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Exhibitions & Collections  
   
The Collection  
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 to researchers by appointment.
   
Exhibitions:  
“A Stitch In Time: What We Wore, 1776-1976”
Exhibition Open
Thurs., Sat. & Sun
June 26-Sept 26 2-5 pm

From women’s work to major industry, form practical work clothes to the latest fashion whimsies, clothes have been the product of both outside demands and personal expression. Come have an intimate look at how and why what we wore changed from the Revolution to the Bicentennial featuring clothing, artwork, documents and artifacts from the OHS collection. 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 Undressed
July 4 – September 26
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
   
Donations:  
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.

 

Oysterponds Historical Society

Village Lane, PO Box 70, Orient, NY 11957   631-323-2480

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