationally and internationally.
This professional modern dance company and institute draws from the traditions of ballet, modern, ethnic and jazz dance. Fine arts dance and theatrical productions presented regionally, nationally and internationally.
The School House Museum showcases a blacksmith shop and old-time kitchen, Indian lore artifacts, documents, military and industrial items and decorative arts. Open Saturdays, June - August or by appointment
Located at the Little Red School House Museum, Sterling Center. Featuring the movie "Getting up Steam", including railway songs and stories, oil painting, model train exhibits and railway display. Open Saturdays June - August or by appointment.
Set on a picturesque farm overlooking Cayuga Lake, visitors can tour the restored Victorian Farmhouse and see the beautiful hand-decorated ceramic tableware and home furnishings produced by MacKenzie-Childs. See a video of the production process at the tourist center, browse through the retail shop and enjoy the country gardens.
Known as “Broadway in the Finger Lakes,” the Playhouse is Upstate New York’s most popular professional theatre performing favorite Broadway musicals from May – September. The Playhouse is located in a historic carousel building in picturesque Emerson Park.
This recreational pavillion and public park honor Millard Fillmore, the 13th President of the United States who was born in a log cabin on this site on January 7, 1800.
This water-powered gristmill has been operating since 1823. The mill offers a country store featuring New Hope Mills pancake mixes. Country store open year-round, Monday-Saturday, guided mill tours by appointment. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Visit New Hope Mills second retail location at 181 York Street in Auburn.
Permanent displays of local business signs, tools and a turn-of-the-century kitchen. A large collection of genealogical files and local historical information is also available
Rolling Wheels is one of the most storied speedways in NYS. Home to DIRTcar Big-Block Modified, 358 Modified, Sportsman Modified, and the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Racing every summer and fall.
This museum is dedicated to preserving local history and agricultural traditions. Annual Wheat Harvest Festival and Parade presented the first Saturday in August. Opne Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, weekends by appointment.
Contemporary exhibitions feature local and national artists. Year-round adult and youth classes, concerts, special events and gift shop. “Quilts=Art=Quilts” each November - January.
For over 50 years, the Seward House was the home of William Henry Seward (1801-1872), Governor of New York, United States Senator, Secretary of State to Presidents Lincoln and Johnson, and a leading figure in the Republican Party and the purchase of Alaska. Enjoy a guided tour through 17 rooms at this registered National Historic Landmark.
On the National Register of Historic Places, this monumental stone building was designed by the New York City firm, Carrere and Hastings, designers of the New York Public Library. Free Internet access is available.
An early 1820's Episcopal church consecrated by Bishop John Henry Hobart, founder of Hobart College. Extraordinary Bavarian Oak carvings decorate this church where Millard Fillmore was married.
This spectacular 1400-acre site, with nearly two miles of Lake Ontario shoreline, features glacially formed bluffs with scenic vistas of Lake Ontario. Hiking and cross-country ski trails available. Sterling Nature Center has 700 acres of no hunting and 700 acres of open hunting. Call for listing of nature classes, exhibits and events.
Experience an authentic Elizabethan festival in 16th-century Warwick, England. The professional theater company combines with arts and crafts, jousting, games and refreshments in an entertaining atmosphere set in a shady forest. Weekends only July - August.
Step back in time to the turn of the century and life on the farm. See tools made from the 1800s to the 1940s, spanning the years of farming’s greatest changes — from hand-held to horse-drawn tools, and later to tractor power. Open mid May - mid September.
Wells College
Route 90 Aurora, NY 13026 315/364-3266 www.wells.edu
Wells College, established 1868, has a mission of advancing students through quality liberal arts programs. The lovely historical campus sits on the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake and offers conference and meeting facilities, a 9-hole public golf course partially designed by Robert Trent Jones, and cultural enrichment events throughout the year
Designed by Louis C. Tiffany and Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co., one of the few unaltered Tiffany chapels known to exist. Available year-round for weddings, concerts and special events.
If you think that bringing your four-legged buddy on vacation will limit your range of accommodations, think again, as Cayuga County has many pet-friendly hotels that will take care of you and yours – fur sure!
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