Suffolk County Museums
& Historical Locations
Cold Spring Harbor
Gallery
Main Street
Cold Spring Harbor
Tue.-Sun., 12-5PM
(516) 941-9444
Custom House
Main & Garden Streets
Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York 11963
(516) 941-9444
Open: Jul.-Aug., Tue.-Sun.; June & Sept./Oct., Sat.Sun.,
10AM-5PM
Admission: Adults. $2; Children, $1; groups by appt.
The William Floyd Estate
245 Park Drive
Mastic Beach, Long Island, New York 11951
(516) 399-2030
Open: May-Jun., Sat. & Sun, Jul -Aug, Fri-Sun., 10AM-4PM;
groups by appt.
Admission: Free
Ancestral home of William Floyd, Long Island's Signer of the
Declaration of Independence; 613 acre estate with 25 room mansion
built in stages from 1724-1930, family cemetery and eleven
outbuildings. Guided tours are available.
Joseph Lloyd Manor House
Lloyd Lane & Lloyd Harbor Road
Lloyd Harbor, Huntington, Long Island, New York 11743
(516) 941-9444
Open:Jun.-Oct., Fri. Sun., 1-5PM
Admission: Adults. $2; Children. $1; groups by appt.
Long Island Chapter of
Steamship Historical Society
30 Shenandoah Blvd.
Nesconset, Long Island, New York 11767
Long Island Chess Museum
P.O. Box 166
Commack, Long Island, New York 11725
(516) 543-7667
L.I. Cultural History
Laboratory and Museum
P.O. Box Drawer AR
Stony Brook , Long Island, New York 11790
(516) 929-8725
Long Island Republic
Airport Historical Society
Terminal Bldg. - Republic Airport
Farmingdale, Long Island, New York 11735
(516) 752-7707
Long Island Studies
Institute
Hofstra University,
9th Floor, Axinn Library
Hempstead Turnpike
Hempstead, Long Island, New York 11550
(516) 560-5097 or 560-5846
Open: Sept.-mid-May, Mon.-Fri.; 9AM-5PM; Tue. to 8PM; Jun.-Aug.,
Fri. to 4PM.
Admission Free
Major research center for the study of Long Island local and
regional history; books, documents, maps, newspapers,
photographs, audio-visual materials, and manuscript collections;
exhibits of the collections; programs, conferences, and
publications on Long Island's heritage.
Museum of Childhood
8 Broad Street
Greenport, Long Island, New York 11944
(516) 477-0720
Museum of Long Island
Natural Sciences
ESS Building,
SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, Long Island, New York 11794
(516) 632-8230
Open: Mon.-Fri., 9AM-5PM (Weekends for programs only; handicap
access)
Admission Free
On the campus of SUNY/ Stony Brook, the Museum features
collections of rocks, minerals and fossils; permanent exhibit on
geological history of Long Island; changing exhibits and programs
on dinosaurs, astronomy and earth sciences; school, youth and
adult programs.
The Museums at Stony Brook
1208 Route 25A
Stony Brook, Long Island, New York 11790
(516) 751-0066
Open: Wed.-Sat., Mon. hol., 10AM-5PM; Sun. 12-5PM
Admission: Adults $4; Seniors $3; students. $2.75;
Children 6-12 $2; Family (4 ) $10; Children under 6 free.
Groups by appointment
Art Museum, History Museum, Carriage House, blacksmith shop,
schoolhouse, exhibits of l9th and 20th-century art, Long Island
and American history, horse drawn carriages, miniature rooms,
antique decoys, museum shop. Public and school programs, special
events, handicap access.
Museum of the Village of
Rockville Centre
Phillips House
28 Hempstead Ave.
Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York 11571
(516) 766-0300
Open: Sept.-June, Sat. & Sun., 1-4PM; Jul. & Aug., Sun.
or by appt.
Admission: Free
This authentic Victorian home features a parlor with furnishings
on loan from the Brooklyn Museum, and a collection of original
Victorian clothing worn in Rockville Centre in the 19th century.
Northport Historical
Society
215 Main Street
Northport, Long Island, New York 11768
(516) 757-9859
Open: Tues.-Sun., 1-4:30PM
Admission: Donation
History museum founded in 1974, in an old Carnegie Library,
presents permanent and changing exhibits on cultural, historical
and geographical features of Northport, Northport Harbor, Eaton's
Neck, East Northport and Fort Salonga. A Museum shop.
Old Bethpage Village
Restoration
Round Swamp Rd.
Old Bethpage, Long Island, New York 11804
(516) 420-5280
Open: Mar -Nov., Tue.-Sun., 10AM-5PM
Admission: Adults $4; Children, $3; Seniors $2.
