Featured Events

Habitat Professional: How to Support Native Songbirds The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum will welcome back Anthony Marinello, owner of Dropseed Native Landscapes Native Plant Nursery and a bird-habitat specialist, to speak on supporting native backyard songbirds – on Sunday, February 23, from 11 am to 12 pm. The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum will welcome back...Read More

Winter Workshop: Make a ‘Pocket Solar System’ The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum’s Reichert Planetarium is offering Pocket Solar System, a winter-break workshop for children ages 6-8, on Tuesday, February 18, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. Tickets: $10/participant, $8/member What would our Solar System look like if we shrunk it down to fit in your...Read More

February School Recess Fun When schools close during the week of February 17, children can learn and have fun in history, art, and science workshops at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum. Children in Kindergarten-Grade 4: Portraits & Mixed Media Selfies Children will visit the mansion, search for interesting elements in the collection of portraits, and...Read More

Lunar New Year Pre-K Story, Stroll & Craft Pre-school children (accompanied by an adult) can have Lunar New Year fun at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum’s workshop Lunar New Year Story Stroll & Craft on Wednesday, February 5, from 10:00 to 11:00 am. In this program that celebrates the Year of the Snake, participants will stroll the...Read More

Vanderbilt Portrait Displayed in Deco at 100 Exhibition  This portrait of William Kissam Vanderbilt II (1878-1944) is included in the Nassau County Museum of Art’s original Deco at 100 exhibition – which coincides with the 100th anniversary of the 1925 Paris International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts – which opens on January 18 and runs through June 15,...Read More