Current and Upcoming Events
2013 Event Calendar
Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society Exchange
Shop: Season Opening
Date:
Saturday, May 25th and Monday, May
27th. Then every Thursday, Friday and Saturday
until December 21st
Hours: 11:00am–4:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
The
Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society announces
the seasonal opening of The Exchange Shop,
charmingly known as "The Barn Museum Shop."
Consignments of Furniture, Antiques, Decorative
Accessories and Collectibles will be received
each Wednesday morning from 10:00am until 12:00
noon. The Exchange Shop will
open for regular business hours beginning on
Saturday, May 25th and Monday, May 27th, and
then Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays from 11:00am-to 5:00pm until
Christmas. Come and visit this old fashioned
country store just east of the Bicycle Shop and
across from the old Bellport Fire House and
catch up on all the local news!
Click here to
see just some of the
types of wonderful items
you'll find at the Shop!
"Bellport:
Summer, 1900"
Gala Benefit Party and Exhibition Preview
Date:
Saturday, June 8th
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
Tickets: $150
Click here
for more information.
"Bellport:
Summer, 1900" - Historic Exhibition
Stylish summers in Bellport by the Sea in the
early 20th Century
Dates:
On view starting Friday, June 14th, then every
Friday and Saturday until July 27th
Hours: 11:00am-4:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
Admission: $5
Lecture:
Wish You Were Here! The Golden Age of Picture
Postcards, with cultural critic and postcard
collector Jeff Weinstein
Date:
Sunday, June 16th
Time: 4:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
Admission: $15
Lecture:
Trowels & Tomorrow
Date:
Saturday, June 22nd
Time: 4:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
Admission: $15
Renown garden writer Tovah Martin on
preservation of historic gardens and inevitable
change. Organized jointly with the Bellport
Garden Club.
Lecture: And
the Band Played On...
Date:
Sunday, June 23rd
Time: 4:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
Admission: $15
Alan Levenstein, founder of The American
Musicals Project at the New York Historical
Society, looks at the roles played by summer
bandstands, Tin Pan Alley, and sheet music on
the taste for popular music from 1890 to 1915.
Lecture:
Sailing to Old Inlet
Date:
Sunday, June 30th
Time: 4:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
Admission: $15
Thomas V. Schultz discusses Old Inlet, the
Bellport beach destination at the turn of the
20th Century – with its boats, day-trippers and
taffy-pull.
Antiques on
the Lane
Date:
Thursday, July 4th
Location: 31 Bellport Lane,
Bellport
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Antiques, art, jewelry and more on the beautiful
grounds of the Historic Society. Free Admission.
Quilting on
the Lane: Free Quilting Lessons for Kids
Date:
Thursday, July 4th
Time: 9:00am–4:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
All day workshops and demonstration for kids 6
and up accompanied by a parent or adult.
Organized for BBHS by the members of the Eastern
Long Island Quilters Guild. Free Admission.
The Barn
Museum: The Museum about Bellport
Date:
Thursday, July 4th, and every Saturday until
August 31
Time: 11:00am–4:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
Admission: $5
Old Bellport
Bicycle Treasure Hunt
Date:
Saturday, August 3rd
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Location: 31 Bellport Lane,
Bellport
Admission: Children to age 12
free; older children $5; adults $15
For families with children and their friends 6
and over. Everyone on a bike. Solve the clues
and learn some Bellport history. Prizes for
winners.
Lecture: The
Current Condition of the Carmans River
Date:
Sunday, September 22nd
Time: 4:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
Admission: $15
Tom Williams (VP, Post Morrow Foundation)
discusses recent changes and planned actions.
Review of
Quilts to be Chosen for American Quilt
Exhibition, with Joyce Fischer, Quilt Historian
and Appraiser
Date:
Tuesday, October 8th
Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
Long Island residents are invited to submit
American quilts made between 1850- 1950 for
possible inclusion in the American Quilt
Exhibition to open October 27th. Participants
must schedule a time for showing their quilts by
calling 631-776-7640.
