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Join us for a special tour of Voices and Votes: Democracy in America! Our gallery on Main Street in Cold Spring Harbor is the first stop in New York state for the Smithsonian Institution Museum On Main Street’s traveling exhibition!
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Voices and Votes Exhibition Tour
Democracy on Main Street
Walking Tour of Cold Spring Harbor
April 6, 2024
As part of the Smithsonian Institution’s traveling exhibition, Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, we are excited to partner with the Whaling Museum and Education Center of Cold Spring Harbor on a walking tour highlighting the local history of democracy on Cold Spring Harbor’s historic Main Street.
Annual Witches Night Out
Cold Spring Harbor
October 26, 2023
5 PM to 8 PM
Join us for the 14th Annual Witches Night Out! Stop by our Exhibition Gallery on Main Street for treats, view our permanent collection, and meet two authors of books about Long Island’s haunted past!
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.
Exhibition Virtual Program
Woven History: Revisited
Thursday, August 10, 2023
12 PM to 1 PM
Rabbit Goody, textile historian, author, and owner of Thistle Hill Weavers, will discuss factors that influenced the motifs of early Long Island coverlets. Hosted by Huntington Historical Society and Preservation Long Island. Register today!
Special Curator’s Tour
Blanket Statements
Saturday, July 8, 2023
11 AM to 12 PM
Join us for a special curator-led tour of our current exhibition which explores the development of Long Island’s professional weaving industry and the broader historical events that shaped its growth during the first half of the nineteenth century. Register today!