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The Collection
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The Museum’s artifacts reflect more
than two centuries of North Fork life and culture and its buildings
represent significant examples of local architecture. The diverse
collection includes 18th- and 19th-century furniture, notable maritime
paintings, decorative arts, and local tools. The Museum’s substantial
collection of historic documents and photographs is open
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Oysterponds' Changing Face:
The First Millennia
Exhibition open July 3 through October 2nd:
Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, 2-5 pm
Explore the history of a community defined by
tradition and transition from the area’s first
people to British settlement and the
post-Revolutionary incomers. Why did they come and
how did they shape their community? The first part
of a two-year look at who we have been and who we
are through artifacts spanning 15,000 years. Swanson
Gallery of the Old Point Schoolhouse, Village Lane,
Orient
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Orange Webb House Maritime Tour
Tours July 3 through October 2nd: Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, 2-5
pm
Come back to the historic 18th century Orange Webb House to discover the
area’s rich maritime history with a new self-guided tour. More than
twenty paintings of maritime interest, scrimshaw, documents and other
artifacts tell the compelling story of life at the water’s edge until
the dawn of the 20th century.
Orange Webb House overlooking Poquatuck Park, Village Lane, Orient.
Exhibition open July 3 through October 2nd:
Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, 2-5 pm |
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Village House Undressed
July 3 – October 2
Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, 2 pm – 5 pm
Village House was always a locus of activity in the community from its
early use as a tavern, store and school within Augustus Griffin’s home
to its transformation into a fashionable boarding house by the Vail
family by the late nineteenth century. This witness to so much of
Oysterponds history is currently undergoing scholarly study, much-needed
repairs and restoration. Unfurnished for the first time in decades, the
building tells stories of its past from the ceiling beams and door
hinges to the floorboards and the shards of china found beneath them.
This “undressed” exhibition lays bare the building’s past and plans for
the future.
This exhibition is FREE to the public and made possible by grants
from the New York Council on the Humanities and the Suffolk County
Office of Cultural Affairs.
Village House, Village Lane, Orient |
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| Donations: |
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OHS welcomes and encourages the
donation of appropriate materials related to Orient and East Marion. If you are
interested in donating an item, please contact the office at (631)
323-2480. |
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