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This is a postcard of the intersection of Jobs Lane and Main Street in Southampton facing west. The postmark on this card is dated April...

On Thursday, April 29th at 11am author and historian Anne Halsey will be giving a lecture live on Zoom detailing the interesting history...

The Passover celebration commemorates the story of the Israelite's exodus from slavery and persecution in ancient Egypt. Centuries later,...

Did you know that there used to be a sitcom that was based around life in Southampton? If you were to watch an episode of The Pruitts of...

In 2009 the Southampton History Museum was preparing for an exhibit about women who made a difference in Southampton’s history. We...

On Thursday, April 29th at 11am author and historian Anne Halsey will be giving a lecture live on Zoom detailing the interesting history...

This is a photograph of Main Street in Southampton, at the corner of Jobs Lane facing south. This photo is a postcard reproduction,...

Part of our work is to preserve physical artifacts from Southampton's history. We have plenty of old documents and maps and some...

There have been two well-known Pelletreau houses in Southampton. The first Pelletreau house, located on Main Street, was purchased by...

James Cresson Parrish (1840-1926) – the older brother of Samuel Parrish – was a financier with a massive fortune stemming from the...

A collaborative project of Pyrrhus Concer is one of Southampton's most important historical figures. Through the study of his life and...

When I was a junior in high school my social studies teacher gave my class an assignment. Mr. Conklin was a passionate genealogist. I...

I grew up in the Southampton Village in the 1960’s. It was a wonderful place to grow up. It has changed so much over the years and I feel...

"I've always been curious about this building."

As a follow-up to the lecture given on the 11th of June, we at the Southampton History Museum have decided to share footage of both the...

We got an email submission for our Corona Journals project that was a bit longer than the normal submission. Kenneth Gatten III has very...

"As for the gas I got, why I was burned more than anything."

"Southampton Under Siege" was the first exhibit I helped create when I started at the Southampton History Museum in 2016. The majority of...

There sits at #80 Main Street in Southampton Village a tiny little building known as the Pelletreau Silver Shop.

Exhibit previously on display from March 7 to December 31, 2015