Join Preservation Long Island for a special book release event at Christie’s New York.
Events
Curator’s Tour: Howard Sherwood at Home
Date: Saturday, November 3, 2018
Time: 11:00-12:30 PM
Join curator Lauren Brincat for a special tour of the Sherwood-Jayne House in Setauket that concentrates on themes explored in our current exhibition, Howard Sherwood: Preserving Long Island, currently on view at our Exhibition Gallery in Cold Spring Harbor.
Preservation in Progress:
Mitchel Field Air Base and Flight Line
Date: Saturday, October 20, 2018
Time: 2:00-4:00 PM
Explore one of America’s premier air bases (a newly listed National Register Historic District) with the Cradle of Aviation Museum’s expert guides.
Preservation in Progress:
American Venice Bridges, Copiague
Date: Saturday, October 6, 2018
Time: 2:00-4:00 PM
Babylon’s Town Historian, Mary Cascone, discusses Copiague’s iconic American Venice bridges. Following the talk, we’ll visit the nearby reconstruction project underway.
Family Movie Night at Sherwood-Jayne Farm
Date: Friday, August 24, 2018
Time: 7:00 PM
Pack a picnic dinner, spread out your blanket on the lawn, and come see Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory together with family and friends.
Exhibition Gallery Talk:
Howard Sherwood: Preserving Long Island
July 14, 2018 at 2PM
Seventy years ago, the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities was founded. Concerned over intense post-World War II development, and influenced by heightened American patriotism, its early members sought to protect Long Island’s preindustrial past. At the Society’s center was Howard C. Sherwood, a wealthy urban antiquarian who […]