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Join Women’s Rights National Historical Park for a weekend of special guest speakers, ranger talks, living history programs, and family activities during Convention Days: Unfinished Resolutions on July 17-19, 2026.
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Join us July 17-19, 2026 as we commemorate the 178th anniversary of the 1848 Women's Rights Convention
Unfinished Resolutions
Women’s Rights National Historical Park is thrilled to announce the 178th Convention Days on July 17-19, 2026! This beloved community event commemorates the 178th anniversary of the writing of the Declaration of Sentiments and 1848 Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls and neighboring Waterloo, New York, which gave rise to the American women’s rights movement.
In recognition of the American Semiquincentennial of independence on July 4, 2026 – celebrating freedom and 250 years since the nation’s founding – the theme of Convention Days 2026 is “Unfinished Resolutions.” Revolutionary women like the five convention organizers: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Martha Coffin Wright, Mary Ann M’Clintock, and Jane Hunt, did not wait passively for rights to be granted. They organized, protested, wrote their own Declaration of Sentiments asserting that “all men and women are created equal,” and risked ridicule and reprisal for insisting on women’s rights. Their legacy continues through the ongoing fight for universal rights and equality, which is not defined by what has already been resolved, but through collective willingness to confront what remains unfinished, 250 years later.
Join Women’s Rights National Historical Park this July 17-19, 2026 for special guest speakers, living history programs, ranger programs, family games and activities, and so much more, as we celebrate both revolutionary ideals and carry on the work of “unfinished resolutions.”
Generational Effort (2026) by Karen Haas, watercolor, 22”x30.” This watercolor painting depicting a woman from the 1840s (on the left) handing the resolutions to a modern young woman (right) was commissioned by Women’s Rights National Historical Park for use as the Convention Days 2026 poster.
Karen Haas, NPS
Convention Days 2026 Poster Art: “Generational Effort” by Karen Haas
Women’s Rights National Historical Park commissioned local Seneca County artist, Karen Haas, to paint an original watercolor painting responding to the 2026 Convention Days theme of Unfinished Resolutions. The painting, Generational Effort, depicts a woman from the 1840s (on the left) handing the Declaration of Sentiments to a modern young woman (right), and was used as the 2026 Convention Days poster art.
In the artist’s own words: “This watercolor painting is reflective of the passing of the fight for Women’s Rights from the first generation, here in Seneca Falls in the 1840s, through to today, a young girl just starting to understand how important this fight still is today. The Wesleyan Chapel overlooks the scene from outside, as the woman passes on the resolution paper to the young woman…Karen is proud to have been selected for this project, and hopes that this painting is reflective of her hopes, dreams, and aspirations for herself, her daughter, and for women everywhere who simply want the freedom to choose how they live their lives, from beginning to end.”
Karen Haas is a local artist from the south end of Seneca County whose work spans a variety of mediums, including oil painting, watercolor, charcoal, graphite, soft pastels, and photography. Karen graduated from SUNY Brockport in 2013 with a BFA in Painting and Ceramics. She works as a paramedic at North Seneca Ambulance, as well as volunteering as a firefighter in her spare time. Karen has spent her adult life fighting for women’s rights through her volunteering, work, and art, demonstrating that women are just as capable as men in every capacity she can.
Patrick Stenshorn of the Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor.
Patrick Stenshorn
Waterway of Change: 200 Years of the Erie Canal
Friday, July 17: walking tour 11am - 12pm; seated porch talk version at 1pm – 1:30pm
Saturday, July 18: walking tour 10am – 11am
Meet in front of the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House
The Erie Canal is one of the most important transportation routes in American history. When the canal opened in 1825 its effects on New York and the United States were immediate. The Erie Canal changed the map and social fabric of the United States as people, goods, and ideas moved along its route. Over 200 years of continuous operation, not only has the canal brought change economic, social, and political to the nation, but it has transformed through enlargement, mechanization, and more. Join Patrick Stenshorn from the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor to learn all about the ways the Erie Canal has been an instrument of change throughout its history.
Please note: this 1/4-mile walking tour will involve uneven terrain, stairs, and standing along the canal lock. An accessible (seated) version of this program will be offered Friday at 1pm – 1:30pm on the Stanton House porch.
Patrick Stenshorn is the Education Program Manager for the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. He works with teachers and cultural organizations to develop K-12 resources about New York State's canals. He also manages a small grants program called Ticket to Ride which supports school field trips to canal related sites and museums. Patrick has a B.A. in history from SUNY Geneseo and a M.A. in American History from SUNY Brockport. He has previously held positions at Women's Rights National Historical Park and the Albany Institute of History & Art.
Dr. Judith Wellman and Laura Ladd Bierman of the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse Museum.
Judy Wellman / Laura Ladd Bierman
The Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of Sentiments: A Joint Reading
Friday, July 17: partnership program 3pm - 4pm
Wesleyan Chapel
This partnership program by the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse will be chaired by Laura Ladd Bierman (Women’s Rights Alliance of NYS) with a historical introduction by Judith Wellman (author of The Road to SenecaFalls and Executive Director of the 1816 Meetinghouse Museum). Experience two foundational documents read side-by-side by members of the Women’s Rights Alliance of NYS, Canandaigua Suffragists, Geneva League of Women Voters, and 1816 Meetinghouse Museum. Audience-generated questions and a brief panel discussion with historians Bierman and Wellman will conclude the program.
Judith Wellman is Principal Investigator, Historical New York Research Associates, and Executive Director, 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse Museum. Dr. Wellman focuses on historic sites that tell the history of equal rights in New York State. She is the author of The Road to Seneca Falls: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Beginning of the Women's Rights Movement. She lives in a house built about 1830 by an African American on the banks of a mill pond, surrounded by unruly gardens. She views historical work as a contribution to a future of mutual respect and justice for all people.
Laura Ladd Bierman served as Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of New York State for 16 years from 2008 to 2024. In that role, she led advocacy efforts and educational programs on a vast array of League issues such as voting rights, youth engagement, climate change, as well as provided key services to the 42 local Leagues across the state. Laura has a BA in political science from Colgate University and a Master’s Degree in public administration from the University of Virginia. Laura took her League experience and training to practical use, serving for over 8 years as a member, and 2 years as Vice President, of a school board in Glenview, IL. She was also elected in 2008 and served until 2013 as a member of the school board for the Bethlehem Central School District in Delmar, NY. In 2025, Laura was elected to the Board of Directors of the Women’s Rights Alliance of NYS.
