Read about our community quilt project sponsored by North Shore Quilting and Fiber Art in celebration of the opening of the Smithsonian Institution exhibition, Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, at Preservation Long Island!
Tag: Stewardship
Inventorying Preservation Long Island’s Objects Collection
Supported by the IMLS Inspire! Grants for Small Museums program, Preservation Long Island recently embarked on an project to inventory its entire collection of art and artifacts. Collections assistant, Alyson Katz, shares her experience.
Community Quilt Project with North Shore Quilting & Fiber Art
January 12 to February 29, 2024
Join us in creating a community quilt inspired by an 1860s example in our collection. This program is in support of the Smithsonian traveling exhibition, Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, opening at our Exhibition Gallery on March 23, 2024. Register for your quilt block kit today!
The Background Parade: Elizabeth Tailer Nelson and the Transatlantic Portrait
Nicholas Vega, collections and curatorial intern and 2023 Gardiner Young Scholar, shares his research on the provocative seventeenth-century portrait of Elizabeth Tailer Nelson (1667–1734), the mother-in-law of Henry Lloyd of Queens Village.
Virtual Exhibition:
Blanket Statements: Long Island’s Early Weaving Industry
Learn about the development of Long Island’s professional textile industry and the broader historical events that shaped its growth during the first half of the nineteenth century.
Volunteer With Us!
If you are interested in sharing your love of history with others, contributing to our understanding of Long Island’s past, and joining an organization dedicated to the protection of cultural heritage, consider volunteering with us this season!