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Halloween Family Fun Day – FREE!

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October 25 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Come in costume and celebrate Halloween with a day of family-friendly fun at the Museum! Paint your own pumpkin, get creative with festive crafts, explore the galleries, and enjoy an exciting Mad Science show filled with fun, wacky discoveries.

Help make a difference in our community by bringing a non-perishable food donation for our fall food drive, which provides easy-to-prepare meals to food-insecure schoolchildren across Long Island.

This fun fall event is free for everyone!

Public funding provided by Suffolk County and the New York State Council on the Arts.

 

Thank you to our Entertainment Sponsor

 
"Boocome" a sponsor for Halloween Family Fun Day
 

Welcoming more than 300 families each year, The Long Island Museum’s Halloween Family Fun has become a beloved fall tradition—and a great way for local businesses and organizations to connect with families in our community!

By becoming a sponsor, you’ll help us create a memorable, family-friendly experience for kids of all ages while gaining valuable visibility among hundreds of local families. From supporting festive activities and entertainment to helping make this annual tradition possible, your sponsorship puts your organization at the heart of one of our community’s favorite fall events.

Join the fun, support your community, and become a Halloween Family Fun sponsor today!

The Long Island Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

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Fall into Art: Make a Painted Leaf Mobile Workshop

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October 29 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Get creative at the Museum’s Studio with this fun fall workshop!

Craft a beautiful painted leaf mobile. Perfect for ages 7 and up, this fall nature-inspired art project results in a stunning, personalized room decoration that dances gently in the autumn breeze.   

Come early to enjoy free museum admission! Please stop at our Visitors Center and let them know you are registered for the Workshop to secure your complimentary museum pass for the day!

Children under 16 must be with an adult.

REGISTRATION

A $5 materials fee is due at the door on the day of the program (cash only).

Register early to reserve your spot as our workshops sell out!

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Picture Perfect: Felt Portrait Workshop

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November 13 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Get creative at the Museum’s Studio with this fun fall workshop!

This versatile paste felt portrait workshop lets participants transform photos or imaginations into soft, 2D textured masterpieces. Using vibrant felt shapes and easy crafting adhesives, attendees will cut, layer, and glue personalized self-portraits, family members, or beloved pets into unique keepsakes. Great for holiday gift-giving.

Come early to enjoy free admission to the museum! Please stop at our Visitors Center and let them know you are registered for the Workshop to secure your complimentary museum pass for the day!

Recommended for ages 7 and up. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

REGISTRATION

A $5 materials fee is due at the door on the day of the event (cash only).

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Stealing America with Linford D. Fisher – Free Virtual Lecture

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November 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Join us for a virtual lecture with Linford D. Fisher, author and Professor of History at Brown University, to focus on his new book, Stealing America: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History, and the lesser-known stories of Native enslavement and land loss throughout American history.

Although the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown in 1619, European slavery in America began more than a century before. In Stealing America, Fisher demonstrates how the enslavement of Indigenous people began in the years just after 1492, ensnaring an estimated three to six million Natives throughout the Americas. Although largely erased from the public consciousness, Native enslavement continued for centuries to become a colossal phenomenon that affected nearly 600,000 Native Americans in North America alone, revealing the shocking truth that American colonizers enslaved Natives in roughly the same numbers as they imported enslaved Africans.

More about Linford D. Fisher

Linford D. Fisher is Professor of History at Brown University and a specialist in early American and Native American history. He is the author of The Indian Great Awakening: Religion and the Shaping of Native Cultures in Early America (2012), the co-author of two edited collections on Roger Williams, and has published a dozen academic essays. He is also the Principal Investigator of a tribal collaborative database project titled Stolen Relations: Recovering Stories of Indigenous Enslavement in the Americas (www.stolenrelations.org). His most recent book is Stealing America: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History (Liveright, 2026).  

REGISTRATION

This program is free for all and will take place virtually via Zoom.

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Winter Open House – FREE ADMISSION!

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December 6 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Take a break from holiday prep and visit our two fall exhibitions: Enduring Heart: Native American Long Island and American Palette: LIMarts Members’ Exhibition, step back in time in our Carriage Museum, and enjoy mini pop-up Gilded Age carriage tours, and learn about New York in the age of oppulence.

Admission is free for all! No registration is required.

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In the Moment Art Making Workshop

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December 17 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm


Join us for an afternoon of creativity and social engagement at a free art-making workshop designed for individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of memory loss, along with their care partners. We’ll draw inspiration from LIM’s varied and beautiful collection of artwork before being guided in our own creative process by a museum educator.

This program will take place in the LIM Studio.

REGISTRATION

Space is limited & preregistration is required.

To reserve your spot, complete the form linked below, or for more information, please call

(631) 751-0066 x212 or email educators@longislandmuseum.org

In the Moment programs are offered at no charge thanks to a generous anonymous gift.

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