The Southampton History Museum will host an “Outsider’s View” garden and architectural history tour, featuring a self-paced and gently guided stroll down South Main Street to Gin Lane, on Saturday, September 11th from 1 to 4 pm. [Read more…] about Historic Garden Tour in Southampton, Long Island
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Antique Fire Truck Show At Southampton History Museum
The Southampton Fire Department’s Antique Truck Committee will host a antique fire truck show on the grounds of the Rogers Mansion, in Southampton Village on Long Island, on Saturday, September 4th. [Read more…] about Antique Fire Truck Show At Southampton History Museum
Southampton History Museum Carriage House Shop Opens
The Southampton History Museum, located at 17 Meeting House Lane in the Village of Southampton, on Long Island, has announced the opening of its Carriage House Shop for the Hamptons summer season. Twelve dealers, specializing in vintage furniture, jewelry, designer clothing, glassware, antique ceramics, original artwork, trade signs and more, will be selling inside the Shop located on the grounds of the Rogers Mansion Museum Complex. [Read more…] about Southampton History Museum Carriage House Shop Opens
A Haunted Village in Southampton on Long Island
The Southampton History Museum has announced Haunted Village in Southampton, 20 minute haunted tours of the grounds of the historic Rogers Mansion, set for Saturdays, October 24th and October 31st, from 2 to 4 pm. [Read more…] about A Haunted Village in Southampton on Long Island
Tour of Southampton’s Gardens Set
The Southampton History Museum has announced “An Outsider’s View,” a tour of Southampton and North Sea gardens and landscape settings, set for Saturday, September 12th, from 1 to 4 pm.
With designs ranging from a structured formal garden of clipped hedges and detailed gates to a waterfront cottage garden bursting with flowers and native flora, each setting will provide a look at the interplay between the landscape and the home’s architecture and history. [Read more…] about Tour of Southampton’s Gardens Set
Southampton History Museum Reopens By Appointment
The Southampton History Museum’s Rogers Mansion, in Southampton, Long Island, NY, is now open for tours. Their current exhibit High Style in the Gilded Age. [Read more…] about Southampton History Museum Reopens By Appointment
Southampton History Museum Cancels April Events
The Southampton History Museum has announced that all of April’s program have been canceled due to circumstances regarding COVID-19. [Read more…] about Southampton History Museum Cancels April Events
Whaling Captains Lecture in Southampton
In 1893, Southampton historian William S. Pelletreau wrote that it was “safe to address almost any middle-aged man one might meet as ‘Captain’, for the chances were that he was one.”
Zachary Taylor, curator at the Southampton History Museum, is set to give PowerPoint lecture on sea captains who made Southampton their home, using research and photographs from the Museum’s archive on Saturday, March 7, at 1 pm. [Read more…] about Whaling Captains Lecture in Southampton
Rogers Mansion Candlelight Tours in Southampton
Rogers Mansion in Southampton, NY, is set to host self-guided tours of the mansion on Saturday, December 14th, and Saturday, December 28th.
Guests will be able to see a 20 room home as it was in the 1920s filled with holiday decorations. Also, the exhibit “High Style in the Gilded Age: Southampton 1870-1930” will be on display showing ball gowns worn by Southampton women along with their stories from that era. Some of the women featured will be Consuelo Vanderbilt and Millicent Rogers. Refreshments will be served. [Read more…] about Rogers Mansion Candlelight Tours in Southampton
Southampton History Museum Harvest Fair Set for Sept 21st
The Southampton Historical Museum’s 2019 Harvest Fair has been set for Saturday, September 21st, from 11 am to 4 pm, at Rogers Mansion, 17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton. This event is free and open to the public.
Activities include outdoor crafts, tool making demonstrations, Shinnecock Tribe dancing, farm animals, a thrift shop and an 1850 wedding re-enactment. [Read more…] about Southampton History Museum Harvest Fair Set for Sept 21st