Mansion House schedule of events

Step back in time to enjoy an old-fashioned country fair with classic fair games and entertainment from years past. Families: $7

Ellen Wayland-Smith reads from her just-released book about the Oneida Community, followed with a book signing. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. The event is co-sponsored with the Oneida Public Library. $5 donation requested

Coles Phillips’ unique style distinguished him as one of advertising’s most creative artists. Learn more about his work with Oneida, Ltd and create your own Oneida ad for hands-on fun. Free to Members; Non-Members: $7 Students (ages 8 & up): $3.

Recently discovered architectural drawings provide new information about how the Mansion House was built, and how it reflected and encouraged the Oneida Community’s distinctive way of life. Featured graphics of the Mansion House central building (1862) and two additions (1869, 1878) illuminate the visions of their architects for the first time. They also show how the original designs were altered by the client Community and then further changed in response to practical use and construction requirements. New architectural information clarifies how the pragmatic communards ended up with fashionable structures that followed the Italian Villa, Second Empire, and High Victorian Gothic styles. The presentation coincides with the exhibit of newly conserved architectural drawings. Free to Members; Non-Members: $7 Students (ages 8 & up): $3.

October

Since 1914, silverware has been made in Sherrill, New York. From Oneida Community, Ltd. to Sherrill Manufacturing, discover the history of the craft that made Madison County known throughout the country. Go behind the scenes for a first-hand glimpse of America’s only silverware manufacturers, Sherrill Manufacturing’s Liberty Tabletop, located in the historic Oneida factory. Guests will meet at the Mansion House before the factory tour. Members: $5 Non-Members: $7. Students (ages 8 & up): $3.

Celebrate International Archeology Day with us as we uncover and explore Community life in the nineteenth century. Dr. Anthony Wonderley, curator of collections, will describe the settlement pattern around the Mansion House and lead visitors on a tour of the Mansion House site exploring the several phases of site use as shown in the landscape, in the standing structures, and in the documentary evidence. Free to Members; Non-Members: $7. Students (ages 8 & up): $3.

Join Dr. Molly Jessup, curator of education, in a discussion about mourning culture in the 19th century followed with a tour of the Oneida Community Cemetery and the gravesites of notable Community members. Free to Members; Non-Members: $7. Students (ages 8 & up): $3.