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BARTOW-PELL MANSION MUSEUM, CARRIAGE HOUSE & GARDENS
895 Shore Road
Pelham Bay Paik
Bronx, NY 10464
718/885-1461
E-mail: baratowpell@aol.com
Web site: www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org
Landmark designation: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Open: Wed, Sat, Sun 12-4. First Fri each month 5:50-9. Closed Thanksgiving weekend, Christmas, New years Day, Easter.
Carriage House closed Dec-Mar.
Admission: $5; seniors & students $3; children under 6 free; Wed free
Partially accessible to the disabled
Description:
Built between 1836 and 1842, the neo-classic stone mansion is a elegant country living in the early 19th-centruy.
Interpreted as a house museum, Bartow-Pell is maintained and administered by the International Garden Club, Inc. The exterior and surrounding 9 acres of land belong to and are cared for by the City of New
York. The restored carriage house is contemporary with the mansion.
Collections: 19th-century
American decorative arts and furnishings, sleigh bed by Charles Honore Lannuier, an important 19th-century French émigré cabinet maker.
Research access: By written request. By appointment only.
Programs: Fourth grade education program free to NYC schools, interpretative video. Group tours, lunch, tea or
continental breakfast available by advance reservation. Self-guided walking tours available.
Special events: Holiday celebrations, winter lecture series.
Facilities: Museum shop. Car parking. Bus parking. Hiking trails. Gardens.
Private rental facilities.
BRONX COUNTY ARCHIVES
3313 Bainbridge Road
Bronx, NY 10467
718/881-8900
Web site: www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org
Open: Research library: Mon-Fri 9-5, by appointment only. County Archives: call for hours
Admission: Call for fees
Partially accessible to the disabled
Description: The Bronx Historical Society administers The Bronx County Archives, a Research Library, The Museum of
Bronx History (Valentine-Varian House) and the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage. Its purpose is to stimulate interest in and appreciation for the heritage of the Bronx.
Collections: The Society owns and maintains an object collection of over 20,000 items relating to Bronx history. It
includes tools, textiles, armaments, furnishings, glass & ceramics, prints, paintings and maps. Newspapers on microfilm (1907-present) and atlas. Photographs and slides including a rare glass negative collection
of the Bronx from 1880-1915, postcards and audio cassettes, video cassette collections of lectures.
Research access: By appointment only. Library/archive/research room. Written finding aids. Photocopying.
Programs: School Resource Programs. Tours of historic structures, lectures and a radio program. Walking & gallery
tours of Bronx history and New York City available.
Facilities: Museum shop. Gardens.
THE BRONX HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Administrative Offices/Research Library
3309 Bainbridge Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467
718/881-8900
Web site: www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org
Open: Research Library: Mon-Fri, 9-5. By appointment only
Admission: Free
Partially accessible to the disabled
Description:
The Society administers The Bronx County Archives, a Research Library, The Museum of Bronx History (Valentine-Varian House) and the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage. Its purpose is to stimulate interest in and appreciation for the heritage of the Bronx.
Collections:
The Society owns and maintains an object collection of over 20,000 items relating to Bronx history. It includes tools, textiles, armaments, furnishings, glass and ceramics, political and ceremonial artifacts, prints, paintings and maps. Bronx newspapers on microfilm (1907-present), atlases, photographs and slides including a rare glass negative collection The Bronx from 1880 to 1915, postcards and audio cassettes, video cassette collection of lectures.
Research access:
By appointment only. Written finding aids. Photocopying. On-site library/archives/research room.
Programs: School Resource Programs, tours of historic structures, lectures and a radio program; permanent and
changing exhibitions. Walking and gallery tours of Bronx history and New York City available.
Facilities: Museum shop. Gardens.
CITY ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
City Island Nautical Museum
190 Fordham Street
City Island, NY 10464
718/885-0080
E-mail: cih@cityislandmuseum.org
Web site: www.cityislandmuseum.org
Mailing address:
PO Box 82
City Island, NY 10464
Open: Sundays 1-5
Admission: Free, donations accepted
Partially accessible to the disabled
Description: The organization is dedicated to the collection, preservation and display of artifacts in the City
Island Nautical Museum. The first floor of the landmark school building (P.S. 17), built in 1897, is devoted to the museum.
