• Reopening March 19th!

  • Artists Abroad (3/19-8/1/21)

    Louis Comfort Tiffany – Arab Scene c1870 watercolor – Gift of the Estate of Miriam Godofsky

  • Twin Peeks: Scenes Seen Twice, Paintings & Photographs (3/19-8/1/21)

    Daniel Pollera (b. 1953)
    The Goodwin Bay House, 2017
    Oil on linen canvas
    Long Island Museum
    Gift of the artist, 2017

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The Culper Spy Letter: A New Discovery at the Long Island Museum

In August 2020 the Long Island Museum discovered an uncatalogued Culper Spy Ring letter in its collections. Acquired by the museum in December 1951, the handwritten double-sided letter measures 9 3/16” x 7 5/8”, is dated November 8, 1779, and is from Benjamin Tallmadge (using his alias, John Bolton) to Robert Townsend (alias, Samuel Culper Jr.).

For more information on this exciting discovery click on the link.

CULPER SPY LETTER

We are open Friday – Sunday,12pm – 5pm!

We are excited to welcome back the community after a seasonal closure with two new exhibitions, Twin Peeks: Scenes Seen Twice, Paintings & Photographs (March 19-August 1, 2021) and Artists Abroad (March 19-August 1, 2021) on display in the Art Museum.

In addition to exploring the new exhibitions, visitors are also welcome to explore the Carriage Museum, which includes eight renovated galleries that tell the story of transportation before the automobile.

Visitors are welcome to explore the Carriage Museum and Art Museum however the History Museum will remain closed. The LIM will reopen with the following hours:  Friday – Sunday, 12:00 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Physical distancing will be required and all visitors and staff must wear face masks at all times while on site. The LIM follows CDC-prescribed cleaning protocols for all buildings.

Visitors can find a full list of available Museum experiences and learn more about what to expect during a visit by downloading the LIM VISITOR GUIDE.

Twin Peeks: Scenes Seen Twice, in Paintings & Photographs, an exhibition entirely from LIM’s art collection, presents side-by-side views of nearly 60 paintings, from the 1830s to the present, placed beside photographs of the same or similar locations and buildings is currently on view at the Art Museum. Click here to take a virtual tour of some of the items on display.

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Explore exhibitions on American art and history with a Long Island connection.

The Long Island Museum is proud to offer its latest online publication: Long Road to Freedom: Surviving Slavery on Long Island.

Based on the 2019 exhibition of the same name, the publication written by LIM’s curator Jonathan M. Olly, Ph.D., focuses on the experiences of people of color from the 17th to 19th centuries. The five-chapter publication explores: how slavery operated, how African Americans resisted bondage, navigated the era of emancipation, and built communities in the decades after slavery, from Brooklyn to the Hamptons. 

To read the publication click here.

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