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Mansions/Museums/Historical Sites
Long Island history comes alive- from the site of key Revolutionary War battles to the location of the first wireless radio transmission to the airfield where Charles Lindbergh began his momentous nonstop flight to Paris. George Washington, Teddy Roosevelt, William Floyd, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, among others, played an integral part in the vast historic landscape that comprises Long Island. Long Island museums and historical sites are dedicated to science, the arts, culture, Long Island's maritime trade and influential Americans. Long Island art museums also recall its artistic past, as home to Jackson Pollock and Walt Whitman, among others.
Central Suffolk
Brookhaven National Laboratory Science Museum
The BNL Science Museum offers tours, programs and special events throughout the year for groups of a ...
Brookhaven Volunteer Fire Fighters Museum
1889 Fire House, two floors of Fire Memorabilia, two truck buildings house, 12 fire trucks. ...
Children's Maritime Museum
Come to the Children's Maritime Museum where children can explore the Working Waterfront. Build ...
Long Island Science Center
The Long Island Science Center is a hands-on interactive educational center with an emphasis on scie ...
Our Lady of the Long Island Shrine
The Shrine of Our Lady of the Island, conducted by Montfort Missionaries is located on the eastern e ...
Railroad Museum of Long Island at Riverhead
Historic Railroad collection including steam engine #39, Diesel engine #1556, Porter engine #1 and 8 ...
Sherwood-Jayne House
Filled with a varied collection of furniture and objects, the Sherwood-Jayne house is located in a b ...
Suffolk County Historical Society Museum
The Museum is home to over 20,000 artifacts that have been donated by generations of Suffolk County ...
The Big Duck
Built in 1931 by Riverhead duck farmer Martin Maurer, as a store to sell his Peking Ducks to passing ...
Hamptons to Montauk/Southfork
Bridgehampton Historical Society
Bridge Hampton Historical Society's business hours are as followed Open all year round 10am - 3p ...
Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum
National Maritime Historic Landmark. Museum, tower and gift shop. Tours of 20 or more are welcomed a ...
Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center
The National Historic Landmark site is the home and studio of abstract expressionist painters Jackso ...
Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum
Greek Revival period house museum featuring whaling artifacts, ship captain's portraits, nautica ...
Southampton Historical Museums and Research Center
The Southampton Historical Museum and Research Center's central building is an 1843 sea captain& ...
The Custom House, Sag Harbor
The Custom House was owned by Sag Harbor’s first United States Custom Master, Henry Packer Dering. ...
The Parrish Art Museum
The Parrish Art Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting American art, with a ...
Water Mill Museum
Long Island's first waterpowered grist mill (1644) features early tools, exhibits relating to th ...
North Fork
East End Seaport Museum
Maritime Museum representing the heritage of the East End of Long Island, maintenance of Long Beach ...
Railroad Museum of Long Island at Greenport
Railroad museum of Long Island has two location, Green port and Riverhead dedicated to preserving an ...
North Shore
Coe Hall
Coe Hall at Planting Fields Arboretum is a 65 room tudor revival style historic house museum. Guided ...
Coindre Hall
Newly renovated and modeled after a French Chateau Coindre Hall offers a majestic grand foyer for re ...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Research and educational facility with focus on Cancer, neuroscience, bionformatics and plant biolog ...
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
A charming museum for families to discover Long Island's seafaring past in a picturesque village ...
Cutchogue Green Historic Buildings
Cutchogue Green Historic Buildings business hours are as followed, 1 - 4pm guided tours Sat - Mon. ...
Dolan DNA Learning Center
The Dolan DNA Learning Center (DNALC) is the world's first science center devoted entirely to ge ...
Garvies Point Museum & Preserve
Garvies Point Museum & Preserve, 50 Barry Drive, Glen Cove, N.Y. 516-571-8010 Long Island Expres ...
Hallockville Museum Farm and Folklife Center
The focus of this 28-acre farm is the Hallock Homestead, dating to 1765 and representing a North For ...
Heckscher Museum of Art
In 1920, August Heckscher, Industrialist, Real Estate Developer, and Philanthropist, dedicated the H ...
Hillwood Art Museum
Hillwood Art Museum presents a year-round schedule of temporary and permanent exhibitions that cover ...
Home Sweet Home
Home Sweet Home business hours are as followed 10am - 4pm Mon - Sat., 2-4pm Sun. May - September; w ...
Huntington Historical Society
Since 1903 the Huntington Historical Society has played a vital role in the preservation and interpr ...
Joseph Lloyd Manor House
Overlooking scenic Lloyd Harbor in a setting that has remained remarkably unspoiled since the eighte ...
Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages
Discover a national treasure in historic Stony Brook. This nine acre park-life setting contains thre ...
Manor of St George
The Mamor of St George business hours are as followed, 10am - 5pm Wed - Sat., May - October. No pet ...