Collections:
Paintings of local scenes; newspapers & oral histories; marine/nautical/boat building photographs; artifacts relating to boat building & yacht racing. The collections and library are housed in the Museum.
Research access: By written request. By appointment only. On-site library/archive/research room.
Programs: Regular book signing for local authors.
Guided tours available for local school children and the public.
EDGAR ALLAN POE COTTAGE/THE MUSEUM OF BRONX HISTORY (Valentine-Varian House)
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
East Kingsbridge Rd. & Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10458
718/881-8900
Web site: www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org
The Museum of Bronx History (Valentine-Varian House)
3266 Bainbridge Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467
718/881-8900
Web site: www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org
Open: Both facilities: Sat. 10-4, Sun. 1-5 during the week for groups by appointment
Admission: $3 general; $2 children/students/seniors
Description: Poe Cottage: In 1846 Poe moved to a wooden cottage in the village of Fordham where he wrote some of his famous works. In 1913, the cottage was moved to its present location and restored to look as it did in Poe’s lifetime. It’s owned by the City of New York & administered by the Bronx County Historical Society. The Museum of Bronx History: Located in the 1758 fieldstone Valentine-Varian House, the Museum presents permanent (10 period rooms) & changing exhibitions illustrating the heritage of the Bronx.
HALL OF FAME FOR GREAT AMERICANS
University Avenue & West 181st Street
Bronx, NY 10453
718/289-5161
www.bcc.cuny.edu/halloffame
Open: Daily, 10-5
Admission: Free
Partially accessible to the disabled
Description:
The Hall of Fame is a 630 ft long open-air colonnade lined with 98 bronze busts of historically significant Americans. It was the nations first Hall of Fame and was designed by Stanford White.
Collections: 98 bronze busts by noted artists such as Daniel Chester French, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, James Earle
Fraser, and Anna Hyatt Huntington. Records of some of the Hall of Fame elections, old brochures, pamphlets from previous induction ceremonies.
Some historic period photographs have been scanned digitally and burned onto CDs.
Research access: By appointment only
Programs: Guided tours for school groups and students. Occasional photography/historical exhibits in the rotunda of
the Gould Memorial Library. Group guided tours are available by appointment, self-guided tours are available daily, 10-5.
Facilities: Car parking. Private rental facilities.
THE JUDAICA MUSEUM OF THE HEBREW HOME FOR THE AGED AT RIVERDALE
5961 Palisade Avenue
Bronx, NY 10471
718/581-1787
E-mail: judaicamuseum@aol.com
www.hebrewhome.org/museum
Open: Mon-Thurs 1-4:40; Sun 1-5
Admission: Free (group tours with fee arranged by appointment)
Accessible to the disabled
Description:
Located in the Norman and Adele Morris Wing of RiverWalk overlooking the Hudson River on the campus of The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale. The museum houses the Ralph and Leuba Baum collection of over 800 Jewish ceremonial objects.
Collections: Objects reflecting the customs and ceremonies of European and Oriental Jewry over the last three
centuries: objects of silver, gold, pewter, brass, ivory, wood and rare embroidered textiles; Library of books relating to Judaica, some dating back to the 16th century.
Research access: On-site library/archive/research room (by appt. only)
Programs: Interactive guided tours and workshops for school groups. Monthly public program series. Gallery
tours of changing exhibitions about Jewish arts, culture and history.
Facilities: Car parking
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road
Bronx, NY 10458
718/817-8700
E-mail: pubrel@nybg.org
Web site: www.nybg.org
Mailing Address (there is no street address):
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NY 10458
Landmark designation: The New York Botanical Garden as a whole is a National Historic Landmark. In addition, some of
its buildings have their own land mark designations: the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, the nation’s largest Victorian glasshouse, is a New York City landmark and a National Historic Landmark, and the Snuff Mill is a
New York City landmark.
Open: Apr-Oct 10-6; Nov-Mar, 10-5 Tue-Sun and Mon holidays.
Admission: Call for fees
Accessible to the disabled
Description: The New York Botanical Garden, established in 1891, offers 250 acres of dazzling beauty and hands-on
fun. It includes 50 acres of the original forest that once covered New York City, the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, where kids explore nature and plant science, and the elegant Enid A. Haupt Conservatory
with an ecotour of the world from the tropical rain forest to arid desert. The Garden is a leader in horticultural excellence, scientific research, and educational programs. It offers extensive educational programs
for all ages, from Ph.D. candidates to elementary and secondary school programs and continuing education for adults.
