• First Wave Statue Exhibit

    Women's Rights

    National Historical Park New York

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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, 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 rehabilitated 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
Closed until May 25, 2013.

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 2, 2012. The House will re-open March 2, 2013.

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.

The Elizabeth Cady Stanton House is not staffed or open except during guided-tour times. Visitors may walk the grounds and view outside exhibits daily from dawn until dusk.

Did You Know?

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter Harriot, 1856.

Did you know that before Susan B. Anthony campaigned for woman's suffrage, her good friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton spearheaded the First Women's Rights Convention in America? More...