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Women's Rights National Historical Park
Things To Do
 

Bring your cellphone and take a self-guided audio tour!

It's easy, call (315) 257.9370 and select one of the five stops. Find out all about the sites below right now or when you visit, you decide.

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Wesleyan Chapel
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The Wesleyan Chapel, site of the First Women's Rights Convention, is the park's most important resource. Guided tours are offered daily. Go to the visitor center for tour times.
 

View or print the schedule with tour times listed below here.

Visitor Center and Exhibits
136 Fall Street, Seneca Falls
Open daily.

The Visitor Center is open year round, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, except New Year's Day, Presidents' Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

The Visitor Center includes a theater where an orientation film, "Dreams of Equality" is shown, a museum with exhibits that detail the history of the Women's Rights Movement through the early 1990s, and a statue exhibit entitled "The First Wave", depicting the planners of the First Women's Rights Convention.

Wesleyan Chapel
136 Fall Street, Seneca Falls
Programs daily.

The remains of the Wesleyan Chapel are immediately adjacent to the Visitor Center. This was the site of the First Women's Rights Convention, held in 1848 and considered by many historians to be the formal beginnings of the Women's Rights Movement. Programs are provided daily here by park staff.

M'Clintock House
14 William Street, Waterloo
Open Thursday through Sunday, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Programs offered at 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. House will re-open for the season on May 23, 2009.

The M'Clintock House was the home of Thomas and Mary Ann M'Clintock, prominent members of Waterloo's Quaker community who were instrumental in the planning and hosting of the First Women's Rights Convention. The home has been restored to it's 1848 appearance, with some period and reproduction furniture, and has exhibits about their work in Antislavery and Women's Rights.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton House
32 Washington Street, Seneca Falls
Tours daily through December 7,2008. Will open March 7, 2009.

The Elizabeth Cady Stanton House was the home of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, her husband Henry, and their seven children. It has been restored to it's 1848 appearance with some exhibits and furniture, and ranger-led tours are provided.

 
Jr. Ranger
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The Wesleyan Chapel as it appears today.
Learn what happened in the Wesleyan Chapel in 1848
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Two-story red brick house where Thomas and Mary Ann M'Clitnock lived.
Visit a station on the Underground Railroad!
Learn more about the M'Clintock family and their home
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Statue  

Did You Know?
Did you know that Amelia Bloomer (for whom the outfit was named) edited the first newspaper for women?
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Last Updated: October 18, 2008 at 09:41 EST