Lecture: The
History of Yaphank 1720-1920
Date:
Sunday, October 13th
Time: 4:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
Admission: $15
Tricia Foley and Karen Mouzakes, authors of the
recently published history of Yaphank, discuss
our sister community.
Lecture:
American Quilts
Date:
Sunday, October 27th
Time: 4:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
Admission: $15
Quilt historian Joyce Fischer discusses the
specific traits of American quilts.
American
Quilts 1850-1950 : Exhibition Opening Reception
Date:
Sunday, October 27th
Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
An invitational exhibition of important quilts
owned by Long Island residents. Organized for
the Historical Society by the Eastern Long
Island Quilters Guild. Open to the Public.
American
Quilts 1850-1950: Exhibition
Date:
Every Friday and Saturday November 1st to
November 23rd
Time: 11:00am-4:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
Admission: Free
An invitational exhibition of important quilts
owned by Long Island residents. Organized for
the Historical Society by the Eastern Long
Island Quilters Guild.
Annual
Members Meeting & 2013 Robert H. Pelletreau
Award Presentation for Significant Contribution
to Historic Preservation in Suffolk County
Date:
Sunday, November 10th
Time: 4:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
Admission: Free to all members;
non-members $15
BBHS Holiday
Party & The Nelson Family History on Long Island
Date:
Sunday, December 8th
Time: 4:00pm
Location: 12 Bell Street,
Bellport
Admission: Free to all members
100 years in Brookhaven Norman Nelson will
present his families memories of Brookhaven over
the past 100 years.
Recent Events
2012
BBHS Members And
Friends Holiday Party
The Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society
held their annual Holiday Party on Sunday, December 9th.
Members had a wonderfully festive afternoon
mingling with
friends and neighbors in a historic setting!
Click here to see photos from the event.
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the image above to enlarge
The
Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society's 2012 Exhibition
will focus on international photography star
Bruce Weber, who lived in Bellport in the 70s
and 80s and brought many fashionables and
friends to the village, and who used Bellport as
background for many shoots of both famous
personalities (a specialty) and for fashion
shoots.
In addition, "T
Magazine," the online NY Times blog featured an article by Bruce Pask
about Bruce Weber and the BBHS Exhibit.
Click here for the article.
More about
Bruce Weber:
Bruce Weber is one
of the preeminent fashion and celebrity
photographers working today.
In the early 1980s Weber and his partner Nan
Bush, became part-time residents of Bellport,
the lovely south shore village, at the time his
work was gathering in prominence and acclaim.
With its varied landscape, historic architecture
and watery light, the Bellport area became a
favorite location for his editorial and
advertising shoots. Photographs for publications
such as Vogue, GQ and Interview – as well as
campaigns for Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein,
Abercrombie & Fitch, Agnés B and numerous others
– were created in the town and surrounding
areas.
Weber’s sittings brought a community of young
and creative people to the quiet historic
village—adding a note of glamour and excitement
to the summer season. Among them was Isabella
Rossellini, who first visited Weber in Bellport
in 1981. It was a series of test shots with
Weber done here that first introduced her to the
American fashion world.
The photographs in this exhibition have been
selected from Weber’s extensive archive,
specifically a sitting done for British Vogue in
Bellport titled “Under Weston Eyes” - in homage
to the great American photographer Edward
Weston. This story, styled by the now iconic
stylist Grace Coddington, features Bruce’s
signature cinematic style and unique casting
technique – models Bruce Hulse and Talisa Soto
share the pages with local residents Betty
Puleston and her granddaughter.
Bruce Weber, pictured right, visited the Exhibition
on August 21st with his partner, Nan Bush.
"A Letter To True," a New Film by Bruce Weber, was Presented by the BBHS and Introduced by Isabella Rossellini
Between 75 and 100
people attended a showing of a new film, "A
Letter To True," that was presented by the
Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society and
introduced by Isabella Rossellini at the
Society's facility on Bell Street in the
Village. The film is the work of Bruce Weber,
the internationally known photographer. Weber
lived in Bellport in the 70's and 80's and
brought many fashionables and friends to the
Village. He used Bellport as background for many
shoots of both famous personalities (his
specialty) and for fashion shoots.
