The Mansion is undergoing mechanical upgrades and will be closed for tours until Spring 2025 but we continue to host events and programs. Please visit the events page for more details.
Lecture | “Gilded Age Properties” | Thu., Apr. 10 at 6:00pm
Through family letters, artifacts, handwritten notes, dusty newspaper accounts, tax records, wills, and deeds, Kathy Olsen, with a small team of Mansion researchers, was able to piece together the fascinating history of the holdings of two renowned Gilded Age families. Join us for this revealing talk, which will span generations and uncover family assets, surprising beneficiaries, and secret scandals. (Note: Rescheduled from May 18)
Lecture | “Classic Car Culture” | Sun., May 18 at 2:00pm
James Melton was known as 'America's Favorite Tenor' from the 1920s to the 1950s. His fame as a singer, however, was eventually eclipsed by his passion for collecting classic, antique, and vintage cars. This well-illustrated lecture by automotive historian John J. O’Leary IV will revisit the life of the renown tenor and car collector and explore his automotive history through documents, photographs and artifacts dating back to the 1940s.
Art Exhibit | “Reimagining Reflection” | June 12 - Sept 29, 2025
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, in collaboration with Silvermine Arts Center, will inaugurate its 2025 Season and the reopening of the Mansion after a two-year closure with a new contemporary art exhibition titled Reimagined Reflection. An artist reception will be held on June 12, 2025, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Exhibit | “Bulls of Wall Street” | Sept. 4, 2025 – Feb. 4, 2026
This exhibition will explore the financial world of LeGrand Lockwood, one of America’s first millionaires and Treasurer of the NY Stock Exchange, and his more renowned peers—Vanderbilt, Gould, and Fisk. This program will also investigate the role of women and individuals from marginalized communities who tried to break Wall Street’s “glass ceiling” and enter the world of finance and the market in 19th-century America.