Linda Frank, Ph.D., is the author of "An Uncommon Union: Henry B. Stanton and the Emancipation of Elizabeth Cady."
Photo Courtesy of Gwendolyn Craig/"The Citizen"
"Brave Souls and Big Hearts": The Unexpected Ways That Three Generations of Stantons Personified the Promises of the Declaration, 1776-1876
Friday, July 17: talk 1pm - 2pm; book signing 2pm - 2:30pm
Wesleyan Chapel; Book signing at America's National Park Bookstore
Throughout the nation’s first century, men and women of the Stanton family risked their physical safety, their economic security, and their reputations to bring the bold assertions and promises of equality that were articulated in the Declaration of Independence into reality. As the new nation prepared for war with Great Britain, members of the Stanton family were already on the battlefield fighting to manifest the Declaration’s lofty principles, and they continued in the decades to come by championing laws and policies in the town square and in demanding rights in their intimate lives at home. This talk looks at three generations of the Stanton family – spanning the nation’s first 100 years – and demonstrates the variety of ways that the Stantons worked to insure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all.
Dr. Linda C. Frank is a Professor of History at Cayuga Community College in Auburn, New York. She received her Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2012. Frank previously served as a Park Guide at Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, and as Cayuga County Historian. Her research interests focus on nineteenth century reform and politics in New York State. Her first book, An Uncommon Union: Henry B. Stanton and the Emancipation of Elizabeth Cady, was published in 2016.
Filmmaker Katsitsionni Fox will be joining virtually to discuss: “Sky Woman and Her Influence on Women's Rights.”
Katsitsionni Fox
Documentary Screening and Filmmaker Discussion: Without A Whisper Konnon:kwe (2020)
Saturday, July 18: film screening at 1pm; filmmaker discussion at 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Wesleyan Chapel
Join us on Saturday, July 18 starting at 1pm in the historic Wesleyan Chapel for a film screening of the award-winning documentary: Without A Whisper - Konnon:kwe (2020), produced by Women Make Movies. Directly following the film screening, from 1:30pm – 2:30pm, Katsitsionni Fox, the filmmaker, will be joining virtually to discuss: “Sky Woman and Her Influence on Women's Rights.”
Please note that while the presenter will appear virtually, this is an in-person program and experience only.
About the documentary, Without A Whisper - Konnon:kwe (2020): “Before the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, European colonial women lacked even the most basic rights, while Haudenosaunee women had a potent political and spiritual voice and authority in all aspects of their lives. The contact that the early suffragists had with Haudenosaunee women in New York state shaped their thinking and had a vital impact on their struggle for equality that is taken for granted today. The film follows Mohawk Bear Clan Mother Louise Herne and Professor Sally Roesch Wagner as they seek to correct the historical narrative about the origins of women’s rights in the United States.”
Katsitsionni Fox is a filmmaker from the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne. Her films highlight Indigenous women who are stepping into their purpose and power. Her award-winning documentary films include: Ohero:kon - Under the Husk (2016), Without a Whisper - Konnon:kwe (2020) and Kanenonwe - Original Seeds (2025). Katsitsionni directed Indigenous Women’s Voices Series focused on healing and empowerment of Native women released in 2020. She also directed The Clutes, Celebrating Family Stories for Sesame Street Workshop 2021.
Laura Free, Ph.D., is the author of "Suffrage Reconstructed: Gender, Race, and Voting Rights in the Civil War Era."
Laura Free
Unfinished Revolutions: Exclusion, Resistance, and the Ongoing Struggle for American Democracy
Saturday, July 18: book signing at 2:30pm - 3pm; talk at 3pm - 4pm
Wesleyan Chapel; Book signing at America's National Park Bookstore
When hundreds of New Yorkers gathered in Seneca Falls on a hot July day in 1848, they knew they were doing something radical - claiming the right to political and social equality for all people regardless of their gender. Despite the egalitarianism of this claim, however, the Convention left behind echoes of the elitism and racism that were entrenched in America’s cultural, social, and political structures. At times, within the women’s equality movement that followed, racism and classism won out over broader visions of equality. And yet, always - always - there were people fighting for a more expansive vision. They sought an America where all people were treated as equals, from the ballot box to the courtroom, and in their schools, churches, and homes. We have inherited both legacies — of exclusion and inclusion, of injustice and justice, of inequality and equality. Today, in 2026, it is clearer than ever that the fight that began in Seneca Falls is far from over.
Laura Free is Professor of History at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, and the author of Suffrage Reconstructed: Gender, Race, and Voting Rights in the Civil War Era. In 2020, she co-wrote, hosted, and narrated the podcast Amended for Humanities New York to recognize the lesser-told histories of the woman suffrage movement. Her current work in progress is a book tentatively titled Swear: An American History of Oath-Making, Oath-Taking, and Oath Breaking. Swear will examine the role that loyalty oaths have played in the history of American democracy from 1776-2026.
Bill Hunt began a digital humanities experiment, www.100signersproject.com, utilizing archival records to create recuperative biographies for the 100 signers of the Declaration of Sentiments.
Bill Hunt
"Resolute: How Charlotte Woodward Peirce Persisted during the 72 Year Wait for the Vote, 1848-1920"
Sunday, July 19: talk at 1pm - 2pm
Wesleyan Chapel
Charlotte Woodward Peirce is the only known signer of the Declaration of Sentiments who lived to see the ratification of the 19th Amendment. But to credit her for longevity alone does a great disservice. Peirce spent a lifetime laboring on behalf of worthy causes. This talk will explore Peirce’s involvement with the Woman’s Hospital of Pennsylvania and the American Woman Suffrage Association. Charlotte Woodward Peirce did not let her 85th birthday stop her from participating in a final push to win the vote.
“What a Difference a Decade Makes: A Census Reading Workshop”
Saturday, July 18: drop-in workshop 1pm - 3pm
Visitor Center
What can you learn from two censuses for the same person, ten years apart? Join Bill Hunt of 100signersproject.com for a drop-in session where you’ll learn how to read census records. See how the lives of Declaration of Sentiments signers changed in the decades after the Convention.