The
Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society's Annual Antiques Show & Sale
Once
again, The Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society's Annual Antiques Show and
Sale was a huge success. Although the weather threatened at first, the
drizzle stopped, the clouds parted, the sky was blue and the sun was warm.
You couldn’t have asked for a nicer day.
The Show & Sale was held on the Historical Society’s beautiful grounds under
the trees and surrounded by the Society's historic buildings. The show
hosted 25 antiques and art dealers showing furniture, jewelry, art,
Americana and more! Everyone had a wonderful time.
Click here to see photos from the event.
The Bellport-Brookhaven
Historical Society Visits Cuba
The
BBHS sponsored an Art and
Architecture tour to Cuba in
January 2012.
Five nights were spent in Havana and two
nights in the colonial city of Trinidad. The
agency who arranged the trip for us, Insight Cuba,
is a non-profit organization with long
experience in arranging trips to Cuba. Insight
Cuba has a people-to–people license from the
United States Department of the Treasury.
Below are photos
from the trip courtesy of the BBHS, as well as a
trip review by one of the participants, Helen
Geraghty.
BBHS
January 2012 Trip - Impressions of Cuba by Helen
Geraghty, Brookhaven
With Fidel Castro gone from power, and his
brother Raul in charge, Cuba is changing so fast
that in five years it will be a different
country. A group from the Bellport-Brookhaven
Historical Society visited the country --
legally -- in January to see the old Cuba before
it's overwhelmed by the new.
A favorite was Habana Vieja, the old city, where
ruins stand next to spiffy modern restorations,
bananas and plantains are sold from low,
hand-drawn carts, and music drifts through the
laundry-hung streets. At a senior center in an
old convent women sang golden oldies while in
the sun--filled courtyard others join a
slow-paced aerobic dance. Upstairs, in the same
building there was a day care center full of
singing and dancing children.
Not all of Cuba is like this -- but it is full
of wonders, like Trinidad, a city frozen in time
with cobbled streets and yellow and blue stucco
buildings, where the group heard a choir sing
"Oh Shenandoah" with such feeling that many
cried. The countryside is poor -- in some places
there are as many horse-drawn vehicles as cars
-- but it is industrious and it is tranquil.
Of special interest:
Hemingway's house, a finca high on a hill with a
great view of Havana. In the closet hang
Hemingway's white suits. His boots are dusty
with the original dust. His library is
catalogued with little white tabs that are
numbered by Hemingway's hand.
La Santisima Virgen de Regla, a church on the
outskirts of Havana, famous for a venerated
black Madonna sacred alike to Catholics and
devotees of Santeria, an African-Cuban religion.
Soigne Art Deco apartment buildings in Havana
with crumbling trim and garbage piled high in
the lobby.
The Riviera, a hotel-casino built by Meyer
Lansky with wall mosaics and anthropomorphic
statues that make you feel like you've stepped
into the 50's.
The wildly imaginative Studio and Home of
ceramic artist Jose Fuster in suburban Havana.
And everywhere there are the famous 1950's cars
--- glamorous and elegant, like women who only
get better with age.
Pictured
from left to right standing: Barbara
Kouts, Kate Carmel, Helen Geraghty, Claudio
Basilico, Maria Pia Basilico, Jane Kober, Anna
Lou Fletcher, Robert Rosenberg, John Renninger,
Jane Graham, Pamela Rosenberg, John Moter, Mary
Stompe, Rosalie Webb, Catherine Sigmon.
Pictured left to right front kneeling:
Victor Principe, Ralph Webb.
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Photo: Jack Moter, Street
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Photo: Jack Moter, Restored
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Photo: Jack Moter, Reminder of
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Photo: Kate Carmel, Pool Mural,
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2011
BBHS Members And
Friends Christmas Party
The
Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society held
their annual Holiday Brunch this past weekend.
It was a chance to mingle with friends and
neighbors in a historic setting. The food and
company couldn’t have been better and
everyone had a terrific time! Below are photos
from the event.
Bellport-Brookhaven
Historical Society Annual Meeting
By clicking on the link below, you’ll be able to
listen to Victor Principe, President of the
Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society, as he
addresses the Annual Meeting, 2011, of the
Society.