Nassau County Museum of Art
Located on 145 acres in Roslyn Harbor, the Nassau County Museum of Art combines the dynamic imagery ...
Old Hook Windmill
The Old Hook Windmill business hours are as followed, 10am-4pm. Mon., Wed-Sat.; 2-4pm. Sun. June - ...
Old Westbury Gardens
Welcome to North America's most beautiful English-style country estate. Built for the family of ...
Port Jefferson Village Center at Harborfront Park
Nestled along the harbor, and offering breathtaking views of Long Island Sound, is the new Port Jeff ...
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Open year round. Constructed by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1884-5, this 23-room Victorian mansi ...
Southold Indian Museum
Artifacts from earliest Long Island inhabitants to contemporaries. View handiwork of Eskimos, middl ...
St. James General Store
Built in 1857 and expanded to its present size in the 1890's. It is the oldest continuously oper ...
Stony Brook Grist Mill
Millers demonstrate the grinding process in Long Island's most completely equipped, working Gris ...
Sunflower Fine Art
Perhaps one of the most comprehensive art galleries in America, Sunflower Fine Art offers a vast and ...
The Holocaust Memorial and Educational Center of Nassau County
Learning Center and Exhibit Gallery. Tours, Library, art historical exhibits, lectures by well known ...
THE SLOBODKINA FOUNDATION
The last home of artist/author/illustrator Esphyr Slobodkina (CAPS FOR SALE) who lived as a Long Isl ...
Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary
Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary is the First National Audubon Society sanctuary and is a leader in envi ...
Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium
The elegant Vanderbilt Museum's historic mansion is the former home of William Kissam Vanderbilt ...
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site & Interpretive Center
The home of Walt Whitman, circa 1819. Served as inspiration for Whitman, America's greatest poet ...
Ward Melville Heritage Organization Educational and Cultural Center
Historic Stony Brook hamlet overlooking the beautiful Stony Brook Harbor on Long Island's serene ...
South Shore
American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport
Operational World War II aircraft fly from a landmark hangar that was once part of Republic Aviation ...
American Merchant Marine Museum
Steam boat Road on grounds of U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, The Museum Hours are as followed 10am - ...
Cradle of Aviation
Long Island's world class aviation museum, Leroy R. and Rose W. Grumman IMAX Dome Theater and Re ...
Friends of the East Rockaway Grist Mill Museum, Inc.
The building is on the State and National Register of Historic places and exhibits turn -of -the cen ...
Hicksville Gregory Museum
Dinosaur eggs with an embryonic skeleton exposed, rare fossil birds, and mosasaur and dinosaur fossi ...
Holocaust Memorial and Education Center of Nassau County
The Holocaust Memorial Education Centers Elwyn Preserve, hours are as followed 9:30 am - 4:30pm Mon ...
Islip Art Museum
The Islip Art Museum is Long Island's center for contemporary art. Its carriage house features e ...
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
The Museum celebrates Jewish athletes, broadcasters, sportwriters, owners. Inductees include Red Au ...
Long Island Children's Museum
The Long Island Children's Museum provides families with a nurturing environment where they can ...
Long Island Lighthouse Society
The society works to preserve and promote the lighthouse heritage of Long Island through research re ...
Long Island Maritime Museum
The museum covers Long Island's maritime history with exhibits, programs and great events. The 1 ...
Museum Row
Museum Row, a one stop destination for some of Long Island’s finest museums, is located on Charles L ...
Nassau County Firefighters Museum & Education Center
The Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center will provide a unique setting for the pre ...
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
A pre-Civil War farm village with original structures moved from other parts of Long Island, includi ...
Pagan-Fletcher Restoration
National Register of Historical Places, restored home CIRCA 1842 of Robert Pagan who's family na ...
Rock Hall Museum
Rock Hall Museum Business Hours are as followed 10am - 4pm Wed - Sat; noon -4pm Sun. Rock Hall, bui ...
Saddle Rock Grist Mill
SaddleRock Grist Mill Business hours are as followed Open for tours 1 - 5pm Sun. May - October. Re ...
Sagtikos Manor
Built in 1697, and expanded in 1772 and 1902, the estate served as headquarters for the British Army ...
Wantagh Historical & Preservation Society and Museum
The Wantagh Historical and preserve Society & Museum Business hours are as followed 2-4pm Sun. Apri ...
Wantagh Railroad Museum
The Wantagh Museum resides in three structures, the station, the Mamaica Railroad car and the origin ...
West Sayville Golf Club
West Sayville Country Club the former estate of millionaire Anson Hard, was named meadow edge for it ...
Wyland Galleries Long Island
Nestled among Sayville, N.Y.’s many shops, boutiques and restaurants, Wyland Galleries is Long Islan ...
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