Bill Huntis an associate professor of American Literature at Barton College in Wilson, North Carolina. He holds a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. from Duke University. He has twice completed semesters of Arabic-language coursework at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan, and has worked at non-profit organizations in Beirut, Lebanon; Washington, D.C.; and Richmond, Virginia. Recently, he has published articles in The Arizona Quarterly and The Emerson Studies Quarterly. In 2017, he began a digital humanities experiment, www.100signersproject.com, utilizing archival records to create recuperative biographies for the 100 signers of the Declaration of Sentiments.
Elizabeth Vollstadt is the author of "What Charlotte Found at Seneca Falls: A Story of the First Woman Rights Convention."
Elizabeth Vollstadt
“What Charlotte Found at Seneca Falls”
Sunday, July 19: picture book reading 3pm - 3:30pm; book signing 3:30pm - 4pm
Guntzel Theater; Book signing at America's National Park Bookstore
Enjoy a picture book reading by the author, Elizabeth Vollstadt, of What Charlotte Found At Seneca Falls: A Story of the First Women's Rights Convention.
About the book: “Imagine being a young woman in 1848, frustrated by the limitations placed on your life because you were a woman. How thrilling it would be to read that a woman's rights convention was being planned at a village near your home! Charlotte Woodward, living in a small town in upstate New York, felt that thrill…With a heart ‘beating in rebellion,’ she attended the Seneca Falls Woman's Rights Convention. She didn't think it would change her life, but it did. Find out how in this story.”
Elizabeth Vollstadt has worked as a teacher, editor, and writer. History was never her favorite subject until she discovered women’s history and could see herself in their lives. Her published stories for children often feature strong brave girls in history—some real, some fictional. She is delighted to share Charlotte’s story with today’s girls. Elizabeth also co-authored Young Patriots: Inspiring Stories of the American Revolution, and has written two contemporary novels for preteens, Pairs on Ice, and Pairs at Nationals.
Living History programs will feature Elizabeth Cady Stanton (portrayed by Melinda Grube, PhD) and Frederick Douglass (portrayed by Nathan Richardson).
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Living History Programs
Women’s Rights NHP is thrilled to welcome back Melinda Grube, PhD, as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Nathan Richardson as Frederick Douglass! See the daily Schedule of Events below for a complete listing of times and locations for living history programs.
Melinda Grube, PhD, is a descendant of a Seneca Falls abolitionist family and an independent scholar of the dynamic intersections of 19th-century religion, social history, and radical reform. For better or worse, she has found the indomitable (and sometimes vexing) Elizabeth Cady Stanton at the center of her historical presentations and research for twenty years.
Nathan M. Richardson is a published author, performance poet, and Frederick Douglass Historian. He is the author of four collections of poetry and teaches a variety of workshops for emerging writers and spoken word artists. He is now in the 14th year of The Frederick Douglass Speaking Tour - a living history performance that captures completely the physical, spiritual and intellectual essence of the former slave, writer, orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Nathan is a Chautauqua Scholar with more than 500 living history performances across the country.
Take part in hands on activities during Convention Days 2026! Please see the Family Programming tab below for more details.
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Family Activities
Make it a day of family fun at Convention Days! From hands-on crafts & coloring in the Visitor Center, exciting outdoor games in Declaration Park, and more engaging activities for kids of all ages, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Start planning your Convention Days adventure by exploring the Family Programming tab of the Schedule below to discover all the featured family activities!
Junior Ranger & Family Program
Saturday, July 18: 10am – 10:45am Declaration Park
Join two historical friends: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (portrayed by Melinda Grube, PhD) and Fredrick Douglass (portrayed by Nathan Richardson) to learn about the Convention they are planning! This program led by Ranger Molly will be a family-friendly introduction to Women's Rights National Historical Park and the historical events of 1848, right before the opening ceremony. All children who participate will earn their Junior Ranger badge!
Make-and-Take Crafts & Coloring
All weekend 10am – 4pm Visitor Center, Community Engagement Space
Learn about the five women organizers of the 1848 Convention as you color special Convention Days themed coloring sheets. There will also be special make-and-take crafts – including “seeds of change” and “carry it forward” banners and zines – available from 10am – 4pm each day.
Seneca Falls Historical Society Partnership Program: Grandma’s Trunk & Victorian Outdoor Games
Friday 2pm – 4pm; and Saturday 9am – 11am & 12pm – 2pm Declaration Park
Join our friends from the Seneca Falls Historical Society for old-fashioned family fun and games in Declaration Park!
Women's Rights National Historical Park's Visitor Center and historic Wesleyan Chapel will be open from 9am to 5pm. Please see the daily schedule below for the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House and M'Clintock House open hours and special programs.
The schedule below is subject to change, and is being updated regularly. Please check back prior to your visit to determine program times and locations.
Women's Rights National Historical Park is the proud recipient of a grant from the National Park Foundation, providing American Sign Language interpretation for select programs. All programs marked (ASL) include interpretation provided by Interpretek.
Visitor Center: First Floor
Welcome Table & Stamping Station
Back entrance, across from the Guntzel Theater
Stop by the welcome table for event information and Junior Ranger booklets. Visit the stamping station for the special commemorative Convention Days passport stamp, America 250 passport stamp, and Women’s Rights NHP and associated sites cancellation stamps.
Convention Days 2026 Art: “Generational Effort” by Karen Haas
Across from the Statues
Women’s Rights National Historical Park commissioned local Seneca County artist, Karen Haas, to paint an original watercolor painting responding to the 2026 Convention Days theme of Unfinished Resolutions. The painting, “Generational Effort,” was used as the 2026 Convention Days poster art. See the piece on display across from the statues.
1848 Convention Organizers Coloring Sheets
Community Engagement Space
Learn about the five women organizers of the 1848 Convention as you color special Convention Days themed coloring sheets.
There will also be special make-and-take crafts – including “seeds of change” and “carry it forward” banners and zines – available from 10am – 4pm each day. Please see the daily schedules for more details.
Park Film: “Dreams of Equality”
Guntzel Theater
Women’s Rights NHP’s official 22-minute park film: “Dreams of Equality” will play on demand. Please ask a ranger at the information desk to start the film.
