List of museums on Long Island

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This list of museums on Long Island is a list of museums in Nassau County, New York and Suffolk County, New York. (Museums in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn, which are also physically located on Long Island, are found in List of museums in New York City). Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Also included are non-profit art centers and galleries.

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Museums

Name$LocationCountyTypeSummary
1901 Depot and Freight house Lindenhurst Suffolk Railroad website Restored Lindenhurst depot, freight house, and various railroad equipment for show. Includes historical pictures of the local area.
African American Museum of Nassau County Hempstead Nassau African AmericanHistory of African-Americans on Long Island and the African-American contribution to the social and cultural development of American society
Alan and Helene Rosenberg Jewish Discovery Museum Commack Suffolk Ethnic – Jewish website, part of the Suffolk Y JCC, Jewish life, history, values, traditions and heroes, as well as Israel and the Hebrew language
Amelia Cottage Museum Amagansett SuffolkLocal historyOperated by the Amagansett Historical Society
American Airpower Museum East Farmingdale SuffolkAviationFeatures flying World War II aircraft manufactured by Republic Aviation
American Merchant Marine Museum Kings Point Nassau Maritime Marine art and artifacts, National Maritime Hall of Fame
Babylon Library Museum Babylon SuffolkLocal history website, operated by the Babylon Village Historical and Preservation Society; Listed on NRHP since August 10, 2015
Baldwin Historical Museum Baldwin NassauLocal history website, operated by the Baldwin Historical Society
Bayport Aerodrome Bayport SuffolkAviationHistoric flying aircraft
Bayville Historical Museum Bayville NassauLocal history Facebook site, open by appointment
Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society Museum Complex Farmingdale NassauOpen air website, includes an 1833 house, blacksmith shop, boathouse, milk house, collections of Sperry gyroscopes, decoys, antique tools, wedding gowns, dolls and toys from the mid 1800s
Bohemia Historical Society Museum Bohemia SuffolkLocal history website
Bridgehampton Museum Bridgehampton SuffolkLocal history website, operated by the Bridgehampton Historical Society, will include the Nathaniel Rogers House
Brookhaven National Laboratory Science Learning Center Brookhaven SuffolkScience website
Brookhaven Volunteer Firefighters Museum Ridge SuffolkFirefighting website
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve Smithtown SuffolkMultiple543-acre park, features a museum with exhibits about the preserve's history, nature and ecosystems
Cedarmere Roslyn Harbor NassauHistoric houseEarly 20th-century mansion, former estate of poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant
Center for Science Teaching and Learning Rockville Centre NassauNature preserve website
Children's Museum of the East End Bridgehampton SuffolkChildren's website
Clinton Academy East Hampton SuffolkEducation website, operated by the East Hampton Historical Society, adjacent to Town House
Cold Spring Harbor Fire House Museum Cold Spring Harbor SuffolkFirefighting website, firefighting equipment, vehicles, uniforms
Cradle of Aviation Museum Uniondale Nassau Aviation
Custom House (Sag Harbor, New York) Sag Harbor Suffolk Historic house Restored late 18th-century house, operated by the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities
Cutchogue Village Green Cutchogue SuffolkOpen air website, includes Old House (Cutchogue), operated by the Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council
David Conklin Farmhouse Museum Huntington SuffolkHistoric houseOperated by the Huntington Historical Society, illustrates three periods of the country's history: Colonial, Federal and Victorian
Davis Town Meeting House Coram SuffolkHistoric House website Historic building that served as the town meeting place for the Town of Brookhaven, for most of the 19th century.
Davis Town Meeting House Coram SuffolkHistoric House website Historic building that served as the town meeting place for the Town of Brookhaven, for most of the 19th century.
Dia Bridgehampton Bridgehampton SuffolkArt website, one of the twelve locations and sites the Dia Art Foundation manages. [1]
Dr. Daniel Kissam House Museum Huntington SuffolkHistoric house website, operated by the Huntington Historical Society
Earle-Wightman House Oyster Bay NassauHistoric houseOperated by the Oyster Bay Historical Society
East End Seaport Museum Greenport SuffolkMaritime website, operated by the Oyster Bay Historical Society; Located in former Greenport LIRR station house.
