Cayuga Museum of History and Art – & Case Research Lab

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Visit the Birthplace of Talking Movies

Collections Case Research Lab

Case Research Lab

This collection contains the equipment, notebooks, technical drawings, photographs, manuscripts, patents, and scrapbooks spanning the 18 year history of the Lab- the Birthplace of Talking Movies.

Programs and Events

Check out our schedule of monthly programs and special events!

Exhibits

We offer rotating and permanent exhibits on the history of Auburn, Cayuga County, and the Finger Lakes Region.

Eileen McHugh

Executive Director

Eileen McHugh came to the Cayuga Museum from the Chico Museum in northern California in 2000. McHugh earned a double major in History and English from SUNY Oswego, and spent many years as an advertising copywriter. She believes passionately in the importance of museums as places of learning and stewards of cultural heritage. McHugh helped steer the Cayuga Museum to full physical accessibility in 2012.

McHugh is also a canine enthusiast and avid knitter.

Kirsten Wise

Curator

Kirsten Wise has been the Curator of the Cayuga Museum since 2013. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History from Penn State University and a Master’s Degree in Museum Studies from Syracuse University. At the Museum she is responsible for the development and implementation of exhibits, managing the collection, developing programs and jointly operates Theater Mack.

Prior to joining the Cayuga Museum, Wise was a Preventive Conservation and Collections Assistant at the Museum of Texas Tech University. She serves on the Facilities and Collections Committee of the Seward House Museum and is passionate for animals, volunteering for Recycle-A-Bull Bully Breed Rescue in Syracuse, NY.

Dr. Susan Goodier speaking October 15

October 3, 2017 by Kirsten Wise

Kirsten Wise

Three generations of women and men who agitated for woman suffrage drew the attention--sometimes supportive, but often hostile--of a curious public during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Using illustrations and photographs, Dr. Susan Goodier will highlight some of the people, events, and arguments of the woman suffrage movement, showing…