This Women’s History Month, Chief Curator Lauren Brincat shares a powerful story from Harriet Jacobs’s (1813–1897) autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, detailing the author’s experience staying at the grand Marine Pavilion in Rockaway during the summer of 1843.
Our latest publication about artist Edward Lange and the late 19th-century Long Island landscapes he knew and painted is available now!
Preservation Long Island welcomes Edward Lange’s painting, Charles Jones’ Sloop, back from conservation thanks to generous support provided through the NYSCA/GHHN Conservation Treatment Grant Program, administered by Greater Hudson Heritage Network.
One year later, Preservation Long Island shares acquisition highlights from its “Preserving the Present: Collecting in the Time of Covid-19” initiative.
Artwork from nine contemporary Indigenous artists centers this exhibition, offering an inquisitive look at the history and on-going relations between Indigenous people and land.