Old Village Hall Museum
215 South Wellwood Ave.
Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York 11757
(516) 957-4385
Old Westbury Gardens
P.O. Box 430
Old Westbury, Long Island, New York 11568
(516) 333-0048
1906 recreation of 18th century English country estate;
contains antiques and paintings by noted artists; formal gardens;
allees of linden and beech; summer lawn concerts.
* Open: Apr. 29 -Oct. 31 (including major holidays):
Wednesday - Monday (Closed Tuesday), 10:00 am-5:00 pm
* Open Sundays in November
* Reopens December 2 and 3, and December 7 through 11
for Holiday Celebration. 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
* Admission:
Gardens Only - Adults $10.00;
Seniors (62+) $6.00; Children. (6-12) $3.00
House and Gardens - Adults $8.00; Seniors (62+) $8.00;
Children (6-12) $6.00; Children under 6 admitted free.
* All Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult while on
the grounds.
Members are entitled to
free admission to the House & Gardens
except during Picnic Pops, Scottish Games and the
Holiday Celebration, when they receive reduced rates.
Group rates (15 or more) are available with reservations
made a minimum of two weeks in advance.
Food, Photography, Sports: Picnicking is permitted in the
Public Area only (no fires). Still Photography for personal,
non-commercial use only and without a tripod is permitted in the
gardens but not in the house. For wedding or commercial
photography,
call for rates and reservations. Sports, pets and sun bathing are
not allowed.
Oysterponds Historical
Society
Village Lane
Orient, Long Island, New York 11957
(516) 323-2480
Open: Jun. & Sept., Sat. & Sun., 2-5PM;
Jul. & Aug., Wed., Th., Sat., & Sun., 2-5PM;
Schoolhouse open Oct.-May, Thu., 10AM-5PM.
Admission:
Jun.-Sept., Adults. $2, Children. $.50; Oct-.May, donation.
Everyday life of Orient and East Marion hamlets preserved in
l9th-century Village House, Hallock building exhibits, Old Point
Schoolhouse, and the Red Barn with the carriage collection. The
18th century Orange Webb house is undergoing reconstruction
through 1990.
The Parrish Art Museum
25 Job's Lane
Southampton, Long Island, New York 11968
(516) 283-2118
Open: Jun. 15-Sept. 15, Mon., Tue., Thu., Fri. & Sat.,
10AM-5PM; Sun., 1-5PM.
Admission: $2.00 donation
Founded in 1898, the Museum is devoted to American art of the
l9th and 20th centuries; major works by William Merrit Chase and
Fairfield Porter; sculpture garden and arboretum; changing
exhibitions, lectures, concerts, school and youth programs.
Polish American Museum
16 Bellview Ave.
Port Washington, Long Island, New York 11050
(516) 883-6542
Open: Fri., 10AM-4PM; Sat. & Sun., 1-4PM
Admission: Free
The museum represents Polish-American culture and features
documents of outstanding personalities; paintings, artifacts,
costumes & traveling displays.
Pollock-Krasner House and
Study Center
830 Fireplace Road
East Hampton, Long Island, New York 11937
(516) 324-4929
Open: May 1-Oct. 31, Th., Fri., Sat., llAM-4PM, appt. only
Adm Adults. $5 donation
Formerly home and studio of Abstract Expressionist painters
Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner, open as an historic site and
research facility; annual lectures and courses on Abstract
Expressionism
and artistic heritage of Eastern Long Island.
Oueens County Farm Museum
73-50 Little Neck Parkway
Floral Park, Long Island, New York 11004
Railroad Museum of Long
Island
4th Street
Greenport, Long Island, New York 11944
Raynham Hall Museum
20 West Main Street
Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York 11771
(516) 922-6808
Open: Tue.-Sun., 1-5PM; closed New Year's Day, Thanksgiving and
Christmas.
Admission: Adults. $2; Students & Seniors $1; Children. under
6 free.
A twenty-two room house depicts lives of two generations of
Townsends in Oyster Bay since 1738 and occupation by Queen's
Rangers during the American Revolution; 1851 Victorian addition;
formal gardens.
Rock Hall
199 Broadway
Lawrence, Long Island, New York 11559
(516) 239-1157
Open: April-Nov., Mon., Wed.-Sat., 10 AM-4PM; Sun., 12-4PM
Admission: Free
Roslyn Landmark Society
1 Paper Mill Road
Roslyn, Long Island, New York 11576
(516) 621-3040
Sag Harbor Whaling and
Historical Museum
P.O. Box 1327
Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York 11963
(516) 725-0770
Sagamore Hill National
Historic Site
20 Sagamore Hill Road
Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York 11771
(516) 922-4447
Open: daily, 9:30AM-5PM; closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, New
Year's Day.
