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LXCL:The Phelps Mansion Museum will utilize and preserve its unique Victorian facility and collections to serve the public through regular tours, exhibits, and programs emphasizing local history, education, literature, art and music.

Climb aboard the Trolley and come celebrate National Carousel Day with us. &nbsp;We will visit 4 of the 6 carousels. Collect a card at each stop and claim your carousel circuit button at the last stop. &nbsp;On board guests can participate in trivia questions as we venture between destinations, and we will discuss the history of each carousel at each location. Guests are encouraged to bring their own lunch or snacks as we will take a break at one of the parks during the afternoon. Tickets are $25 per person and limited to 28 guests. So come take a spin, or 2 on Broome County’s historic carousels. Space is limited so book early!&nbsp; Important to note: The CFJ carousel is closed for this year and at the current time the carousel at Ross Park Zoo may or may not be ready by July 25th. &nbsp;There is always a chance that a carousel may not be operational on July 25th.&nbsp;

Carousel Trolley Tour

Trivia Night is back! Join us at the Phelps Mansion for a fun evening of trivia. Get your friends together and come on down. Time: 7pm-10pm Teams up to 10 people 5 rounds and 1 bonus question Soda, and water and snacks available for purchase (or bring your own snacks)

Trivia Night

Thank you for joining us for Community Day, we look forward to seeing you.

Community Day

Join us as for history hour: Lunch Edition. On Thursday July 9th our Amanda Eggleton will give a presentation about the history of the Lady Jane Gray School. Lunch begins at 12pm, program will start at 12:30pm. &nbsp; Guests can choose from a boxed lunch provided by Clines Catering. The lunch choices are ham and cheese on marble rye or turkey and cheese sandwich on Italian, with pasta salad and dessert. &nbsp; Coffee, tea, soda, or water provided. Lunch and Program is $20.00Program only is $10.00 Reservations for boxed lunches must be booked by Tuesday June 7th. If booking online, please be sure to select a sandwich option from the drop-down menu Book online or call 607-722-4873

History Hour Lunch Edition

Learn the core structure of the Tarot, the meanings of the Major and Minor Arcana, and simple spreads that unlock intuitive storytelling. The class blends hands‑on practice with guided interpretation, helping participants trust their instincts while building a solid foundation in symbolism and card relationships.&nbsp;&nbsp;By the end, each student completes real readings, gaining both skill and self‑assurance. This accelerated experience is perfect for anyone curious about Tarot, seeking personal insight, or wanting to read for friends and family.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s a welcoming, energizing introduction that transforms the deck from mysterious to meaningful.&nbsp;Class Fee $75All Materials Included: Workbook, worksheets, Master Tarotist Deck Guidebook, Pen and my Tarot Stuff bag.

Tarot Class

A Brief History of the Town of Colesville and Its Hamlets: Revolutionary War Veterans and Early Settlement by Town of Colesville historian Sam Conrad. Admission: $10 not yet members $8 museum membersSnacks/Drinks available for purchase&nbsp;

June History Night

The following groups can enter a discount at checkout to receive $5 off their membership:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Students -- code STUDENT</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Seniors over 60 -- code SENIOR</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Educators -- code ED</li></ul>In addition to the benefits outlined below, all Phelps Mansion Museum members receive a $2 discount on admission to the Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park, Discovery Center of the Southern Tier, Kopernik Observatory, and the Roberson Museum and Science Center. The Phelps Mansion has stood in the heart of downtown Binghamton for over 150 years. With your membership, you help ensure it&rsquo;ll be here for generations more. Your support directly funds the preservation of this unique Gilded Age landmark as well as our unique music, arts, and history programming.&nbsp; It also provides you discounted access to our gift shop, events, and tours. Join today!

The following groups can enter a discount at checkout to receive $5 off their membership:Students -- code STUDENTSeniors over 60 -- code SENIOREducators -- code EDIn addition to the benefits outlined below, all Phelps Mansion Museum members receive a $2 discount on admission to the Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park, Discovery Center of the Southern Tier, Kopernik Observatory, and the Roberson Museum and Science Center.The Phelps Mansion has stood in the heart of downtown Binghamton for over 150 years. With your membership, you help ensure it’ll be here for generations more. Your support directly funds the preservation of this unique Gilded Age landmark as well as our unique music, arts, and history programming. It also provides you discounted access to our gift shop, events, and tours. Join today!

Annual Memberships

The Phelps Mansion has stood in the heart of downtown Binghamton for over 150 years. With your membership, you help ensure it&rsquo;ll be here for generations more. Your support directly funds the preservation of this unique Gilded Age landmark as well as our unique music, arts, and history programming.&nbsp; It also provides you discounted access to our gift shop, events, and tours. Join today! In addition to the benefits outlined below, all Phelps Mansion Museum members receive a $2 discount on admission to the Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park, Discovery Center of the Southern Tier, Kopernik Observatory, and the Roberson Museum and Science Center.