Please Click Here
Dr. Carol Bleser
Presents, “Slavery On Long Island”
By
clicking on the link below, you’ll be able to
listen to Dr. Carol Bleser’s presentation, “The
Long Forgotten History of Slavery and Plantation
in Colonial Long Island,” which she presented at
the Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society in
November of 2011.
Please Click Here
Robert Hickey Presents, "Etiquette: What's
Changing, Why and What Next?"
The
first lecture in the Historical Society's Fall
Lecture Series was on “Etiquette” and Robert
Hickey, the speaker from the Protocol School of
Washington, was absolutely fascinating. Among
many other things, Mr. Hickey explained that
“etiquette” is really the expected norm within a
given group. If you behave as the other members
of the group expect you to, you’re accepted as
being part of the group. If you don’t, you’re
perceived as being an outsider and not part of
the group. If you take a few minutes to listen
to the beginning of the lecture we're sure
you’re going to listen to the entire program. It
was great!
Click here to listen to the lecture.
About Nearthebay
and the World of Birdsall Otis Edey
The gracious old
houses of this area are not just charming; some
of them were home to fascinating people. This
year the Historical Society focuses on the life
and times of Birdsall Otis Edey (1872-1940),
dynamic suffragist, pioneer of Girl Scouting,
humanitarian and vigilant historic
preservationist and her beloved Bellport home
Nearthebay, the fine Greek Revival house built
c. 1838 and owned by her family from 1865 until
1945. Through her Village Improvement Society,
Birdsall Otis Edey campaigned persistently to
preserve and improve the appearance of Bellport.
Her success in having the Montauk Highway bypass
Bellport, Brookhaven Hamlet, and East Patchogue
is her great legacy.
Nearthebay and
the World of Birdsall Otis Edey Exhibition
The exhibition is
primarily drawn from the Edey family archives,
generously loaned to the Society by the Paige
family, heirs of Birdsall Otis Edey. Nearthebay
was owned by Birdsall’s family from 1865 until
1945. Birdsall was born in 1872 and married
Frederick Edey at Nearthebay in 1893, The house
she inherited served as the favored backdrop to
the life and times of this dynamic figure.
Although Birdsall had homes elsewhere, she
considered Bellport her real home describing it
as “this blessed corner of the earth where I
belong.”
Bellport-Brookhaven
Historical Society Gala, "Nearthebay" - June 11, 2011
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Bellport-Brookhaven
Historical Society Annual Antiques Show - May
29, 2011
2010
BBHS Members And
Friends Christmas Party
The
Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society held
their annual Holiday Brunch this past weekend.
It was a chance to mingle with friends and
neighbors in a historic setting. The food and
company couldn’t have been better.
Click here watch a video slideshow of the event.
The 2010 Robert H. Pelletreau Distinguished Service Award in Historic Preservation
The
Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society has
presented the 2010 Robert H. Pelletreau
Distinguished Service Award in Historic
Preservation to the Congregation of the Middle
Island United Church of Christ in recognition of
their dedicated and heroic efforts to preserve
and restore the historically significant church
formerly known as the Middle Island Presbyterian
Church. Pictured, left to right: Dr. Carol
Bleser, Victor Principe, Dr. Jan
Harting-McChesney, and Pastor Stephen Shick.
The award was instituted in 2001 and is made
possible by the many contributors and donors who
wish to honor the memory of Robert H. Pelletreau,
Historical Society President for twenty-two
years and dedicated preservationist. It is
presented in alternate years to the person or
organization that has significantly contributed
to historic preservation in Suffolk County.