Admission: 16-62, $1; all others free.
Constructed by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1884-5,
this 23 room Victorian mansion was his "Summer White
House"
from 1901-1909. Old Orchard Museum by Mr. & Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. in 1937-38; exhibits and audio visual programs
on Roosevelt's family life and career.
Science Museum of Long
Island
1526 North Plandome Road
Manhasset, Long Island, New York 11030
(516) 627-9400
Open: weekdays, 8AM-4PM; Sat., 8AM-1PM
Admission: Free
Since 1961, the Museum has been offering, hands-on science
workshops and programs to students and adults on topics from
astronomy to zoology; after school workshops, adult courses,
summer science camp, and teacher training workshops.
Sea Cliff Village Museum
95 Tenth Street
Sea Cliff, Long Island, New York 11579
(516) 671-0090
Open: Sat.-Sun., 2-5PM
Admission: Donation
This museum presents changing exhibits on the history
and culture of Sea Cliff; collections of photographs,
costumes, documents and memorabilia.
Smithtown Historical
Society
North Country Road
(Route 25A)
Smithtown, Long Island, New York 11787
(516) 265-6768
Open: weekdays, 9AM-4PM: Sat., 1-4PM
Caleb Smith House only; others by appt.
Admission: Donation
The Society is committed to discovering and preserving the
history
of Smithtown and Long Island through research conservation and
education.
Caleb Smith House
Open weekdays 9AM-4PM; Sat., 1-4PM;
changing exhibits, research library
Epenetus Smith Tavern 1740
Inn
and Stagecoach Stop
211 Middle Country Road
Smithtown, Long Island, New York 11787
Judge J. Lawrence Smith
Homestead
(under restoration)
205 Middle Country Road
Smithtown, Long Island, New York 11787
Franklin Arthur Farm
19th-Century farm complex
245 Middle Country Road
Smithtown, Long Island, New York 11787
Brush Barn 1900
barn/meeting hall
209 Middle Country Road
Smithtown, Long Island, New York 11787
Obadiah Smith House
1700 farmhouse; architectural study house; by appt.
853 St. Johnland Rd.
Kings Park LONG ISLAND NY 11754
Smithtown Township Arts
Council
660 Route 25A
St. James, Long Island, New York 11780
(516) 862-6575
Open: Mon.-Fri., 11AM-4PM; Sat., 12-4PM.
Adm Free
Gallery in historic Mills Pond House hosts monthly shows;
juried Fine Arts Competition, Photography Competition, and
High School Competition; outdoor summer concert series;
year-round gallery concerts; children's theatre, art classes,
outreach bank galleries.
St. James General Store
Moriches Rd.
St.James LONG ISLAND NY 11780
(516) 862-8333
Society For The
Preservation
of Long Island Antiquities (SPLIA)
93 North Country Road
Setauket, Long Island, New York 11733
(516) 941-9444
The Society preserves Long Island's past, through publications,
preservation services and advocacy, school programs,
the maintenance of five historic house museums with
collection of fine and decorative arts, and
changing exhibits at the Cold Spring Harbor Gallery.
Sherwood-Jayne House
Old Post Road
Setauket, Long Island, New York 11733
(516) 941-9444
Open: by appt.
Admission: Adults. $2; Children. $1
Southold Indian Museum
Bayview Road
Southold, Long Island, New York 11971
(516) 765-5577
Open: Sun., 1:30-4:30PM, and by appt.
Admission: Donation
The Museum is dedicated to preserving the culture of the Indians
of Long Island; exhibits on Indian culture and archaeological
method; lectures, children's programs, special events.
Stony Brook Historical
Society
Box 802
Stony Brook, Long Island, New York 11790
Suffolk County
Archeological Association
P.O. Drawer AR
Stony Brook, Long Island, New York 11790
Suffolk County Division
of Cultural and Historical Services
P.O. Box 144
West Sayville, Long Island, New York 11796
(516) 567-7775
Suffolk County Historical
Society
300 West Main St.
Riverhead, Long Island, New York 11901
(516) 727-2881
Open: call Admission: free; library use $2.00.
Founded in 1886, the Society is the second oldest historical
society on Long Island. Collections, exhibitions, and programs
concentrate on the County's history and its people; museum,
research library, archives, and education programs.
Suffolk County Police
Museum Police Headquarters
Yaphank Ave.
Yaphank, Long Island, New York 11980
(516) 345-6011-6012
Open Tue.-Sat., 9AM- 5PM
Admission: Free
The museum contains various law enforcement displays
from the turn of the century to present day
and a recreated stationhouse typical of Long Island in the
1920's.
Group tours and speakers' programs.