Collections:
The LuEsther T. Mertz Library is one of the world’s largest botanical and horticultural libraries, with more than one million print and non-print items. Herbarium: With more than 7 million plant and fungi specimens the Garden’s herbarium is the largest in the Western Hemisphere. Available online in the Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Living Collections of plants, trees, and shrubs: Among the horticultural attractions are 48 gardens and plant collections, including the Ross Conifer Arboretum, the Benenson Ornamental Conifers, Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, and the Jane Watson Irwin Perennial Garden.
Research access:
By written request. By e-mail. Library/archives/research room. Computer database. Digital images on website
Programs: Schools programs to explore nature and science: classes and activities for kids on weekends: summer teacher
training programs. Permanent collections and display gardens. “A World of Plants” in Conservatory.
Adult education programs, Home Gardening Demonstrations, Halloween on Haunted Walk, Antique Garden Furniture Show, Fiesta de Flores, Holiday Train Show, classical concerts, book signings, lectures, bird walks. Seasonal flower shows in the Conservatory and outdoors. Drop-in tours led by docents and curators
Facilities: Museum shop. Shop in the Garden. Plant shop. Kids shop. Book shop.
Car parking. Bus parking. Food service (with advance notice). Dining/lunch room. Hiking trails. Private rental facilities. Classrooms/Lecture Hall. Gardens, conservatory, 50-acre forest, Children’s Adventure Garden.
VAN CORTLANDT HOUSE MUSEUM
Van Cortlandt Park
Broadway West 246th Street
Bronx, NY 10471
718/543-3344
E-mail: queries@vanconrtlandthouse.org
Web site: www.vancortlalndthouse.org
Landmark designation: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; interior and exterior designated New
York City Landmarks
Open: Tue-Fri 10-3, Sat & Sun 11-4. Closed Thanksgiving weekend, Christmas, New Years Day, Easter
Admission: $5, seniors & students $2, children under 12 free. Wed free
Description:
1748 Georgian style house of the Van Cortlandt family in van Cortlandt Park., furnished and interpreted to the period of the late 18th and early 19th-century. Operated since 1896 by the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York.
Collections:
Fine and decorative arts from Colonial and Federal periods; porcelains, seat furniture, case furniture; early 20th-century photographs of the house and park, archaeological materials.
Research access: By written request. By appointment only. Fees charged: photo duplication
Programs: School tours, summer camp, guided tours by appointment, self-guided tours available.
Special events: Life in the Colonies (Sep); Van Cortlandt House by Candlelight (Dec)’ Easter
Eggstravaganza”; Native Harvest Festival; Haunted Happenings.
Facilities: Museum shop. Bus parking. Picnicking. Gardens. Hiking Trails.
WAVE HILL
675 West 252nd Street & Independence Avenue
Bronx, NY 10471
718/549-3200
E-mail: info@wavehill.org
Web site: www.wavehill.org
Mailing address:
675 West 252nd Street
Bronx, NY 10471
Open: April 15-October14: 9-5:30;; Tues-Sun June-July: open 9-9; on Wednesday; October 15-April14: 9-4:30
Admission: Free: Tue, Sat 9-12, members, children under 6, Dec - Feb.; Wed-Sun: $4 adults, $2 students and seniors 65+
Accessible to the disabled
Description: Wave Hill is a 28-acre public garden and cultural institution overlooking the Hudson River and the
Palisades with gardens, greenhouses, woodlands and three historic buildings.
Collections: An exemplary collection of plants representing diverse climate and growing conditions; and forest
management research.
Research access: By appointment. Computer database.
Programs: Environmental education for grades 1-8: teacher training: forest project work/study training
programs. Glyndor Gallery and Wave Hill House gallery present ongoing exhibits. Special seasonal tours and self-guided walking tours: Free Garden and Greenhouse Tours begin at the conservatory every
Sunday, 2:15.
Special events: Gardeners’ Fair and picnic; Horticultural Lecture Series: Spring Gala; Concert Series; Dance
Series: Weekend Family Art Project; and garden workshops.
Facilities: Museum shop
Car parking. Bus parking. Food service. Dining/lunch room. Hiking trails. Private rental facilities. Gardens & picnic areas.
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