Special America 250 merchandise and Convention Days table display at America’s National Park Bookstore
America’s National Park Bookstore
Visit America’s National Park Bookstore, within the park’s Visitor Center, to catch the special America 250 table display and exclusive “Remember the Ladies” merchandise. Limited copies of: An Uncommon Union: Henry B. Stanton and the Emancipation of Elizabeth Cady by Dr. Linda Frank; Suffrage Reconstructed: Gender, Race, and Voting Rights in the Civil War Era by Dr. Laura Free; and What Charlotte Found At Seneca Falls: A Story of the First Women's Rights Convention by Elizabeth Vollstadt will also be available.
Please check the daily schedules for book signing times.
Visitor Center: Second Floor
Community Expo
Friday and Saturday, 10am – 4pm
Second floor exhibit space, temporary exhibit room
Stop by the second-floor community expo to learn more about and meet-and-greet with various local history and community organizations, including the Friends of Women’s Rights NHP. Please see the Community Expo tab for a full listing of featured partners each day and their websites.
Chapel
The historic Wesleyan Chapelwill be open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 9am – 5pm.
Please see the daily schedules for special programs and times, including the official Opening
and Closing Ceremonies, ranger talks, featured speakers, living history programs, and more.
Add to the "Equali-tea" Wish Wall
Wesleyan Chapel
What dreams are brewing for America at 250? As the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary, museums & community spaces across the country are capturing Americans’ hopes and dreams for the future on “Wish Walls,” coordinated nationally by Made By Us. Visitors are invited to write their own wishes, inspired by the legacy of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, for America at 250 and beyond.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton House
The historic Elizabeth Cady Stanton Housewill be open Friday and Saturday from 10am – 4pm; and on Sunday from 10am – 3pm.
Visitors are also welcome to take a self-guided tour through the open house, and a ranger will be available for questions. Please see the daily schedules for special programs and times, including living history, ranger pop-up programs, canal walking tours, and more.
M'Clintock House
The historic M’Clintock Housewill be open Friday and Saturday from 1pm – 3pm; and CLOSED on Sunday.
Visitors are also welcome to take a self-guided tour through the open house, and a ranger will be available for questions. Please see the daily schedules for special programs and times, including living history and ranger pop-up programs.
Community Expo at the Visitor Center
Friday and Saturday, 10am – 4pm
Second floor exhibit space, temporary exhibit room
Learn more about and meet-and-greet with various local history and community organizations, including the Friends of Women’s Rights NHP and other park partners. The second floor is accessible by both elevator and stairs across from the front information desk.
Make it a day of family fun at Convention Days! From hands-on crafts & coloring in the Visitor Center, exciting outdoor games in Declaration Park, and more engaging activities for kids of all ages, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Be sure to also see the All Day Activities tab and Community Expo tab above to discover more family-friendly activities!
Communication methods have changed since 1848, but it is still important for people to be able to connect with family and friends. Letters and newspapers were very important in 1776 as well for sharing the revolutionary ideas of the Declaration of Independence. Write your own letter today, with envelopes and stamps provided, to share about your visit to this national park during the 250th anniversary year commemoration! Join Ranger Nicole to learn about how useful letter writing was in organizing the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention and to send your own letter to family or friends. All ages are welcome!
(Please note: this interactive ranger program will be available anytime within the scheduled time)
10am – 4pm: Make-and-Take Craft - “Seeds of Change”
Visitor Center, Community Engagement Space
Elizabeth Cady Stanton used the pen name, Sunflower, when she wrote articles in her friend, Amelia Bloomer’s newspaper The Lily. She would write about issues women faced knowing that it would take a lot of effort and time to change laws and ideas. Make-and-take your own sunflower planter! Watch your own seed grow and remember how small actions can make a big difference.
10am – 4pm: Make-and-Take Craft - “Carry it Forward Banners”
Visitor Center, Community Engagement Space
Carry It Forward by designing your own banner based on a resolution that you feel is important for the future! After you have completed your banner, there is an option to fold an accompanying zine to describe the goals and resolutions you hope to see just as the organizers did in 1848!
10am – 11am: Living History with Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Frederick Douglass (ASL)
Stanton House
Join Elizabeth Cady Stanton (portrayed by Melinda Grube, PhD) and Frederick Douglass (portrayed by Nathan Richardson) for a discussion about their lives and work.
10am – 4pm: Make-and-Take Craft - “Seeds of Change”
Visitor Center, Community Engagement Space
10am – 4pm: Make-and-Take Craft - “Carry it Forward Banners”
Visitor Center, Community Engagement Space
10am – 10:45am: Junior Ranger & Family Program
Visitor Center, Community Engagement Space
Elizabeth Cady Stanton used the pen name, Sunflower, when she wrote articles in her friend, Amelia Bloomer’s newspaper The Lily. She would write about issues women faced knowing that it would take a lot of effort and time to change laws and ideas. Make-and-take your own sunflower planter! Watch your own seed grow and remember how small actions can make a big difference.
10am – 4pm: Make-and-Take Craft - “Seeds of Change”
Visitor Center, Community Engagement Space
10am – 4pm: Make-and-Take Craft - “Carry it Forward Banners”
Visitor Center, Community Engagement Space
10:30am – 11:30am: Living History with Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Frederick Douglass (ASL)
Stanton House
1pm – 2pm: Living History with Frederick Douglass
Stanton House
3pm – 3:30pm: Children’s book reading with Elizabeth Vollstadt – “What Charlotte Found at Seneca Falls”
Guntzel Theater
Enjoy a picture book reading by the author, Elizabeth Vollstadt, of What Charlotte Found At Seneca Falls: A Story of the First Women's Rights Convention.
About the book: “Imagine being a young woman in 1848, frustrated by the limitations placed on your life because you were a woman. How thrilling it would be to read that a woman's rights convention was being planned at a village near your home! Charlotte Woodward, living in a small town in upstate New York, felt that thrill…With a heart ‘beating in rebellion,’ she attended the Seneca Falls Woman's Rights Convention. She didn't think it would change her life, but it did. Find out how in this story.”
Communication methods have changed since 1848, but it is still important for people to be able to connect with family and friends. Letters and newspapers were very important in 1776 as well for sharing the revolutionary ideas of the Declaration of Independence. Write your own letter today, with envelopes and stamps provided, to share about your visit to this national park during the 250th anniversary year commemoration! Join Ranger Nicole to learn about how useful letter writing was in organizing the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention and to send your own letter to family or friends. All ages are welcome!
