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Iya Alaro: The Indigo Trade and the Power of Women in Yorubaland
By Oluwaseyi (Shayee) Awoyomi, Curated by Harlem Needle Arts An outdoor exhibit titled IYA ALARO by multidisciplinary artist Oluwaseyi...
Tom Edmonds
Apr 22, 20232 min read
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Plein Air Painting with Howard Rose - Summer 2023
En plein air (French for 'outdoors') or plein air painting is simply, the act of paining outdoors rather than in a studio. In the mid...
Connor Flanagan
Apr 14, 20232 min read
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Sustainable Southampton: Environmental Design in Architecture – Cocoon and Threshold Houses
Architect and interior designer Nina Edwards Anker, PhD joined us recently for a virtual talk on two Southampton structures that partake...
Connor Flanagan
Mar 14, 20231 min read
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Red at the Pelletreau Silvershop
April Gonzales joined our Board of Trustees last year and has been an amazing addition to our organization. She has taken a real interest...
Connor Flanagan
Feb 21, 20234 min read
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The Art of Love
There is no denying that James Killeen was madly in love with one of the daughters of Captain James Green. Although the story of James...
Steve Gould
Feb 14, 20232 min read
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“Before Central Park” with Sara Cedar Miller
Before Central Park became a model for city parks worldwide, the land was the site of farms, businesses, churches, wars, and burial...
Connor Flanagan
Jan 19, 20231 min read
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Shipwreck! The Tragic Loss of the Circassian
In December 1876, the cargo ship Circassian was wrecked off the coast of Mecox Bay near Bridgehampton. Although she was initially...
Steve Gould
Dec 27, 20223 min read
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Southampton: A Legacy of Life and Love
Please enjoy this write up that was done by one of our patrons, Marianne O'Donnell talking about her life and memories growing up in...
Connor Flanagan
Dec 13, 20226 min read
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Holiday Dollhouse Memories
The Holiday season brings out the joys of childhood in all of us. There is something magical about a dollhouse, especially one that is...
Steve Gould
Nov 30, 20221 min read
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Proud Civil War Veteran
Deep Dive: Exploring the Exhibits This oil portrait is of a proud Civil War veteran, Philip Brady, in his military uniform. Prominent on...
Steve Gould
Nov 8, 20222 min read
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Connor Flanagan
Nov 1, 20220 min read
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Long Island Paranormal Investigators at the Southampton History Museum
The Long Island Paranormal Investigators have been conducting investigations of the Rogers Mansion and Halsey House since 2018 and...
Connor Flanagan
Oct 18, 20221 min read
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The Catastrophic Hurricane of 1938: Lost Lives, Beaches Battered, Neighborhoods Annihilated
A Day Like Any Other After three days of rain, the morning of Wednesday, September 21, 1938, dawned bright and fair in Southampton....
Mary Cummings
Oct 11, 20226 min read
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The Edward Foster Homestead
The house at 264 South Main Street, which local history traces to 1695, was part of the vast property holdings acquired by the Foster...
Mary Cummings
Sep 27, 20224 min read
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Captain Barney Green’s House: 172 South Main Street, Southampton
This distinctive mansion, with a Second Empire-style Mansard roof, was built in 1871 or 1872 by whaling Captain Barney Green. It was...
Tom Edmonds
Sep 20, 20222 min read
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