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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.
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Mrs. Frank Melville Gardens
Designed and maintained by noted landscaper Conni Cross. |
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The Museum Gift and Book Shop
A distinctive selection of gifts and books for children and adults, including Long Island and museum-related items and one-of-a-kind pieces.
NOTE: Visitors must cross Route 25A at the traffic signal to tour the Carriage House, Art Museum and historic buildings. |
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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. |
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Walkway to the Carriage House |
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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. |
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Emma Lee Blackford Rockwell Herb Garden Pamela Friebely Memorial Garden
Tended by the North Suffolk Garden Club. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Outdoor Privy, c. 1935
The privy was originally located on the Edward Guzda farm in Miller Place. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Education Center Classroom |
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Gillespie Meeting Room |
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Administration Building |
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Curatorial and Education Department Offices |
About the Museum
Gift & Book Shop