(Please note: this interactive ranger program will be available anytime within the scheduled time)
10am – 4pm: Make-and-Take Craft - “Seeds of Change”
Visitor Center, Community Engagement Space
Elizabeth Cady Stanton used the pen name, Sunflower, when she wrote articles in her friend, Amelia Bloomer’s newspaper The Lily. She would write about issues women faced knowing that it would take a lot of effort and time to change laws and ideas. Make-and-take your own sunflower planter! Watch your own seed grow and remember how small actions can make a big difference.
10am – 4pm: Make-and-Take Craft - “Carry it Forward Banners”
Visitor Center, Community Engagement Space
Carry It Forward by designing your own banner based on a resolution that you feel is important for the future! After you have completed your banner, there is an option to fold an accompanying zine to describe the goals and resolutions you hope to see just as the organizers did in 1848!
10am – 4pm: Community Expo
Visitor Center, Second Floor
Stop by the second-floor community expo to learn more about and meet-and-greet with various local history and community organizations, including the Friends of Women’s Rights NHP. Please see the Community Expo tab for a full listing of featured partners each day and their websites.
10am – 11am: Living History with Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Frederick Douglass (ASL)
Stanton House
Join Elizabeth Cady Stanton (portrayed by Melinda Grube, PhD) and Frederick Douglass (portrayed by Nathan Richardson) for a discussion about their lives and work.
11am – 11:30am: Ranger Program - “Revolutionary Roots” (ASL)
Wesleyan Chapel
How does a social movement grow? Join a ranger to meet the organizers of the 1848 Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention and learn more about the Wesleyan Chapel in which it was held. Discover how Faith, Fortune and Fate combined to ignite a movement.
11am – 12pm: Walking Tour - “Waterway of Change: 200 Years of the Erie Canal”
Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor Partnership Program with Patrick Stenshorn
Stanton House
The Erie Canal is one of the most important transportation routes in American history. When the canal opened in 1825 its effects on New York and the United States were immediate. The Erie Canal changed the map and social fabric of the United States as people, goods, and ideas moved along its route. Over 200 years of continuous operation, not only has the canal brought change economic, social, and political to the nation, but it has transformed through enlargement, mechanization, and more. Join Patrick Stenshorn from the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor to learn all about the ways the Erie Canal has been an instrument of change throughout its history.
Please note: this 1/4-mile walking tour will involve uneven terrain, stairs, and standing along the canal lock. An accessible (seated) version of this program will be offered Friday at 1pm – 1:30pm on the Stanton House porch.
11am – 12pm: Ranger Table Talk – “Women's Rights and Reconstruction”
Stanton House
How did women’s rights campaigners like Elizabeth Cady Stanton react to the Reconstruction Era amendments to the U.S. Constitution? Although many women's rights campaigners supported emancipation, they were frustrated when the post-Civil War political process extended voting rights to freedmen but not to women. Join Ranger Claire to learn about the women’s rights movement’s difficult history with racism, Reconstruction, and the U.S. Constitution.
(Please note: this drop-in ranger program will be available anytime within the scheduled time)
1pm – 1:30pm: Porch Talk - “Waterway of Change: 200 Years of the Erie Canal”
Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor Partnership Program with Patrick Stenshorn
Stanton House
The Erie Canal is one of the most important transportation routes in American history. When the canal opened in 1825 its effects on New York and the United States were immediate. The Erie Canal changed the map and social fabric of the United States as people, goods, and ideas moved along its route. Over 200 years of continuous operation, not only has the canal brought change economic, social, and political to the nation, but it has transformed through enlargement, mechanization, and more. Join Patrick Stenshorn from the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor to learn all about the ways the Erie Canal has been an instrument of change throughout its history.
1pm – 2pm: Featured Speaker Linda Frank - “‘Brave Souls and Big Hearts’:
The Unexpected Ways That Three Generations of Stantons
Personified the Promises of the Declaration, 1776-1876” (ASL)
Wesleyan Chapel
Throughout the nation’s first century, men and women of the Stanton family risked their physical safety, their economic security, and their reputations to bring the bold assertions and promises of equality that were articulated in the Declaration of Independence into reality. As the new nation prepared for war with Great Britain, members of the Stanton family were already on the battlefield fighting to manifest the Declaration’s lofty principles, and they continued in the decades to come by championing laws and policies in the town square and in demanding rights in their intimate lives at home. This talk looks at three generations of the Stanton family – spanning the nation’s first 100 years – and demonstrates the variety of ways that the Stantons worked to insure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all.
1pm – 3pm: Ranger Table Talk – “Free Produce: Shopping for Justice with the M’Clintocks”
M’Clintock House
Before women could vote, many could still decide what to buy. The Free Produce Society asked shoppers to boycott goods made with enslaved labor and support “free produce.” Thomas M’Clintock, the founding member of the Free Produce Society in Philadelphia, would move up here to Waterloo, New York, and open a free produce store in Waterloo. He was a strong supporter of women’s rights and by extension, their ability to buy the goods of their choosing. Join Ranger Josh to learn more about the connection between the Free Produce Society and Women's Right Movement.
(Please note: this drop-in ranger program will be available anytime within the scheduled time)
Seneca Falls Historical Society Partnership Program
Declaration Park
Join our friends from the Seneca Falls Historical Society for an afternoon of old-fashioned family fun and games in Declaration Park!
2pm – 2:30pm: Book Signing with Linda Frank
America’s National Park Bookstore
Join Dr. Linda Frank for a meet-and-greet and author book signing of An Uncommon Union: Henry B. Stanton and the Emancipation of Elizabeth Cady.
2pm – 3pm: Living History with Frederick Douglass
Wesleyan Chapel
Join Frederick Douglass (portrayed by Nathan Richardson) for a discussion about his life and work.
2pm – 4pm: Living History with Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Stanton House
Join Elizabeth Cady Stanton (portrayed by Melinda Grube, PhD) for a discussion about her life and work.
3pm – 4pm: “The Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of Sentiments: A Joint Reading” (ASL)
1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse Partnership Program
Wesleyan Chapel
This partnership program by the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse will be chaired by Laura Ladd Bierman (Women’s Rights Alliance of NYS) with a historical introduction by Judith Wellman (author of The Road to SenecaFalls and Executive Director of the 1816 Meetinghouse Museum). Experience two foundational documents read side-by-side by members of the Women’s Rights Alliance of NYS, Canandaigua Suffragists, Geneva League of Women Voters, and 1816 Meetinghouse Museum. Audience-generated questions and a brief panel discussion with historians Bierman and Wellman will conclude the program.