Previous recipients of the Pelletreau Award have
been:
2001 Bertram Seides for the Ketcham Inn
restoration
2003 Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association
for preservation of the 1730 Suydam
Homestead and the 1905 Gardiner Barn
2005 Yaphank Historical Society for restoration
of the Mary Lousie Booth House, the
Homan-Gerard House and the establishing of a
Nature Trail and Conservation Center
on Carman's River
2007 Charla Bolton, noted Preservation Advocate
for Long Island and Radey Johnson and
Jane Platt for the restoration and
rehabilitation of the 1770 Pelletreau House
The 2010 Award To Middle Island United Church Of
Christ
Presbyterianism was the first formal religion of
Brookhaven Town when it was established at
Setauket in 1665. The original Setauket
congregation helped form the South Haven
Presbyterian Church in the early 18th century to
serve the newer communities of the South Shore,
which church in turn helped form the Middle
Island Presbyterian Church in 1766. Reverend
David Rose was the shared minister. His South
Haven parish went from Blue Point to Moriches to
Middle Island. The Middle Island Presbyterian
Church was part of this network that provided
congregants not only the Bible, but books and
medicine as Rev. Rose traveled his parish on
horseback.
The current church built in 1837 is a
late-Federal vernacular interpretation of the
Wren-Gibbs form of English church architecture.
It is a one and a half storey, rectangular
structure with projecting entrance with steeple
above. The windows are Gothic-arch louvered
windows in the main sanctuary, and in the tower
and steeple. The ceiling in the main sanctuary
is tin, the molding is simple with plain trim
around the doors and windows. The steeple was
added in 1863 and the bell installed in 1870. A
1935 addition to the north side of the building
provided a social room, pantry and church
offices. The church is one of the few remaining
historic structures on the Middle Country Road
corridor in Middle Island. Fortunately is was
listed on the National Register of Historic
Places in December 2005.
In 1966 the congregation moved to a new building
at another location. In the years that followed,
the church fell into increasing disrepair. In
2009 the building was sold to the Middle Island
United Church of Christ. In the first few months
of their occupancy this small congregation of
thirty-four managed to stabilize the structure
and to do emergency repairs to windows, floors,
electricals and plumbing - enough to survive the
first winter. They accomplished this by working
around the clock using their own labors and that
of a force of community volunteers.
The Robert H. Pelletreau Award recognizes the
restoration work accomplished to date, and
provides validation to proceed with the
remaining ambitious program. The award is given
in alternate years to the person or organization
that has significantly contributed to historic
preservation in Suffolk County, and is
accompanied by a presentation plaque and is also
commemorated by the engraved acknowledgment of
the awardees on the Pelletreau Bowl, a silver
bowl made in the style of Elias Pelletreau, Long
Island Revolutionary War-era silversmith and
ancestor of Robert H. Pelletreau who was
President of the Historical Society for
twenty-two years.
The Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society's Tree
Dedication
On
Sunday, August 29th, The Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society held a
ceremony to dedicate the Society's historic “Candelabra Spruce Tree” in the
memory of Alyda and Frank Calamita, generous donors to the Society. Mr. and
Mrs. Calamita's son, Nicolas Jansen, his wife Nancy, and their son Johann
were all present at the event.
Carol Blesser opened the proceedings dedicating the "Candelabrum Spruce" as
a permanent memorial to Frank & Alyda Calamita. Ms. Blesser also did a
heartfelt recitation of Joyce Kilmer's "The Tree." She noted that there are
now two benches with brass plaques engraved with the names Alyda & Frank
Calamita and a table under the tree of all to enjoy.
Mary Samuels, a
wonderful local artist, created a painting of the Candelabra Spruce for the
occasion. Photos and information provided by Joyce Stanley and Pamela
Lerner.
Bellport Brookhaven Historical Society's Antiques
Show & Sale
The
Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society's Antiques Show & Sale was a huge
success and the weather couldn’t have been better. There were vendors
offering antique furniture, Americana and primitives, mid-century modern
furniture and furnishings, paintings and prints, decoys, jewelry, silver,
rugs, dolls and toys, and collectibles.
Click on the speaker to the left to see a
slideshow of photos from the Show.
If you own a Mac instead of a PC,
click here to download the latest version
of Windows Media Player specifically for Mac users! This download is FREE!
