Meet History Face-to-Face: Introducing Our AI Tour Guides
On March 7, the Saratoga Springs History Museum proudly launches a groundbreaking new way to experience history — AI-powered Historical Tour Guides.
For the first time, visitors can go beyond reading exhibit panels. Now, you can speak directly with the people who shaped Saratoga Springs.
Using your smartphone, you’ll be able to chat with AI avatars modeled after real historical figures whose lives helped define our city and the Canfield Casino. In select exhibits, you can even converse with portrait-based avatars — bringing history to life in a truly immersive way.
Talk to the People Who Built Saratoga
John Morrissey
Founder of the Canfield Casino and creator of the Saratoga Race Course, Morrissey helped transform Saratoga Springs into a national destination. Ask him about the rise of racing culture, high society, and the origins of the Casino building you’re standing in today.
Frank Leslie
Publisher, media innovator, and suffrage advocate, Leslie used her publishing empire to influence national politics and support women’s voting rights. Discover her Saratoga connections and the bold decisions that changed American history.
Ellen Hardin Walworth
A civic leader, preservationist, and founder of the Saratoga Historical Society — now the Saratoga Springs History Museum — Ellen Hardin Walworth played a pivotal role in shaping both local and national history. She helped establish the Saratoga Monument Association, was instrumental in founding the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, and advocated for the creation of the National Archives. Ask her about the founding of the Museum, the Battles of Saratoga, or what it meant to be a woman leading major historical initiatives in the 19th century.
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How It Works
• Scan a QR code inside the Museum
• Chat with historical figures on your phone
• Speak directly with portrait-based avatars in select exhibits
• Ask your own questions — no scripts, no limits
Whether you’re curious about 19th-century Saratoga society, the mineral springs, women’s suffrage, or the transformation of the Canfield Casino, history now answers back.
A New Chapter for the Museum
The Saratoga Springs History Museum is proud to blend innovation with preservation — honoring the past while embracing the future.
History is no longer something you just read.
Now, you can have a conversation with it.
Available to all guests beginning March 7. Included with admission.