3pm – 4pm: Living History with Frederick Douglass
Visitor Center
Join Frederick Douglass (portrayed by Nathan Richardson) for a discussion about his life and work.
4pm – 4:30pm: Ranger Program - “Revolutionary Roots” (ASL)
Wesleyan Chapel
How does a social movement grow? Join a ranger to meet the organizers of the 1848 Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention and learn more about the Wesleyan Chapel in which it was held. Discover how Faith, Fortune and Fate combined to ignite a movement.
9am – 10:30am: Drop-in Program – Meet a Ranger in the Wesleyan Chapel
Wesleyan Chapel
Join a ranger any time during this drop-in session to learn more about the Wesleyan Chapel, which was the site of the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention. Please note: the Chapel will be temporarily closed between 10:30am – 11am in preparation for the Opening Ceremony.
Seneca Falls Historical Society Partnership Program
Declaration Park
Join our friends from the Seneca Falls Historical Society for a morning of old-fashioned family fun and games in Declaration Park! Please note: games will temporarily pause during the 10am Junior Ranger & Family Program.
Communication methods have changed since 1848, but it is still important for people to be able to connect with family and friends. Letters and newspapers were very important in 1776 as well for sharing the revolutionary ideas of the Declaration of Independence. Write your own letter today, with envelopes and stamps provided, to share about your visit to this national park during the 250th anniversary year commemoration! Join Ranger Nicole to learn about how useful letter writing was in organizing the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention and to send your own letter to family or friends. All ages are welcome!
(Please note: this interactive ranger program will be available anytime within the scheduled time)
10am – 4pm: Make-and-Take Craft - “Seeds of Change”
Visitor Center, Community Engagement Space
Elizabeth Cady Stanton used the pen name, Sunflower, when she wrote articles in her friend, Amelia Bloomer’s newspaper The Lily. She would write about issues women faced knowing that it would take a lot of effort and time to change laws and ideas. Make-and-take your own sunflower planter! Watch your own seed grow and remember how small actions can make a big difference.
10am – 4pm: Make-and-Take Craft - “Carry it Forward Banners”
Visitor Center, Community Engagement Space
Carry It Forward by designing your own banner based on a resolution that you feel is important for the future! After you have completed your banner, there is an option to fold an accompanying zine to describe the goals and resolutions you hope to see just as the organizers did in 1848!
10am – 4pm: Community Expo
Visitor Center, Second Floor
Stop by the second-floor community expo to learn more about and meet-and-greet with various local history and community organizations, including the Friends of Women’s Rights NHP. Please see the Community Expo tab for a full listing of featured partners each day and their websites.
10am – 10:45am: Junior Ranger & Family Program
Declaration Park
Join two historical friends: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (portrayed by Melinda Grube, PhD) and Fredrick Douglass (portrayed by Nathan Richardson) to learn about the Convention they are planning! This program led by Ranger Molly will be a family-friendly introduction to Women's Rights National Historical Park and the historical events of 1848, right before the opening ceremony. All children who participate will earn their Junior Ranger badge!
10am – 11am: Walking Tour - “Waterway of Change: 200 Years of the Erie Canal”
Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor Partnership Program with Patrick Stenshorn
Stanton House
The Erie Canal is one of the most important transportation routes in American history. When the canal opened in 1825 its effects on New York and the United States were immediate. The Erie Canal changed the map and social fabric of the United States as people, goods, and ideas moved along its route. Over 200 years of continuous operation, not only has the canal brought change economic, social, and political to the nation, but it has transformed through enlargement, mechanization, and more. Join Patrick Stenshorn from the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor to learn all about the ways the Erie Canal has been an instrument of change throughout its history.
Please note: this 1/4-mile walking tour will involve uneven terrain, stairs, and standing along the canal lock.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Henry, and their growing family lived on a two-acre plot (although the family described it as a five-acre plot) on the eastern outskirts of Seneca Falls, just south of the Seneca River and the canal that ran along it. What was life for the Stantons like at their house and in their neighborhood, and how did they use the land at hand? Join Ranger Steve to discover how the family’s rural house influenced their daily lives and provided the backdrop for one of the most influential women’s rights activists.
(Please note: this drop-in ranger program will be available anytime within the scheduled time)
11am – 11:45am: Opening Ceremony for Convention Days 2026 (ASL)
Wesleyan Chapel
Join the Superintendent of Women’s Rights NHP, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (portrayed by Melinda Grube), and Fredrick Douglass (portrayed by Nathan Richardson) as we open the Wesleyan Chapel - 178 years to the moment that the 1848 convention began.
12pm - 1pm: GCV&M Partnership Program - Vintage Ladies Baseball
Stanton House
Watch a vintage (ca. 1868) form of baseball with volunteers from Genesee Country Village & Museum. The players are known for the skill and enthusiasm for catching hit balls in their aprons and striking the ball with vigor...and catching without gloves.
Seneca Falls Historical Society Partnership Program
Declaration Park
Join our friends from the Seneca Falls Historical Society for an afternoon of old-fashioned family fun and games in Declaration Park!
1pm – 2:30pm: Documentary Screening and Filmmaker Katsitsionni Fox Discussion of Without A Whisper Konnon:kwe (2020)
Wesleyan Chapel
Starting at 1pm in the historic Wesleyan Chapel, join us for a film screening of the award-winning documentary: Without A Whisper - Konnon:kwe (2020), produced by Women Make Movies. Directly following the film screening, from 1:30pm – 2:30pm, Katsitsionni Fox, the filmmaker, will be joining virtually to discuss: “Sky Woman and Her Influence on Women's Rights.” Please note that while the presenter will appear virtually, this is an in-person program and experience only.
1pm – 3pm: Drop-in Program - “What a Difference a Decade Makes:
A Census Reading Workshop”
Visitor Center
What can you learn from two censuses for the same person, ten years apart? Join Bill Hunt of 100signersproject.com for a drop-in session where you’ll learn how to read census records. See how the lives of Declaration of Sentiments signers changed in the decades after the Convention.
