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American
Air Power Museum
1300
New Highway
Farmingdale,
NY 11735
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631-293-6398
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The museum
is open four days a week, Thursday through Sunday from 10:30am through
4:00pm, with its squadron of vintage aircraft operating when weather permits.
The facility is located in hangars alongside New Highway, south of Conklin
Avenue, Farmingdale.
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American
Merchant Marine Museum
300 Steamboat
Road, Kings Point 11024
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516-773-5000
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Located
on the campus of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, the museum's aim is
to provide greater appreciation of the role of the merchant marine.
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Bayard
Cutting Arboretum
Montauk
Highway, Great River 11739
Brian
Feil, Director
Lillian
Wykert, Assistant Director
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631-581-1002
Fax:
631 581 1031
e-mail:
Lillian.Wykert@oprhp.state.ny.us. |
| The Tudor-style
residence houses a small museum with Indian artifacts and natural history
specimens. Along with beautiful nature walks, visitors may enjoy flower
displays and a tremendous variety of trees. Tours by appointment only.
Park
office is open Tuesday - Sunday from 9am until 5pm.
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Cold
Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium
Route
25A
Cold
Spring Harbor 11724
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516-692-6768
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The Hatchery
is proud of having the largest living collection of New York State freshwater
reptiles, fish and amphibians, which are housed in the Julia F. Fairchild
Building, the Walter L. Ross II Aquarium Building and in eight outdoor
ponds. Brook, brown and rainbow trout are raised to stock private ponds.
Visitors
are given a-self guided tour sheet and can purchase food to feed the hungry
trout. The Hatchery staff is always available to answer questions.
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Cold
Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
Main Street, PO Box 25
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 |
631-367-3418
631-692-7037
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The Whaling
Museum is the only facility on Long Island and in New York State open year-round
focusing primarily on the whaling history of the region. Its collection
provides the community and its constituents with a significant link to
the understanding of one of Long Island's earliest major industries: whaling.
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Cradle
of Aviation Museum
1 Davis
Avenue, Lindbergh Blvd. Garden City 11530
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516-572-4111
Fax:
516-572-4079
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The Cradle
of Aviation Museum heightens the public's awareness, understanding, and
appreciation of Long Island's role in the history and development of aircraft
production. Its mission is to inspire future generations through the exploration
of air and space technologies.
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Garvies
Point Museum and Preserve
50 Barry
Drive, Glen Cove 11542
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516-571-8010/11
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Garvies
Point Museum and Preserve is a natural history museum and nature preserve
located on Long Island's north shore in the city of Glen Cove. Exhibits
and collections are devoted to regional geology, Native American archaeology
and ethnology. The museum is a center for research on Long Island Native
American archaeology as well as a leading resource for students dealing
with Long Island and New York State geology and archaeology, Long Island
Native American culture and outdoor education.
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Heckscher
Museum
2 Prime
Avenue, Huntington 11743
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Main:
631-351-3250
Fax:
631-423-2145
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Set within
beautiful Heckscher Park, the museum is particularly noted for its collection
of 19th and early 20th century landscape painting and works of early modernism.
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Holocaust
Memorial & Educational Center of Nassau County
Welwyn
Preserve, 100 Crescent Beach Road.
Glen
Cove 11542
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516-571-8040
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The museum
presents a pictorial history of the Holocaust. The aim of the Center is
to educate young and old on the horrors of anti-Semitism and hatred, and
to show clearly that prejudice against any human being, because of race,
color, religion, national origin, sex or physical attributes,+ can bring
about the destruction of anyone within society. Tours led by survivors
and liberators of the Holocaust are offered.
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Jones
Beach State Park
Box 1000
Wantagh, NY 11793 |
516-785-1600
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Jones
Beach State Park's top attraction has always been swimming. The park offers
fine surf bathing along 6.5 miles of ocean beach, one-half mile of bay
beach for still water bathing, and two swimming pools. The west end of
the park provides wonderful surf fishing, a boat basin and undeveloped
areas that are home to a variety of migratory birds and native plants.
Jones Beach has a two mile boardwalk and a "Castles in the Sand" photo
collection at the East Bathhouse, which depicts the development of
the Long Island State Park and parkway systems.
Additional
Attractions: Deck Games and Miniature Golf.
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Jones
Beach Amphitheater
A summer concert series is held
each year. |
516-221-1000
e-mail: JBTContact@clearchannel.com
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Long
Island Children's Museum
11 Davis
Ave, Mitchel Center, Garden City 11530
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516-224-5800
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Long
Island Children's Museum is a learning laboratory where hands-on exhibits
invite visitors to experiment, examine and play. Through lively interdisciplinary
activities, children and adults can share in the excitement of the learning
process as they explore the world in which we live.
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Nassau
County Museum of Art
1 Museum
Drive, Roslyn Harbor 11576
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516-484-9337
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Exhibits
by important local artists and internationally acclaimed artists are the
focus of the museum. The 145 acre grounds include an array of sculpture,
formal gardens, meadows, ponds and a wildflower walk.
