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September 2019
Found@LIM: Long Island’s Unidentified Photographs
Nearly every collection of photographs contains unidentified images. This anonymity happens when initial owners don’t label photographs, or subsequent owners forget vital information or don’t record it. And without identities, entire albums and boxes of anonymous photographs wind up at yard sales, antiques shops, flea markets and online marketplaces. For their part, museums often acquire anonymous images as part of larger donated or purchased collections. And sometimes museum record keeping – especially in decades past – doesn’t retain information about…
Find out more »Behind the Runway – This event is sold out
Part III of our 80th anniversary event series: Fashion Please join us for an evening of cocktails, fine dining and fashion history honoring Sharon Cowles and celebrating 80 years of the Long Island Museum! The evening will begin with a cocktail hour and self-guided tours of the exhibition Gracefully Chic: The Fashions of Philip Hulitar with LIM curators on hand to share insights and additional background on Hulitar and his legacy. Guests will then be seated in the Cowles Gallery…
Find out more »North Shore Pro Musica Concert Series
The Long Island Museum and North Shore Pro Musica are pleased to embark on their 5th season of partnership with an outstanding schedule of chamber music performances. All performances begin at 5:00 p.m. and will take place in the Gillespie room of the Carriage Museum and tickets will be available at the door. Fee: $20 general public; $18 Pro Musica and LIM members and students. *All programs subject to change* September 29th, 5pm November 10, 5pm
Find out more »October 2019
Three Girls From Queens Talk Crime: A Literary Event
Have you ever wondered what inspires a writer to write or how much of an author’s real life comes through in the words they commit to the page? Works of fiction set in places known to an author take on an authenticity that can’t be manufactured. Authors of crime novels in particular can tell a more believable story with the benefit of a realistic setting, which can happily spare them the troubles of a life of crime! The LIM is…
Find out more »Sunday Street Concert Series
The Long Island Museum, The Greater Port Jefferson Arts Council and WUSB-FM’s Sunday Street Concert Series continue the fourth year of their partnership to bring you an eclectic music series featuring national and internationally-known touring artists. This evening features music by: Ryanhood All performances will take place in the Gillespie Room of the Carriage Museum. Visit: www.sundaystreet.org for advance discount tickets and for more information. If available, tickets may be purchased at the door on the day of the show.…
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