The Phelps Mansion has stood in the heart of downtown Binghamton for over 150 years. With your membership, you help ensure it’ll be here for generations more. Your support directly funds the preservation of this unique Gilded Age landmark as well as our unique music, arts, and history programming. It also provides you discounted access to our gift shop, events, and tours. Join today!In addition to the benefits outlined below, all Phelps Mansion Museum members receive a $2 discount on admission to the Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park, Discovery Center of the Southern Tier, Kopernik Observatory, and the Roberson Museum and Science Center.

Monthly Memberships

Explore the Phelps Mansion with a guided tour that brings the Gilded Age in Binghamton into clear focus. Walk through restored rooms, hear stories that connect the Phelps family to the city&rsquo;s growth and culture. Your visit supports our mission to preserve this 1870 home and share its architectural, cultural, and social history with the community. Please complete this form to reserve your tour and help us plan for your group.

Explore the Phelps Mansion with a guided tour that brings the Gilded Age in Binghamton into clear focus. Walk through restored rooms, hear stories that connect the Phelps family to the city’s growth and culture.Your visit supports our mission to preserve this 1870 home and share its architectural, cultural, and social history with the community. Please complete this form to reserve your tour and help us plan for your group.

*Guided Tour

The story of the American Revolution is often told through military victories, declarations, and political change. Yet, beyond the battlefields and meeting halls, women across the colonies were also experiencing the Revolution at home. This talk examines the wartime letters exchanged between women and their husbands to explore what life looked like on the home front in Revolutionary New England. These intimate writings reveal how women sustained households, adapted to shifting responsibilities, and coped with long stretches of separation while their husbands were away at war. In their letters, women wrote candidly about their struggles, fears, and frustrations about life at home. In doing so, they shaped their husbands&rsquo; decisions, advocated for their families&rsquo; needs, and gained new influence in their marriages. By centering these experiences, this talk paints a fuller picture of the American Revolution as not only the cornerstone of our national origin story, but also a deeply intimate and profoundly human one. About the speaker: Alyssa Frysinger recently earned her M.A. in History from Binghamton University, where she specialized in early American women&rsquo;s history. She currently volunteers at Phelps Mansion Museum, leading tours and researching local history. Her previous internship at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum included research on the All-American Girls&rsquo; Professional Baseball League, which she recently presented in Cooperstown.&nbsp;

Women's Experience of the American Revolution

Stitched Together: A History of the Norwich Knitting Co and Walt Disney Long before Hollywood became a global merchandising empire, a small manufacturer in Norwich struck a deal that changed the entertainment industry forever. &quot;Stitched Together&quot; reveals the fascinating, untold history of how the Norwich Knitting Company partnered with a young, struggling Walt Disney to launch the world&#39;s very first Mickey Mouse apparel. The author will share how an industrial pioneer kept his business afloat during the height of the Great Depression, bringing a pie-eyed cartoon icon straight from the silver screen into the fabric of American homes. Join us for an intriguing journey through the secret alliance that helped save a local workforce while birthing modern Disney merchandising. About the author/presenter: Christian Vischi graduated with a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in English and communications from the State University of New York at Potsdam, with dual minors in jazz performance and French. Upon graduation, he was recruited to a locally owned newspaper with both daily and weekly publications. He quickly assumed the editor&rsquo;s chair of the weekly Gazette and then transitioned to a regional editor position for a large daily paper in New York&rsquo;s North Country. After two years he returned to Central New York, spending five years each in municipal government administration, in communications at the Upper New York Conference of The United Methodist Church, and Clear Path for Veterans, a veterans&rsquo; services organization supporting service members across 33 counties in New York. After three years at a global, private, for-profit manufacturer of materials science, Vischi joined the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Colgate University as assistant director. He is the chairperson of the Campus Venture Initiative, a certifying body for student ventures to operate on-campus, and a member of the Colgate Hello steering committee, which strives to create a culture of welcome, access, community, and development for all employees. Vischi is a certified master gardener, USASBE Social Entrepreneurship certified, and a privately contracted graphic designer.

History Hour

Join us for a brand-new walking tour of downtown Binghamton! Learn about Binghamton&#39;s history as well as current food, arts, and entertainment the city has to offer. Guests can expect about one hour of walking, starting and ending at the Phelps Mansion Museum. Great for local residents and new visitors alike! Tickets can be purchased on-site at the Phelps. Rates: $12/adult, $10/student or senior, children 12 and under free.

Downtown Binghamton Walking Tour

For the curious beginners or experienced. Spend your time with like-minded people and experience the spiritual energy. Hosts: Reverend Katey Gabello and Lorie Jarrold

Developing Your Psychic Ability

Trivia Night is back! Join us at the Phelps Mansion for a fun evening of trivia. Get your friends together and come on down.Time: 7pm-10pmTeams up to 10 people5 rounds and 1 bonus questionSoda, and water and snacks available for purchase (or bring your own snacks) Bring a dish to pass if you wish.