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Old
Bethpage Village Restoration
Round
Swamp Road
Old Bethpage,
NY 11804
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516-572-8400
Recorded
Announcement: 516-572-8400
Reception
Desk: 516-572-8401
Fax
Number: 516-572-8439
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Old
Bethpage Village Restoration, an open-air museum of Long Island's history,
is alive with the sights and sounds of yesterday - a permanent example
of a way of life that once was. Throughout the year Old Bethpage recreates
the atmosphere of a pre-Civil War Long Island Village, illustrating agricultural,
domestic and commercial activities through the actual practice of crafts
and skills.
On
some 200 acres of rolling hills, more than 55 historic buildings -- all
original structures saved from destruction and moved to the site -- provide
the setting for costumed interpreters to portray farmers, teachers, storekeepers,
blacksmiths, civic leaders, and others who made up a community of the mid-1800s.
Each
month is highlighted by a special activity at Old Bethpage, such as Weekend
Magic Lantern shows in January, corn and potato planting and sheep shearing
in May, and Fall Harvest in October. October is also the month of the Long
Island Fair -- one of the state's oldest agricultural expositions.
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Old
Westbury Gardens
71 Old
Westbury Road
Old Westbury
11568
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516-333-0048
Fax:
516-333-6807
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Old Westbury
Gardens is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is the former
home of John S. Phipps, his wife, Margarita Grace Phipps and their four
children. Built in 1906 by the English designer George A. Crawley, the
magnificent Charles II-style mansion is nestled amid 160 acres of formal
gardens, landscaped grounds, woodlands, ponds and lakes. Westbury House
is furnished with fine English antiques and decorative arts from the more
than fifty years of the family's residence.
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Planting
Fields Arboretum State Historic Park
P.O. Box 58
Oyster
Bay, NY 11771
Open 9am - 5pm (Mon - Fri) |
Administrative
office:516-922-8600
Fax : 516- 922-8610 |
| A former Gold
Coast estate of over four hundred acres, Planting Fields is rich with history.
In addition, current information about innovative garden techniques and
new plant selections is available. The Arboretum contains greenhouses,
gardens, woodland paths, and outstanding plant collections. The grounds,
landscaped by the Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts, are spectacularly
beautiful year-round. The estate buildings include Coe Hall, the 65 room
former residence of the Coe family, which has been restored as a museum
bringing the past to life. Planting Fields is an ideal location for wedding
photography and concerts, and hosts over 200 diverse events annually. |
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Sagamore
Hill National Historic Site
20 Sagamore
Hill Road
Oyster
Bay, NY 11771
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516-922-4447
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Built
by Theodore Roosevelt in 1884, it was the permanent home for our nation’s
26th president and his family. A typical visit to Sagamore Hill takes about
two hours. Please plan your visit accordingly. The site is often very busy.
Tours are not always immediately available on demand. On busy days in the
afternoon, there is typically a wait of one and a half to two hours to
tour the home. On weekend afternoons, if staffing permits, a free ranger-led
walk on the grounds is offered. Please note: the home is not air conditioned
and when the temperature goes above 90 degrees, the top floor is closed.
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Sands
Point Preserve
95 Middleneck
Road, Sands Point
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516-571-7900
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Created
in the early 1900's as a grand estate on Long Island Sound, the 216 acre
Sands Point Preserve showcases its Gold Coast heritage and features exhibits,
special events and nature trails that take advantage of the unique setting.
Two impressive castles, built by original owner Howard Gould, face the
Great Lawn. Castlegould, the estate stables, now houses changing exhibits
with natural history themes. Hempstead House, the residence of second owner
Daniel Guggenheim, is open for tours of the main rooms and to view the
Buten collection of Wedgwood china. Falaise, a Normandy style manor house
built by Harry F. Guggenheim in 1923, can be visited on a one hour bus
and walking tour. The home is notable for its Medieval and Renaissance
period art and architecture and for its historic connections with Charles
Lindbergh, Robert Goddard and other mid-twentieth century notables. Please
note that children under 10 are not permitted to tour Falaise.
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Theodore
Roosevelt Memorial Sanctuary and Trailside Museum
516-922-3200
Owned
by the National Audubon Society, the sanctuary contains 12 acres of unspoiled
land and a self-guiding nature trail. The museum houses Long Island flora
and fauna exhibits. It is adjacent to Young's Cemetery, the final resting
place of Theodore Roosevelt.
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Vanderbilt
Museum & Planetarium
180 Little
Neck Road, Centerport 11721
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631-854-5555
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The stately
mansion, Eagle's Nest, was once the summer home of William K. Vanderbilt
II. You will find exquisite examples of the finest furniture from around
the world. The mansion is a part of the 43-acre complex that includes The
Hall of Fishes and the Planetarium.
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Walt
Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site
and
Interpretive Center
246 Old Walt Whitman Road
West Hills, South Huntington
Long Island, New York 11746 |
631-
427-5240
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| Visit the Interpretive
Center where you will view an exhibit on the life and work of Walt Whitman;
you will also have the opportunity to view a short film on this subject
matter. There is also a guided tour of the three story farm house built
around 1816. |
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Wineries
of Long Island-The wines of the East End have garnered international
praise. Visit a winery, taste the numerous vintages and learn about wine
production.
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