(Please note: this drop-in program will be available anytime within the scheduled time)
1pm – 2pm: Ranger Table Talk – “Women's Rights and Reconstruction”
Stanton House
How did women’s rights campaigners like Elizabeth Cady Stanton react to the Reconstruction Era amendments to the U.S. Constitution? Although many women's rights campaigners supported emancipation, they were frustrated when the post-Civil War political process extended voting rights to freedmen but not to women. Join Ranger Claire to learn about the women’s rights movement’s difficult history with racism, Reconstruction, and the U.S. Constitution.
(Please note: this drop-in ranger program will be available anytime within the scheduled time)
1pm – 3pm: Ranger Table Talk – “Free Produce: Shopping for Justice with the M’Clintocks”
M’Clintock House
Before women could vote, many could still decide what to buy. The Free Produce Society asked shoppers to boycott goods made with enslaved labor and support “free produce.” Thomas M’Clintock, the founding member of the Free Produce Society in Philadelphia, would move up here to Waterloo, New York, and open a free produce store in Waterloo. He was a strong supporter of women’s rights and by extension, their ability to buy the goods of their choosing. Join Ranger Josh to learn more about the connection between the Free Produce Society and Women's Right Movement.
(Please note: this drop-in ranger program will be available anytime within the scheduled time)
1pm – 2pm: Living History with Frederick Douglass (ASL)
M’Clintock House
Join Frederick Douglass (portrayed by Nathan Richardson) for a discussion about his life and work.
2pm – 3pm: Living History with Elizabeth Cady Stanton (ASL)
Stanton House
Join Elizabeth Cady Stanton (portrayed by Melinda Grube, PhD) for a discussion about her life and work.
2:30pm – 3pm: Book Signing with Laura Free
America’s National Park Bookstore
Join Dr. Laura Free for a meet-and-greet and author book signing of Suffrage Reconstructed: Gender, Race, and Voting Rights in the Civil War Era.
3pm – 4pm: Featured Speaker Laura Free - “Unfinished Revolutions: Exclusion, Resistance,
and the Ongoing Struggle for American Democracy” (ASL)
Wesleyan Chapel
When hundreds of New Yorkers gathered in Seneca Falls on a hot July day in 1848, they knew they were doing something radical - claiming the right to political and social equality for all people regardless of their gender. Despite the egalitarianism of this claim, however, the Convention left behind echoes of the elitism and racism that were entrenched in America’s cultural, social, and political structures. At times, within the women’s equality movement that followed, racism and classism won out over broader visions of equality. And yet, always - always - there were people fighting for a more expansive vision. They sought an America where all people were treated as equals, from the ballot box to the courtroom, and in their schools, churches, and homes. We have inherited both legacies — of exclusion and inclusion, of injustice and justice, of inequality and equality. Today, in 2026, it is clearer than ever that the fight that began in Seneca Falls is far from over.
3pm – 4pm: Ranger Table Talk – “Women's Rights and Reconstruction”
Stanton House
How did women’s rights campaigners like Elizabeth Cady Stanton react to the Reconstruction Era amendments to the U.S. Constitution? Although many women's rights campaigners supported emancipation, they were frustrated when the post-Civil War political process extended voting rights to freedmen but not to women. Join Ranger Claire to learn about the women’s rights movement’s difficult history with racism, Reconstruction, and the U.S. Constitution.
(Please note: this drop-in ranger program will be available anytime within the scheduled time)
Join us to reenact history - 178 years from the day that the Declaration of Sentiments was first read to a crowd of men and women in the Wesleyan Chapel, the resolutions resolved, and the signatures signed. Following a reading of the resolutions attached to the Declaration of Sentiments, we invite visitors to assist in reading the names of all 100 signers as we close out the convention anniversary.
Communication methods have changed since 1848, but it is still important for people to be able to connect with family and friends. Letters and newspapers were very important in 1776 as well for sharing the revolutionary ideas of the Declaration of Independence. Write your own letter today, with envelopes and stamps provided, to share about your visit to this national park during the 250th anniversary year commemoration! Join Ranger Nicole to learn about how useful letter writing was in organizing the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention and to send your own letter to family or friends. All ages are welcome!
(Please note: this interactive ranger program will be available anytime within the scheduled time)
10am – 4pm: Make-and-Take Craft - “Seeds of Change”
Visitor Center, Community Engagement Space
Elizabeth Cady Stanton used the pen name, Sunflower, when she wrote articles in her friend, Amelia Bloomer’s newspaper The Lily. She would write about issues women faced knowing that it would take a lot of effort and time to change laws and ideas. Make-and-take your own sunflower planter! Watch your own seed grow and remember how small actions can make a big difference.
10am – 4pm: Make-and-Take Craft - “Carry it Forward Banners”
Visitor Center, Community Engagement Space
Carry It Forward by designing your own banner based on a resolution that you feel is important for the future! After you have completed your banner, there is an option to fold an accompanying zine to describe the goals and resolutions you hope to see just as the organizers did in 1848!
10:30am – 11:30am: Living History with Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Frederick Douglass (ASL)
Stanton House
Join Elizabeth Cady Stanton (portrayed by Melinda Grube, PhD) and Frederick Douglass (portrayed by Nathan Richardson) for a discussion about their lives and work.
11am – 11:30am: Ranger Program - “Revolutionary Roots”
Wesleyan Chapel
How does a social movement grow? Join a ranger to meet the organizers of the 1848 Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention and learn more about the Wesleyan Chapel in which it was held. Discover how Faith, Fortune and Fate combined to ignite a movement.
1pm – 2pm: Featured Speaker Bill Hunt -“Resolute: How Charlotte Woodward Peirce
Persisted during the 72 Year Wait for the Vote, 1848-1920” (ASL)
Wesleyan Chapel
Charlotte Woodward Peirce is the only known signer of the Declaration of Sentiments who lived to see the ratification of the 19th Amendment. But to credit her for longevity alone does a great disservice. Peirce spent a lifetime laboring on behalf of worthy causes. This talk will explore Peirce’s involvement with the Woman’s Hospital of Pennsylvania and the American Woman Suffrage Association. Charlotte Woodward Peirce did not let her 85th birthday stop her from participating in a final push to win the vote.
1pm – 2pm: Living History with Frederick Douglass
Stanton House
Join Frederick Douglass (portrayed by Nathan Richardson) for a discussion about his life and work.