An Evening with ALONNIE in a more public venue. While not everyone will receive a reading Alonnie will be interacting with the audience as energies present themselves.Seating is Limited. Reservations can be made through the Phelps Mansion Website

Pulling Back the Veil with Alonnie

About the speaker: Mark Burdick was born in Carbondale, PA, but moved to Hawleyton in the Town of Binghamton when his Dad got a job at IBM. &nbsp;Mark and his wife Sharon have lived in Endwell since 1992. Family vacations to historic destinations on the east coast as a child in the 1970s piqued Mark&#39;s interest in history, while his paternal grandfather Newton sparked his interest in genealogy with a little book he distributed to his family called &quot;The Lineage of Dorance Billings Burdick,&quot; written by Newton&#39;s cousin. &nbsp;As a result of all this, Mark is currently a member of the Mayflower Society and President of the Binghamton Chapter, Empire State Society, Sons of the American Revolution. Over the last 6 years, the Binghamton Chapter SAR has become involved in obtaining grants for and installing roadside markers around Broome and surrounding counties. &nbsp;The plaques are part of the William G. Pomeroy Foundation / Empire State Society, SAR &quot;Patriot Burials&quot; program, which honors Revolutionary War veterans who are buried in the cemeteries identified by these markers. &nbsp; There are eight of our roadside plaques in Broome, nine in Chenango, four in Delaware and three in Otsego County, with more in progress, including eight researched by students in SUNY Oneonta&#39;s Cooperstown Graduate Program. &nbsp;You may have seen some of them in your travels around the Southern Tier.

The American Revolution and Broome County

International Recorder Virtuoso Jeffrey Wahl to Perform Exclusive Solo Recital at the Phelps Mansion Museum From the West End to the Southern Tier &ndash; An Intimate One-Night Concert Not to Be Missed BINGHAMTON, NY &ndash; He has led the United States Navy Choir in performance, headlined a concert at the Actor&#39;s Church St. Paul&#39;s in London&#39;s West End, and performed a solo concert series at the Washington National Cathedral. He has premiered original compositions at the International Poe Festival and taught master classes across Germany, Canada, Russia, and the United Kingdom. Now, Jeffrey R. Wahl brings his international artistry home to the ballroom of the Phelps Mansion Museum in Binghamton, New York, for one night only.&nbsp;The Phelps Mansion Museum is proud to present Wahl in recital on Sunday, September 13, 2026, at 3:00 PM, accompanied by celebrated pianist John Isenberg. The program spans four centuries of music&mdash;from the 17th-century variations of Jacob van Eyck to the jazz-infused crossover sounds of Claude Bolling&mdash;all performed in the intimate, Gilded Age acoustics of the Phelps ballroom, the specific setting these works were written for. &quot;The recorder is often misunderstood as a simple classroom tool, but in the hands of a master, it is an instrument of astonishing range,&quot; says Wahl. &quot;This program was designed to take the listener on a journey from the 17th century to the present day. Performing this repertoire in a setting as historically rich as the Phelps Mansion allows the music to resonate in its intended atmosphere&quot;. Highlights include Richard Harvey&#39;s Concerto Incantato, showcasing multiple members of the recorder family from the piercing Sopranino to the haunting Tenor, and the formidable Sonata by Peter Hope. The evening concludes with high-energy jazz selections that bring an unexpected electricity to the historic space.&nbsp;&nbsp;Seating is strictly limited due to the intimate nature of the ballroom. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;About Jeffrey Wahl Jeffrey R. Wahl is a professional musician, conductor, composer, and theatrical director whose career spans the international stage, the orchestra pit, and the film industry. As Founder and Artistic Director of the Binghamton Baroque Orchestra, he has built an international reputation as both pedagogue and virtuoso. Wahl proudly served 11 years in the United States Navy, conducting the U.S. Navy Choir at major ceremonies before medically retiring in 2015 as a Chief Petty Officer. His military commendations include the Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal (2), Good Conduct Medal (3), and other awards.

Jeffrey Wahl Solo Recital- From the West End to the Southern Tier

Join us inside the Phelps Mansion Museum for an evening of period-inspired cocktails, music, and dancing. Live music provided by Zingology. For ages 21+ and up.&nbsp;

4th Annual Speakeasy

Before 1776, American music was British music &mdash; because America was British. But the Revolution didn&#39;t just create a new nation; it sparked the search for a new national identity, and music was at the heart of it! This talk traces how, in the decades following independence, a distinctly American musical style began to take shape &mdash; moving well beyond the familiar strains of Yankee Doodle to explore the songs, sounds, and traditions that newly minted Americans actually lived with. What did people sing at home, at church, at taverns, and in the streets as they figured out what did it mean to be American? About the speaker: Matt Hollis has an MA in Early American history and has a deep interest in music and its history. He has published an edited collection of Revolutionary Era correspondence of&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/hero-of-fort-schuyler/?srsltid=AfmBOooS2dqXwK07fDtZqx4j91OoB4m20mT0dWdexZV39iEKe9j7RTaU" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Brigadier General Peter Gansevoort, Jr.</a>, who defended Fort Schuyler from the British in 1777.

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Women's Experience of the American Revolution

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Downtown Binghamton Walking Tour

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Developing Your Psychic Ability

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Trivia Night

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Pulling Back the Veil with Alonnie

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The American Revolution and Broome County

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Jeffrey Wahl Solo Recital- From the West End to the Southern Tier

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4th Annual Speakeasy

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The Revolution & the Creation of American Music

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