LIVING HISTORY
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Discounted rates are available for groups of adults and kids of all ages.
Take a historical ‘staycation’ at Historic Richmond Town! Explore Staten Island’s past through vintage postcards from the newly acquired William McMillen Collection. Compare early 20th-century views to today and discover Staten Island’s history as an industrial hub and summer destination.
Explore 200 years of changing fashion, labor, and identity through footwear. Featuring more than 25 original pairs of shoes—from early 19th-century wedding slippers to 1970s patriotic sneakers.
Learn the art and fun of classic social English dancing from the 18th century. No experience necessary, just bring your dancing shoes.
January - March
offered Fridays through Sundays, check availability here
OPEN: Martin Luther King Jr. Day & the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the NYC Department of Education mid-winter recess.
CLOSED: The first two weeks in January.
Bob Conroy , Norm Pederson and their bandmates will perform new and old traditional Irish songs and tunes. Accompanied by banjo, guitar, fiddle, ukulele, mandolin, Irish flute and bodhran.
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, learn how to make your own Irish Soda Bread at Historic Richmond Town! Join Historical Interpreters who will explain the history and origins of this classic quick bread, and make your own loaf to take home! This workshop will be held in the Guyon-Lake-Tysen House in the main village, where bread will be baked in a Dutch Oven.
Acoustic Rosewood is a trio composed of Cory Fronte on rhythm guitar and lead and harmony vocals, Louie DeMayo on lead guitar, mandolin and lead vocals and Allen Cohen on upright bass and lead vocals. Allen and Louie played in bluegrass bands together years ago and reconnected last year and was added to the then existing duo of Cory and Louie. Acoustic Rosewood’s music falls into the Americana genre, with selections from bluegrass, classic country, folk, blues and today’s singer-songwriters.
Historic Richmond Town’s Historical Interpreters teach you how to churn butter and bake bread in the circa 1820 Guyon-Lake-Tysen House kitchen, using historic cookery tools and techniques. Taste the past with us this Winter! All ingredients provided.
Hear from Robert Snyder, the author of When the City Stopped, in which he tells the story of COVID-19 in the words of ordinary New Yorkers, illuminating the fear and uncertainty of life in the early weeks and months, as well as the solidarity that sustained the city. New Yorkers were "alone together," separated by the protective measures of social distancing and the fundamental inequalities of life and work in New York City. Through their personal accounts, we see that while many worked from home, others knowingly exposed themselves to the dangers of the pandemic as they drove buses, ran subways, answered 911 calls, tended to the sick, and made and delivered meals.
Celebrate Spring with Joan Caddell & The Midnight Choir! We're unplugged and intimate featuring the sweet retro sounds of a stand-up bass, mandolin, violin, accordion and guitar, interpreting the classic country songs of Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Kitty Wells, Johnny Cash, Joan Caddell and more.
