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Phelps Mansion
Phelps Mansion
The Phelps Mansion Museum utilizes and preserves its unique Victorian facility and collections to serve the public through regular tours, exhibits, and programs emphasizing local history, education, literature, art and music. A visit to the Phelps Mansion Museum includes a tour of the home of businessman and early Binghamton Mayor Sherman Phelps.
Built by noted architect Isaac G. Perry in 1870 for Sherman Phelps, and later used by the Monday Afternoon Club, this mansion has remained a focal point of Binghamton’s Historic Downtown for 145 years. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and later established under the NYS Board of Regents as a museum in 2005, the Phelps Mansion Museum is a dedicated historic house museum for the Gilded and Progressive Eras in Central New York.
Programming
Programming
Museum Tour — Elementary Option
Museum Tour — Elementary Option
Grades: 1–5
Audience Size: 10–70
Length of Performance: 1.5 – 3 hours
Description: A visit to the Phelps Mansion Museum includes a tour of the home of businessman and early Binghamton Mayor Sherman Phelps. Learn about the part that Mr. Phelps and architect Isaac Perry played in the development of Binghamton. Students will be guided through the mansion, with emphasis upon its history, architecture and lifestyles of the 1870’s with optional interactive grade level appropriate activities. The visit may end with students singing vintage songs, playing period games, or experiencing toys and games of the Victorian era. Classes have the option of bringing a bag lunch to eat under the crystal chandelier in the ballroom. A teacher resource pack and a DVD of the interior of the mansion are available to teachers for a pre-visit preparation in the classroom.
*Catered Lunch is available through Cline's Catering, unable to be covered through BOCES funding.
This venue supports the following NYS Learning Standards:
English Language Arts Common Core Learning Standards
Presentation of knowledge of ideas (speaking and listening)
Vocabulary acquisition and use
Mathematical Principles Common Core Learning Standards
Modeling with mathematics
Mathematical reasoning
Learning Standards for the Arts
Responding (reflect, interpret, evaluate, critique)
Connecting (relate artistic ideas with societal, cultural & historical context)
Categories: History; Museums / Exhibits; Tourism
Cost:
$5.00 per student
Chaperones are complimentary
Museum Tour — Middle & High School Option
Museum Tour — Middle & High School Option
Grades: 6–12
Audience Size: 10–70
Length of Performance: 1.5 – 3 hours
Description: A visit to the Phelps Mansion Museum includes a tour of the home of businessman and early Binghamton Mayor Sherman Phelps. Learn about the part that Mr. Phelps and architect Isaac Perry played in the development of Binghamton.
Students will…
be encouraged to make connections to local history
learn about the Age of Industrialism in Binghamton
learn about advances made in 19th century technology
investigate the spaces used throughout the house in the context of 19th century social history
be provided with information on the art and architecture of the property and its historical and cultural significance
Students will be guided through the mansion, with emphasis upon its history, architecture and lifestyles of the 1870’s with optional interactive workshops: 19th century inventions, the art of letter writing, using a mail order catalog from 1895 Montgomery Ward & Co Catalog, and learning 19th century parlor games. This program can be adjusted to accommodate the various grade levels. Classes have the option of bringing a bag lunch to eat under the crystal chandelier in the ballroom. A teacher’s resource pack and a DVD of the interior of the mansion are available to teachers for a pre-visit preparation in the classroom.
*Catered Lunch is available through Cline's Catering, unable to be covered through BOCES funding.
This venue supports the following NYS Learning Standards:
English Language Arts Common Core Learning Standards
Presentation of knowledge of ideas (speaking and listening)
Mathematical Principles Common Core Learning Standards
Modeling with mathematics
Mathematical reasoning
Learning Standards for the Arts
Responding (reflect, interpret, evaluate, critique)
Connecting (relate artistic ideas with societal, cultural & historical context)
Categories: History; Museums / Exhibits; Tourism
Cost:
$5.00 per students
Chaperones are complimentary
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