Suffolk Marine Museum
P.O. Box 184 Montauk
Highway
West Sayville, Long Island, New York 11796
(516) 567-1733
SUNY Printing Museum
SUNY College of Technology,
Hale Hall
Farmingdale, Long Island, New York 11735
(516) 420-2181
Open: Sept.-Jun., 9AM4PM; groups by appt.; Jun.-Aug. 31 by appt.
Admission Free
Displays of oak and wrought-iron type cases with fonts,
dingbats drawers; 20th-century presses and modern computerized
desktop publishing. Demonstrations of hand printing.
Tee Ridder Miniatures
Museum
of the Nassau County Museum of Art
North side of Northern Blvd.
1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor
Long Island, New York
(516) 484-9338
Admission included in $4
entry fee.
Telephone Pioneers Museum
445 Commack Rd.
Commack, Long Island, New York 11725
(516) 543-1371
Thompson House
North Country Road
Setauket, Long Island, New York 11733
(516) 941-9444
Open: June-Oct.; Fri-.Sun., 1-5PM
Admission: Ad. $2; Children $1; groups by appt.
Three Village Historical
Society
P.O. Box 1776
East Setauket, Long Island, New York 11733
(516) 751-3730
Located in the villages of the Setaukets, Stony Brook, Old Field
and Poquott, the Society maintains an archival local history
collection
at the Emma Clark Library in Setauket, (516) 941-4080;
programs, Dec. house tour special events, publications.
Townsend Society of
America, Inc.
107 E. Main Street
Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York 11771
(516) 922-5434
University Art Gallery
Staller Center for the Arts
SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, Long Island, New York 11794
(516) 632-7240
Open: Tue.-Sat., 12-4PM
Admission: Free
A 4,700 square foot facility in the Staller Center for the Arts
presents six exhibitions per year and hosts the
Department of Art's Topics in Art lecture series.
Vanderbilt Museum
180 Little Neck Road
Centerport, Long Island, New York 11721-0605
(516) 262-7880 (office)
262-7888 (public information)
Open: Tue.-Sat., 10AM-4PM; Sun. and Hol., 12-5PM;
Planetarium Sky Shows
Sept. - Jun., Fri. - Sun.; Jul. - Labor Day, Tue.- Sun.;
closed Mon., Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
Admission: Adults. $5; Stud. & Seniors $4; Children under 12
$2.
Mansion, Marine Museum, Planetarium, Park -
Home of William Kissam Vanderbilt II, the 43 acre estate,
Eagle's Nest, contains fine and decorative arts,
natural history collections, gathered in the 1920's-30's;
lectures, workshops, concerts, special events.
Planetarium programs include sky shows, children and family
astronomy programs, and night-sky observing sessions.
Wantagh Preservation
Society
P.O. Box 132
Wantagh, Long Island, New York 11793
(516) 826- 8767
Old Water Mill Museum
Old Mill Road
P.O. Box 63
Water Mill, Long Island, New York 11976
(631)726-4625
(516) 726-9685
Open: Thurs., Sat.-Mon., 1:00-5:00 p.m. (June, July & August)
The oldest operating watermill on Long Island,
this grist mill was built in 1644. Demonstrations are given
and there are a number of historical exhibits.
Welwyn Preserve
Crescent Beach Road
Glen Cove, Long Island, New York NY 11542
(516) 676-1474
Westhampton Beach
Long Island Aero Museum
Avenue B, Building 121
Gabreski Airport
Westhampton Beach, Long Island, New York 11978
(631)288-3600
Open by appointment
A small museum dedicated to the development of the
airplane industry. Exhibits include photographs and
other memorabilia, including a 1907 airplane engine.
Westhampton Cultural
Consortium
14 Pleasant Ave.
Westhampton Beach, Long Island, New York 11978
(516) 288-0780
Walt Whitman Birthplace
Museum
246 Old Walt Whitman
Road
Huntington Station, Long Island, New York 11746
(516) 427-5240
Open: Wed.-Fri., 1-4PM;
Sat. & Sun., 10AM-4PM.
Admission Free
Walt Whitman House is the birthplace of one of America's
most famous poets. Authentic furnishings, unusual architecture,
Whitman's schoolmaster's desk, changing exhibits; library;
school and group tours; picnic facilities.
Wilderness Traveling
Museum
10 Boulder Way
Hauppauge, Long Island, New York 11788
(516) 864-1528
Corwith Windmill
Halsey Lane
Interior not open
This restored windmill was built in 1800
and moved to this site in 1813. It is the second
oldest of Long Island's surviving windmills and is on
the National Register of Historic Sites.
MUSEUMS OF LONG ISLAND
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This page was last updated September 8, 2000.