East Hampton Marine Museum East Hampton SuffolkMaritime website, operated by the East Hampton Historical Society
East Rockaway Grist Mill Museum East Rockaway NassauLocal historyLocated in a historic grist mill building
Edwards Homestead Sayville SuffolkLocal history website, operated by the Sayville Historical Society
Elderfields Preserve Flower Hill NassauMultipleIncludes several historic buildings, an art gallery, and a nature preserve
Falaise Mansion Sands Point NassauHistoric house website, mid 20th-century mansion of Harry Frank Guggenheim, located in Sands Point Preserve
Fire Boat Fire Fighter Museum Greenport SuffolkFirefighting website Docked and retired fireboat that is open to tours.
Fire Island Lighthouse East Rockaway SuffolkLighthouse
Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery Uniondale NassauArt website, part of Nassau Community College
Freeport Historical Museum Freeport NassauLocal history website, operated by the Freeport Historical Society
Gallery North Setauket SuffolkArt website, contemporary art in a variety of media: painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, glass, metal and fiber
Garvies Point Museum and Preserve Glen Cove NassauMultiple website, Long Island geology, Native American culture and archaeology, natural history
Guild Hall (Easthampton, New York) East Hampton SuffolkArt website, community arts center, includes the Guild Hall Museum with art exhibitions of visual artists and emerging regional artists
Hallockville Museum Farm Riverhead SuffolkOpen air18 buildings on 28 acres (110,000 m2) of farmland, Hallock Homestead interpreted to 1880–1910 Victorian era
Halsey House Southampton SuffolkHistoric house
Havens House Shelter Island SuffolkHistoric houseOperated by the Shelter Island Historical Society
Heckscher Museum of Art Huntington SuffolkArtFocused mainly on American landscape paintings and work by Long Island artists, as well as featuring American and European modernism, and photography
Hicksville Gregory Museum Hicksville Nassau Natural history website, collections of fossils, butterflies, minerals and telephones, located in the Heitz Place Courthouse
Hofstra University Museum Hempstead NassauArtCollection includes art, photography and ethnographic objects dating from 5,000 BCE to the contemporary period and representing 6 continents
Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County Glen Cove NassauHistoryHistory of the Holocaust, dangers of antisemitism, racism, bullying, and other manifestations of intolerance
Home Sweet Home (New York) East Hampton SuffolkHistoric house website
Hook Windmill East HamptonSuffolkMillRestored 1736 windmill
Horton Point Lighthouse Southold SuffolkLighthouseOperated by the Southold Historical Society
Islip Art Museum East Islip SuffolkArt website, contemporary. Housed in historic Brookwood Hall, a former orphanage and Georgian Revival home built in 1903. [2]
Islip Grange Sayville SuffolkOpen Air Historic Long Island and Sayville websites
Jesse and Ira Tuthill Houses Mattituck SuffolkHistoric house18th and 19th-century period houses, operated by the Mattituck-Laurel Historical Society
Islip Town Firefighter Museum Central Islip SuffolkFirefighting website A showcase to highlight the rich history of the Fire & EMS agencies that have served the communities within the Town of Islip.
Joseph Lloyd Manor Lloyd Harbor SuffolkHistoric houseOperated by the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, late 18th-century period manor house
Kings Park Heritage Museum Kings Park SuffolkLocal history website
Knothole North Hills NassauLiteratureMuseum on Christopher Morley, located inside his writing cabin, Knothole; located within Christopher Morley Park
Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Society Museum Lake Ronkonkoma SuffolkLocal history website
Lauder Museum Amityville SuffolkLocal history website, operated by the Amityville Historical Society
Levittown Historical Museum Levittown NassauLocal history Facebook site, operated by the Levittown Historical Society
Long Beach Historical Museum Long Beach NassauLocal historyOperated by the Long Beach Historical & Preservation Society
Long Island Children's Museum Uniondale Nassau Children's website
Long Island Explorium Port Jefferson Suffolk Children's website, hands-on science S.T.E.M. exploration and more
Long Island Maritime Museum West Sayville Suffolk Maritime Exhibits include ship models, oyster industry, lifesaving and shipwrecks, sail and power boats, area Dutch heritage
Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages Stony Brook SuffolkMultipleAmerican art, Long Island history, over 200 horse-drawn carriages
