Accessibility Info

The Long Island Museum welcomes all visitors and affirms its commitment to making its programs and services accessible to everyone. We offer a variety of programs and services to ensure the accessibility of the museum’s collections and exhibitions. Guided tours of the museum are available to groups with advance reservations. Call (631) 751-0066, ext. 212. Please feel free to discuss your group’s special needs and interests with our staff. All of the museum’s galleries are accessible to wheelchair users and other visitors who need to avoid stairs. Wheelchairs are available on a first-come first-served basis. Sign language interpreted tours are available for a fee. Please allow 3 weeks advance notice when scheduling your visit. For more information call (631) 751-0066, ext. 212 or email us at educators@longislandmuseum.org. Some of these programs and services are made possible by a grant from Suffolk County.

Admission Prices

Visitors Guide Map

1	The Margaret Melville Blackwell History Museum History Museum Main Entrance and Visitors Center provides tickets and information. Main gallery features changing exhibitions. Miniature rooms gallery displays 15 tiny rooms decorated in authentic period detail. The Bayman's Art: Wildfowl Decoys of Long Island includes a bayman's shop, authentic duck boat and environmental diorama.
2	Mrs. Frank Melville Gardens Designed and maintained by noted landscaper Conni Cross.
3	Museum Corner (open Thursday-Sunday only) A distinctive selection of gifts and books for children and adults, including Long Island and museum-related items and one-of-a-kind pieces. Call (631) 751-0066 ext. 271 for further information. NOTE: Visitors must cross Route 25A at the traffic signal to tour the Carriage House, Art Museum and historic buildings.
4	Traffic Light & Pedestrian Crosswalk, Route 25A Follow the sidewalk in front of the Gift Shop to the traffic light, push the pedestrian button, and cross when the WALK signal appears.
5	Walkway to the Carriage House
6	The Dorothy and Ward Melville Carriage Museum Ten galleries display over 100 authentic horse-drawn carriages. On the lower level, A Trip to Yesterday: Long Island in the Carriage Era simulates part of a Long Island village at the turn of the century.
7	Emma Lee Blackford Rockwell Herb Garden Pamela Friebely Memorial Garden Tended by the North Suffolk Garden Club.
8	Fountain and Horse Trough, 1880 This 20-ton beaux arts fountain once stood at the corner of Madison Avenue and 23rd St. in New York City, a gift to the city from Olivia Phelps Stokes, a charter member of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. She commissioned the fountain so that horses traveling Madison Avenue would have a source of water.
9	Nassakeag One-Room Schoolhouse, 1877 Serving the children of South Setauket from 1877 until 1910, the school accommodated up to 30 students ranging from 5 to 15 years of age.
10	Outdoor Privy, c. 1935 The privy was originally located on the Edward Guzda farm in Miller Place.
11	Samuel H. West Blacksmith Shop c. 1875. Originally located off Main St. in nearby Setauket, the shop includes West's forges and tools. The shop was in use from 1875 until West's retirement in 1930.
12	Williamson Barn, 1794 The barn was originally located on the Stony Brook farm of Jedediah Williamson, a Revolutionary War hero who made his living as a farmer, millwright and carpenter.
13	Smith Carriage Shed, 1867 Originally located on the Timothy Smith farm in nearby St. James, the shed was used by parishioners to protect their carriages from the weather while attending services at the St. James Episcopal Church. The wrought iron rings at the back of the shed were used for tying up the horses.
14	Smith-Rudyard Burial Ground, 1796 The burial ground was established by the Smith and Rudyard families, early settlers on what is now museum grounds. The headstones are original and date from 1796 to 1865.
15	The Art Museum Two galleries feature changing exhibitions of American art, including the works of important American artists such as William Sidney Mount, Winslow Homer, William Moore Davis, Louis Comfort Tiffany and others.
A	Studio
B	Gillespie Meeting Room
C	Administration Building
D	Curatorial and Education Department Offices

 

The Long Island Museum is located at 1200 Route 25A in Stony Brook. Beginning July 6, 2009 hours are Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. The Museum will be closed to the public Monday through Thursday. Admission is $9 for adults, $7 for seniors 62 and older, $4 for students six through 17. Museum members and children under six are admitted for free.

For additional information call 631-751-0066

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