John Deitz's Special Presentation, "Brookhaven
Hamlet Cultural Heritage 101"
On Sunday, November 15, 2009, John Deitz gave a
special presentation entitled, "Brookhaven Hamlet
Cultural Heritage 101." From
the late 19th century to well into the 20th century, Brookhaven Hamlet was
home to many artists - literary, performing, and visual. The small but
vibrant artists' colony that came to the Hamlet, whose roots were from New
York City, added their imprint to Brookhaven's 200-year history of farming
and fishing by creating a change of
character that is still with us today.
John's program portrayed many of the Hamlet's
earliest
artists.
These
included visual artists Malcolm Fraser, Mary Aldrich, Walter Clark, Frederick Kost, William Glackens, Raymond Perry, Garner Rea, Rea Irvin, Ida Haskell,
Alice Boughton and Claire Avery. Also included were literary artists James L.
Ford, Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap and performing artists Ellen Learned,
Emily Wagner and Carol Robinson.
To listen to John's presentation, just click the speaker below.
Click to
Listen
The Bellport-Brookhaven Historical
Society Exchange Shop
The always popular
Bellport Brookhaven Historical Society Exchange
Shop is located at 12 Bell Street in Bellport
Village. The Exchange Shop features a selection
of antiques and interesting collectibles for
sale at better than reasonable prices. New items
arrive weekly. They encourage New Consignments.
For information call: 631-286-0888.
Below are just some of the
types of wonderful items
you'll find at the Shop!
Click on the speaker to the left to see a slideshow of photos of
what the Exchange Shop has to offer!
If you own a Mac instead of a PC,
click here to download the latest version
of Windows Media Player specifically for Mac users! This download is FREE!
"Bellport Revisited"
According to the
book’s publisher, “Bellport Revisited”
chronicles the history of Bellport Village
through a wealth of historic images, most never
published before, from several private
collections and from the extensive archives of
the Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society
Museum. Victor is donating all royalties from
the book to the Historical Society. Click here
for more about "Bellport Revisited,"
Click for a short video featuring Victor
Principe discussing the concept behind his new
book
About the Bellport-Brookhaven Historical
Society
The
Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society is
located at 31 Bellport Lane, right next to the
Bellport Village Hall.
In 1967 Miss Florence Crowell deeded her property and house at
31 Bellport Lane to the Society. The house was built in 1833 by Hiram
Post, a master ship builder and cost $800. He built for the ages...the
house foundation is made of ship ballast stone, there are extra heavy
floor beams and the older sections of the house contain square nails and
wood pegs. The flagpole is a ship mast and the fish on top is a replica
of the trout carved to celebrate Daniel Webster's 1827 trout catch on
Carman's River.
Other buildings on the property include the Barn Museum
holding the Sperry gyroscope exhibit, the Wilbur Corwin decoy
collection, the antique tool collection and dolls and toys from the mid
1800's. New to the Barn Museum is the collection of antique wedding
gowns donated by Bellport residents.
The Brown Building houses the
legendary Pelletreau doll collection of more than 500 miniature dolls
from throughout the world and the extensive antique painted tin
collection. The Museum Complex also includes the Blacksmith Shop, the
Chester Memorial Boathouse; the Milk House and the Gazebo.
The Museum Complex is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday,11:00 am to
4:00 pm from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Admission is free to Society
members. For non-member adult admission is $5; $4 for seniors. Children
12 and under free. For more information call 631-776-7640.
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President:
Anna Lou Fletcher
1st Vice President: Kate Carmel
2nd Vice President: Robert Rosenberg
Treasurer: Jonathan Pokorny
Recording Secretary: David Cleaves
Corresponding Secretary: Robert
Duckworth
Curator: Steven Czarniecki
Archivist: Virginia Waterman
Director of Museum Exchange Shop: Robert Duckworth
Director of Buildings & Grounds:
Joseph Doran
Membership: David Cleaves
Trustees:
Class of 2014
Joseph Varsalona
Thomas Cornell
Joseph Doran
Marion Marschall
Joan Kaelin
Class of 2013
Carol Bleser
David Cleaves
Robert Duckworth
Helen Geraghty
Victor Principe
Robert Rosenberg
Class of 2012
Veronica O'Neill
Kate Carmel
Anna Lou Fletcher
Edward Knowles
Jonathan Pokorny
Thomas Lerner
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