2pm – 3pm: Living History Program: “A Ranger Interview with Frederick Douglass:
Women's Rights and Reconstruction”
Stanton House
How did women’s rights campaigners react to the Reconstruction Era amendments to the U.S. Constitution? Although many women's rights activists supported emancipation, they were frustrated when the post-Civil War political process extended voting rights to freedmen but not to women. Join Ranger Claire as she interviews human rights and civil rights campaigner, Frederick Douglass (portrayed by Nathan Richardson), about the women’s rights movement’s complicated history with racism, Reconstruction, and the U.S. Constitution.
2pm – 3pm: Walking Tour - “The 1848 Convention: A Walking Tour of Seneca Falls”
Meet at the Visitor Center
What Seneca Falls locations played a role in the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention, the events that lead to it, and the outcome of it? Join Ranger Steve for a guided walking tour that explores the context of the 1848 Convention and the places where history was made. Learn how the small town of Seneca Falls became the birthplace of the organized women's rights movement and how the convention's legacy continues to resonate today.
Please note: this 1-mile walking tour will involve uneven terrain, two flights stairs, and standing on sidewalks and along the canal. For an accessible (seated) version of this program, catch the Ranger Program: “Revolutionary Roots” at 3pm – 3:30pm in the Wesleyan Chapel.
3pm – 3:30pm: Children’s book reading with Elizabeth Vollstadt –
“What Charlotte Found at Seneca Falls”
Guntzel Theater
Enjoy a picture book reading by the author, Elizabeth Vollstadt, of What Charlotte Found At Seneca Falls: A Story of the First Women's Rights Convention.
About the book: “Imagine being a young woman in 1848, frustrated by the limitations placed on your life because you were a woman. How thrilling it would be to read that a woman's rights convention was being planned at a village near your home! Charlotte Woodward, living in a small town in upstate New York, felt that thrill…With a heart ‘beating in rebellion,’ she attended the Seneca Falls Woman's Rights Convention. She didn't think it would change her life, but it did. Find out how in this story.”
3pm – 3:30pm: Ranger Program - “Revolutionary Roots”
Wesleyan Chapel
How does a social movement grow? Join a ranger to meet the organizers of the 1848 Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention and learn more about the Wesleyan Chapel in which it was held. Discover how Faith, Fortune and Fate combined to ignite a movement.
3:30pm – 4pm: Book Signing with Elizabeth Vollstadt
America’s National Park Bookstore
Join Elizabeth Vollstadt for a meet-and-greet and author book signing of What Charlotte Found at Seneca Falls: A Story of the First Women's Rights Convention.
4pm – 4:30pm: “Looking Ahead to Freedom 2027: New York's Emancipation Bicentennial”
Wesleyan Chapel
2027 will mark New York’s Emancipation Bicentennial. Join Keziah Franks, Nan Johnson Legacy Fund Intern (Friends of Women's Rights NHP), to learn more about ongoing research that addresses essential questions about women's roles in the institution of slavery in New York and the journey to abolition.
Convention Days is an annual event held in the spirit of the 1848 Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls. Not only does the event commemorate the convention anniversary, it draws on the tenets of community, engagement, and activism that made the original convention a crucible of change.
Talks and presentations by scholars and people active in the field of women's history illuminate historical topics, while living history presentations and family programs provide interactive opportunities for learning. Just as the 1848 convention brought together people from different geographical areas and walks of life in support of women's rights, Convention Days does the same for a modern audience.
Join us this year on July 17 - 19 for the 2026 Convention Days event!
About the 2026 theme: In recognition of the American Semiquincentennial of independence on July 4, 2026 – celebrating freedom and 250 years since the nation’s founding – the theme of Convention Days 2026 is “Unfinished Resolutions.” Revolutionary women like the five convention organizers: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Martha Coffin Wright, Mary Ann M’Clintock, and Jane Hunt, did not wait passively for rights to be granted. They organized, protested, wrote their own Declaration of Sentiments asserting that “all men and women are created equal,” and risked ridicule and reprisal for insisting on women’s rights. Their legacy continues through the ongoing fight for universal rights and equality, which is not defined by what has already been resolved, but through collective willingness to confront what remains unfinished, 250 years later.
There will be various activities across three separate properties:
The Visitor Center, Wesleyan Chapel, and Declaration Park, 136 Fall Street, Seneca Falls
The Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, 32 Washington Street, Seneca Falls (.9 miles from Visitor Center)
The M'Clintock House, 14 E Williams Street, Waterloo (3.5 miles from Visitor Center)
Other events not affiliated with the park will be taking place concurrently throughout Seneca Falls.
Public parking is available in any designated public parking lots or along the street. Please obey all posted parking signage. The main Visitor Center parking lot will be reserved for accessible parking, only.
Public parking is also available onsite at the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House and M'Clintock House. There is an accessible, paved drop-off zone in front of the Stanton House, as well as designated accessible parking spots in the gravel parking lot.
All park-sponsored activities are completely free and open to the public.
There are public restrooms inside the Visitor Center, and there will be portable toilets located behind the Visitor Center and near the Stanton House.
Women's Rights NHP is committed to providing equitable and enjoyable experiences for all visitors. We have several available accommodations, including:
Mobility
The Visitor Center (first and second floor by elevator) and Wesleyan Chapel are fully accessible to visitors.
The Elizabeth Cady Stanton House is not accessible; however, rangers are onsite for any assistance. We also offer virtual tours of the historic building.
The M’Clintock House is fully accessible; and the second floor is closed to the public.
All sites include accessible parking areas.
All gender and accessible restrooms are located at the Visitor Center (inside), as well as portable toilets at the Visitor Center and Stanton House.
Programming
Select programs offer American Sign Language interpretation. Please see the event schedule for more details. All programs marked(ASL)include interpretation provided by Interpretek.
The 1pm Saturday film screening and filmmaker discussion will be live captioned.
Each walking tour (Fri, Sat, Sun) has an accessible (seated) alternative noted on the event schedule.
Mid-July in New York State can be unpredictable, but often hot! We suggest you plan for a warm day with potential showers.
There is a reusable water bottle filling station located inside the Visitor Center. Food and drink are prohibited in park buildings, with the exception of water.
Suggested items to bring:
Sunscreen, sunglasses, hats
Umbrellas, raincoats
Handheld fans
Reusable water bottle
Snacks and/or picnic lunch to eat while outside. (Please practice Leave No Trace principles, and dispose of all trash only in designated receptacles.)
