Children can learn what it was like to live the privileged life during the 1930s in a Gold Coast mansion – and have fun doing it – in a new workshop offered by the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum’s Education Department. A Kid’s Life at ‘Eagle’s Nest’ will be offered for grades K-5 on Saturday, December...Read More

Keri Hollander and her family purchased a small live spruce 30 years ago as their first Christmas tree. After the holiday, they planted it in their front yard in Centereach. Now it’s 40 feet high and they offered to donate it to the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum for display in the Vanderbilt Mansion Courtyard. When...Read More

Highest National Professional Recognition The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, following a year of rigorous self-study that led to a comprehensive report and a two-day site visit by a team of peer reviewers, has been reaccredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). Accreditation signifies excellence to the museum community, to governments, funders, outside agencies, and...Read More

Installation of two new wastewater treatment systems at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum will help to reduce the impact of nitrogen flowing into Northport Bay. Completed in September, the project was announced recently at the Museum by County and Museum officials, and environmental advocates. This technology upgrades the 50-year-old wastewater systems at the Vanderbilt Planetarium and...Read More

The Vanderbilt Museum’s educators have planned a Halloween Party for children in grades K-3 on Friday, October 25, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. It’s lights out in the Museum! We’ll explore the collections with flashlights in a not-so-spooky tour, and then create a creepy jar perfect for Halloween. The workshop, led by a Museum educator,...Read More