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Auburn Public Theatre
108 Genesee St.
Auburn, NY 13021

315-253-6669
www.auburnpublictheater.org

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.


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Cayuga Museum
203 Genesee Street
Auburn, NY 13021

315/253-8051
cayugamuseum@roadrunner.com
www.cayuganet.org/cayugamuseum

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


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Cayuga-Owasco Lakes Historical Society
14 West Cayuga Street
Moravia, NY 13118

315/497-3906

This museum contains the Millard Fillmore Room, historical artifacts and the Luther Research Genealogy Center


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Civic Heritage Historical Society (July-August)
9935 Route 34
Cato, NY 13033

315-626-2475

This one-room schoolhouse is furnished to represent the period of 1920-1930. Open Sundays, July - August. New exhibits, programs and demonstrations offered weekly. Group tours by appointment.

The history center will feature two main exhibits: One chronicles the school system's development from a one-room school house to its current structure. The exhibit will include old school desks, chairs and other classroom items. A display of vintage farm equipment will also be featured at the museum. A horse-drawn milk cart used in Cato in the 1800s will be among the tools included.


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Fort Hill Cemetery
19 Fort Street
Auburn, NY 13021

315/253-8132
forthilcem@bci.net
www.cayuganet.org/forthill

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.


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Frontenac Museum
178 Cayuga Street, Route 90
Union Springs, NY 13160

315/889-7273
website

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.


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Harriet Tubman Home
180 South Street
Auburn, NY 13021

315/252-2081
khill@harriethouse.org
http://www.harriethouse.org/

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.


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Historic Mentz Church (May - October)
Mentz Church Rd.
Montezuma, NY 13117

315-776-4656

This gable-roofed, one-room church was erected by early settlers and incorporated as a First Methodist Episcopal curch in 1825. Call for appointment


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Howland Stone Store Museum
Route 34B
Aurora, NY 13026

315/364-8307
MOGGYR@JUNO.COM
www.rootsweb.com/~nycayuga/howland

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.


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Little Red Schoolhouse Museum
1290 Route 104A
Sterling, NY 13156

315/564-6189
sterlinghistory@lakeontario.net
www.lakeontario.net

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


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Little Theater Railway Museum (June - August)
1290 Route 104A
Sterling, NY 13156

315-564-6189
sterlinghistory@lakeontario.net
www.lakeontario.net/sterlinghistory

Located at the Little Red School House Museum, Sterling Center. Featuring the movie "Getting up Stema," including railway songs and stories, oil painting, model train exhibits and railway display. Open Saturdays June - August or by appointment.


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Merry-Go-Round Playhouse
Emerson Park, Route 38A
Auburn, NY 13021

315/255-1758
http://merry-go-round.com/

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.



Old Brutus Historical Society
8943 North Seneca Street
Weedsport, NY 13166

315/834-9342 or 834-6285

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


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Rural Life Museum
Route 34B & Route 90
King Ferry, NY 13081

315/364-8202
www.cayuganet.org/genoa.rural.life.museum

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.


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Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center
205 Genesee Street
Auburn, NY 13021

315/255-1553
mail@schweinfurthartcenter.org
www.schweinfurthartcenter.org

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.


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Seward House
33 South Street
Auburn, NY 13021

315/252-1283
pwisbey@sewardhouse.org
www.sewardhouse.org

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.


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Ward O'Hara Agricultural Museum
Emerson Park, Route 38A
Auburn, NY 13021

315/252-7644 or 252-5009
www.cayuganet.org/agmuseum

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.



Willard Memorial Chapel
17 Nelson Street
Auburn, NY 13021

315/252-0339
info@willardchapel.org
www.willardchapel.org

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.


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