Long Island Psychiatric Museum West Brentwood SuffolkMedicalHistory of the three Long Island hospitals (Kings Park, Central Islip, Pilgrim) that were active at one time and have since been merged with Pilgrim Psychiatric Center
Long Island Science Center Riverhead SuffolkScience website, hands-on science activities
LongHouse Reserve East HamptonSuffolkArt16-acre sculpture garden reserve, created by Jack Lenor Larsen
Manor St. George Ridge SuffolkHistoric houseLongwood Estate
Maple Lane Museum Complex Southold SuffolkOpen air website, operated by the Southold Historical Society, includes the Joseph Nelson Hallock House, Thomas Moore House, a print shop, blacksmith shop, farm equipment shed, barn, schoolhouse, ice house, corn crib and outhouses
Mather House Museum Port Jefferson SuffolkOpen airHeadquarters of the Port Jefferson Historical Society, complex of 5 historic buildings
Meadow Croft Bayport SuffolkHistoric houseOperated by the Bayport Heritage Association, late 19th century summer estate of John Ellis Roosevelt
Mill Neck Manor Mill Neck NassauHistoric house20th-century Tudor Revival mansion, guided tours once a month by appointment
Montauk County Park Montauk SuffolkHistoric houseIncludes 18th-century Third House, open seasonally
Montauk Point Lighthouse MontaukSuffolkMaritimeLighthouse and local history and maritime museum
Mulford Farmhouse East Hampton SuffolkLivingOperated by the East Hampton Historical Society, 1790s period farm
Museum of American Armor Old Bethpage SuffolkMilitary website A collection of more than 35 operational armored vehicles from WW II that are presented for the purpose of honoring our armed forces and the nation's largest veterans population while offering an immersion experience for visitors who discover the heroes within their own families.
Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center Uniondale NassauFirefighting website, located inside the Cradle of Aviation Museum
Nassau County Museum of Art Roslyn Harbor NassauArtIncludes 19th- and 20th-century European and American art, and a children's art museum
National Jewish Museum Sports Hall of Fame Commack SuffolkSportsAmerican Jewish figures who have distinguished themselves in sports
Port Washington North Nautical Art Museum Port Washington North NassauArtLocated at Bay Walk Park
Northport Historical Society and Museum Northport SuffolkLocal historyLocated in the former library; Listed on NRHP since December 6, 1996
Oheka Castle Huntington SuffolkHistoric houseEarly 20th-century mansion, now a hotel, open for guided tours by reservation
Old Bethpage Village Restoration Old Bethpage NassauLivingMid-19th-century farming village
Old House (Cutchogue) Cutchogue SuffolkHistoric housePart of Cutchogue Village Green, operated by the Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council
Old Village Hall Museum Lindenhurst SuffolkHistoric house website, operated by the Lindenhurst Historical Society
Old Westbury Gardens Old Westbury NassauHistoric houseFormer estate of John Shaffer Phipp
Oyster Bay Railroad Museum Oyster Bay NassauRailroadMuseum under development, includes the Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Turntable
Oysterponds Historical Society Museum Orient SuffolkOpen air website, includes the late 18th-century Village House with local history exhibits, 18th-century Webb House, late 19th-century schoolhouse
Pagan-Fletcher House Valley Stream NassauHistoric houseOperated by the Valley Stream Historical Society
Parrish Art Museum Southampton SuffolkArtAmerican art, with an emphasis on artists from Eastern Long Island
Phillips House Museum Rockville Centre NassauHistoric house website, Facebook site, operated by the Rockville Centre Historical Society, restored Victorian house with exhibits of local history
Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park Oyster Bay NassauHistoric houseIncludes the Coe Hall Historic House Museum, an arboretum and state park covering over 400 acres (1.6 km2)
Polish American Museum Port Washington NassauEthnicAchievements of the people of Polish heritage in America, includes folk art, costumes, historical artifacts and paintings
Pollock-Krasner House and Studio East Hampton SuffolkBiographicalHouse of Jackson Pollock
Railroad Museum of Long Island Riverhead SuffolkRailroadAlso a location in Greenport
Raynham Hall Museum Oyster Bay NassauHistoric houseRestored 22 room house reflecting the 1770s through the 1870s
Rock Hall Museum Lawrence NassauHistoric houseMid-18th-century period plantation-style house
Roslyn Landmark Society Roslyn NassauLocal historyOperated by the Roslyn Landmark Society
Saddle Rock Grist Mill Saddle Rock NassauMillRestored tidal grist mill
Sag Harbor Fire Department Museum Sag Harbor SuffolkFirefightingDisplays artifacts, murals, photographs, uniforms and equipment dating back to the year 1803 when the fire department was first established.
Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum Sag Harbor SuffolkMaritimeTown's whaling industry, whaling equipment, local history
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site Cove Neck NassauHistoric houseHome of Theodore Roosevelt, includes Roosevelt museum
Sagtikos Manor West Bay Shore SuffolkHistoric houseOperated by the Sagtikos Manor Historical Society, reflects construction and ownership from the 17th to the 20th centuries
Sands-Willets House Flower Hill NassauMultipleOperated by the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society; local history museum in a historic house
Science Museum of Long Island Plandome Manor Nassau Science website, hands-on science programs for children
Sea Cliff Village Museum Sea Cliff NassauLocal historyIncludes a Victorian kitchen, toy and doll collection
Sherwood-Jayne House Setauket SuffolkHistoric houseMaintained by the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, 18th-century house
Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center & Museum Southampton SuffolkNative American website, history and culture of the Shinnecock Indian Nation
Smithtown Historical Society Branch SuffolkHistoric house website, Facebook site, open during programs and events, includes the Caleb Smith House, 1750 Judge John Lawrence Smith Homestead, 1700 Obadiah Smith House, barns
Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities Museum Gallery Cold Spring Harbor SuffolkLocal history website, housed in a former 1842 Methodist-Episcopal church building
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building Huntington SuffolkLocal history website, operated by the Huntington Historical Society
South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center Bridgehampton SuffolkNatural history website
Southampton Historical Museum Southampton SuffolkOpen air website, operated by the Southampton Historical Society, includes the William Rogers Mansion, one-room schoolhouse, 1825 barn, 19th-century trade store, the 17th-century Halsey House, a 19th-century paint store, blacksmith's shop, cobbler's shop,
Southold Indian Museum Southold SuffolkNative American website, archaeological artifacts and culture of the Indians of Long Island, includes Algonquin pottery, arrowheads, knife blades, hoe blades, hammers, gouges, drills and other tools
Staller Center Stony BrookSuffolkArtArts center of Stony Brook University, includes the Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery
Steinberg Museum of Art at Hillwood Brookville NassauArtPart of Long Island University, temporary exhibitions that span from antiquity to contemporary art
Stony Brook Grist Mill Stony Brook SuffolkMill
Suffolk County Historical Society Museum RiverheadSuffolkLocal historyExhibits include 18th to 20th-century paintings and furniture, whaling, farming, early transportation, local ceramics, military artifacts
Suffolk County Farm and Education Center Yaphank SuffolkFarm website, operated by Cornell Cooperative Extension, working farm with education programs
Suffolk County Police Museum YaphankSuffolkLaw enforcement website
Suydam House Centerport SuffolkHistoric houseOperated by the Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association, 18th-century house and local history exhibits
Swan River Schoolhouse East Patchogue SuffolkSchool website, operated by the Greater Patchogue Historical Society, historic schoolhouse
Tackapausha Museum and Preserve Seaford NassauNatural history website, live animals, displays about the ecology of Long Island
Theodore Roosevelt County Park Montauk SuffolkMilitaryIncludes exhibits about the Spanish–American War, the Rough Riders and Camp Wikoff
Thomas Dodge House Port Washington NassauHistoric houseOperated by the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society
Three Village Historical Society Setauket SuffolkLocal history website
Town House East Hampton SuffolkEducation website, operated by the East Hampton Historical Society, adjacent to Clinton Academy
Tuthill House Museum Westhampton Beach SuffolkHistoric house website, operated by the Westhampton Beach Historical Society
Vanderbilt Museum Centerport SuffolkMultipleHistoric mansion with collections of natural history, marine, weaponry and ethnographic objects
Verizon Telecom Pioneer Museum Commack SuffolkTechnologyAlso known as Long Island Telephone Pioneers Museum,established by the Long Island Chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America [3] [4] [5]
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site West Hills SuffolkHistoric house
Wantagh Museum Wantagh NassauRailroadHistoric railroad station, car and post office
Water Mill Museum Water Mill SuffolkMillColonial water-powered grist mill
The Whaling Museum & Education Center Cold Spring Harbor SuffolkMaritimeWhaling and maritime history of Long Island, relationship between people and the ocean
William Floyd House Mastic SuffolkHistoric houseSigner of the Declaration of Independence, part of Fire Island National Seashore
William Miller House Miller Place SuffolkHistoric house website, early 18th-century house, operated by the Miller Place-Mount Sinai Historical Society
Wrong Island Railroad Lake Ronkonkoma SuffolkRailroad website, operating model train display and museum featuring O-gauge trains

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