Education programs, permanent and changing exhibitions, workshops, and guided and self-guided tours interpret the Oneida Community story for children and adults.  The curriculum-based field trip Children of the Mansion House is designed for fourth, fifth and sixth-grade classes as well as youth community groups, camp, and scout troops, and can be arranged by teachers and group leaders.  Students participate in hands-on learning centers, make comparisons and draw conclusions, listen to children’s stories from the past, hunt for curiosities, use historic reproductions, as well as examine architecture, primary documents, photos and museum displays.
Staff can provide customized museum programs for middle, high school, college and university classes with a focus on anthropology, sociology, health, women’s studies, religion, philosophy, history, government, or economics.The Mansion House also offers special group tours for specific audiences.

Concerts, recitals, plays, and other presentations provide additional opportunities for revealing Community life. 

Family portraits, historical photographs in the thousands, a Victorian curio cabinet, period furniture, paintings crafted from silk braidings, books, Community-designed costumes, and ephemera - more than 30,000 objects in all - illustrate the intellectual, cultural, and business life of the Community.         The Mansion House is the queen of the collection; its interior key to Community activities.  Included in self-guided and guided tours are the Big Hall, described as “an embodiment of our life and faith” by founder John Humphrey Noyes, with its exquisite trompe l’oeil ceiling; the Upper Sitting Room that most defined their idea of home; the Community Library where life-long education was encouraged and more than 100 newspapers, magazines, and journals subscribed; and the Vestibule with its cabinet of curiosities.
In the History Room visitors can explore objects from Community life: silk thread and animal traps produced for sale, charming small wooden bureaus made for women to store their keepsakes, original Community china, and early Oneida silverware.

               The Syracuse University Library is the repository for much of the Oneida

        Community collection. 

              Orientation Exhibit.Recently installed exhibit features photographs, text,        

artifacts and more to provide visitors with a thorough introduction to the Oneida

Community prior to touring the Mansion House.

       Sherrill and Oneida Community, Ltd. A new exhibit exploring the city’s  

       unique history and its links with the famous Oneida silverware company. Curated by

       Anthony Wonderley, the Mansion House’s Curator of Collections and Interpretation,

       the exhibit features never-before exhibited photographs and objects from the 

       Mansion House’s holdings.

The Braidings of Jessie Catherine Kinsley. This permanent exhibit features exquisite silk braidings and paintings by an Oneida Community descendent.  Suggested donation for exhibit only is $2.  Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m.

For more information about the historic Mansion House and the Oneida Community, visitors can purchase books and memorabilia at the charming bookstore.          The bookstore includes many titles about the utopian, religious community as well as souvenirs and gifts including cards, clothing and games. For more information about titles or for mail order, please call (315) 363-0745 or write to:
Bookstore
Oneida Community Mansion House
170 Kenwood Avenue
Oneida, New York 13421

Open year-round except major holidays.
Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday:  12 to 4 p.m.   

Regularly scheduled guided tours are conducted Wednesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and Sunday, 2 p.m. Groups of eight or more are welcome by reservation, 315-363-0745.  Self guided tours may be taken at any time.  Admissions prices are as follows:

Adults, $5
Children Under 12, Free
Family Unit (one set of parents and their children), $15
Students, $3
First floor wheelchair accessible

Elementary School/Camp/Scout Program, by reservation