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Hours: 1st Saturday of each month between 9 a.m. – noon.
Fee: Free
Kids Workshop is an award winning program that has been offered at The Home Depot stores since 1997. The workshops are free, how-to clinics designed for children ages 5-12 at all The Home Depot stores. Children accompanied by an adult, use their skills to create objects that can be used in and around their homes or communities. |
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Hours: Every Saturday 10 a.m. - noon
Fee: Many are free, some require a purchase
Various projects and demos for families. There are some that require a craft supply purchase. Please check the online calendar for more information. |
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A listing of each town’s Chamber of Commerce website to see the events going on near you! |
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Long Island’s 2019 Summer Concert Series |
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South Haven County Park, 189 Gerard Rd., Brookhaven, NY 11719
631-345-0499
Hours: Usually the 2nd and last Sundays of each month from the middle of May until the end of October at 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Fee: Small donation of your choice.
This railroad model club has made mini trains that you and your kids can ride on! There is also a picnic area, as well as train items for sale. |
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Building 400C, 20 Brookhaven Ave.,
Upton, NY 11973
631-344-2651
Hours: Gates open 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Fee: Free
For several weeks this summer, the Laboratory welcomes members of the public to its site. The lab plans days that include visits to their facilities, opportunities to speak with researchers, special activities for adults and children and much more. No reservations are needed and it’s recommended for ages 1 and over. Visitors over the age of 16 must bring a photo ID. |
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4670 New York Rte. 25, Calverton, NY 11933
Hours: Daily 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Fee: Free
Grumman Memorial Park celebrates the many years that Grumman Corporation (now the Northrop Grumman Corporation) had a Long Island presence. See actual planes like the F-14A Tomcat and the A-6E Intruder, all for free. |
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101 Eastwood Blvd. , Centereach, NY 11720
631-585-9393 x 107
Hours: See website or call for the most current hours.
Fee: Free
An outdoor learning space for children and families. Whether they’re reflecting on a poem under a willow tree, climbing on a tree stump, or expressing artistic talent through song and dance on the Play It stage, children will discover the gift of nature. |
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4 Courthouse Drive, Central Islip, NY 11722
631-721-8129
Hours: Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Exhibits display the 125 year history of the volunteer Fire and EMS agencies serving the Town of Islip |
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1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
516-692-6768
Hours: Open daily 10– 5 (June – Aug. Sat. & Sun. 10-6)
Fee: $7 Adults; $5 Ages 3-12, $6 65+; Free 2 & under.
The Hatchery is proud of having the largest living collection of New York State freshwater reptiles, fish and amphibians. Visitors are given a self-guided tour sheet ; can buy food to feed trout. Special events & programs. |
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301 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
631-367-3418
Hours: Tuesday – Friday noon – 4, Saturdays & Sundays 11 – 5 (open summer daily 11-5)
Fee: $6 Adults; $5 Seniors 62+ & Children ages 4-18 ; Children under 4 unless participating in an event & military members are free. First Wednesday of the month is “Pay as You Wish”
Features 19th century whaleboat, whaling history exhibits, scrimshaw collection, whale conservation exhibits, Family Activity Center, films, special events. |
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Verizon Telecom Pioneer Museum |
445 Commack Road, Commack, NY 11725
631-543-1371
Hours: 1 – 4 p.m. 1st Sunday of the month
Fee: Free, donations appreciated.
This volunteer-run museum has re-creation of Alexander Graham Bell’s workshop, wire used in first telephone transmission, models of early phones, photos, animated figures, and library. |
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130 Bayview Avenue, East Islip, NY 11730
631-581-6908
Hours: The property is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. throughout the week; the visitor center is open weekends 1-4.
Includes 206 acres; 2.3-mile trail in salt marsh; oak and hickory forest; freshwater bottomland; weekend family events. |
| GREENPORT |
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115 Front Street, Greenport, NY 11944
631-477-2200
Mitchell Park, described as the "jewel" of the Village of Greenport, is a four acre park located on the beautiful waterfront of the village. The park is home to the antique carousel, camera obscura, marina and ice skating rink. |
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Mitchell Park
631-477-2200
Winter Hours: Saturday & Sunday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Summer Hours: Open daily 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. starting the 3rd week in June through Labor Day weekend. Holiday and seasonal hours do vary, see website for details
Fee: $2 per ride
Greenport's Antique Carousel is located in the Glass Carousel Pavilion. Bring the kids to ride the Carousel, or ride along and let the Carousel bring the kid out in you! |
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103 3rd Street, Greenport, NY 11944
631-477-2100
Hours: Seasonal. See website for details
Fee: Voluntary donation
The museum boasts an array of exhibits on the maritime heritage of the area, including displays on the Greenport menhaden fishing industry, the oyster industry, lighthouse lenses, a model ship of the USS Ohio, & more. |
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Mitchell Park
631-477-2200 ext. 2 or 631-477-1133
Hours: Seasonal. Monday-Friday 3-5; Family Night Friday Nights 5 -9, weekends 11-5
Fee: $5 Adults; $3 Seniors & Children under 18 weekdays. Weekends and holidays $10 Adults, $7 Seniors & Children under 18. Rentals $5. Family Nights $7 fee includes rentals |
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101 Front Street, Greenport, NY 11944
631-477-2100
Hours: Saturdays 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. through the winter; June – September, Friday – Sunday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Fee: Voluntary donation
This is a replica of a working blacksmith shop. |
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249 Buckley Road, Holtsville, NY 11742
631-758-9664
Hours: Jan. - Mar. 9-3 weedays; Apr. 4 - May 22 & Sept. 28 - Dec. 30, 9-3 weekdays & 10 – 3 weekends; May 23 – Sept. 27: 9 - 4 daily.
Fee: $5 parking May - October
Features an exercise-trail fitness course; zoo and ecology center, including buffalo, bobcats, eagles, children’s petting zoo; ecology exhibits; greenhouses; picnic area. |
| HUNTINGTON STATION |
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246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station, NY 11746
631-427-5240
Hours: June 15th – Labor Day Monday – Friday 11 - 4 , weekends 11 – 5 . Closed major holidays. Winter: Wednesday – Friday 1 – 4, weekends 11– 4
Fee: $8 Adults / $6 Students /$7 Seniors & Veterans/ Children 5 and under & members are free.
Visit the 19th century farmhouse with 19th century furnishings and unusual architecture. Interpretive Center exhibits: 130 Whitman portraits, original letters, manuscripts, artifacts, Whitman’s voice on tape, and schoolmaster’s desk. Guided tours, audio-visual show, library, museum shop/bookstore, and picnic area. |
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Johnson Avenue, Islandia, NY 11760
631-853-2727
Hours: Office/Restrooms open Memorial Day – Labor Day.
Fee: Free
Includes a nature trail boardwalk over the headwaters of the Connetquot River, picnic area with gazebo, boardwalks, shuffleboard, basketball courts and fishing. |
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550 South Bay Avenue, Islip, NY 11751
631-581-6908
Hours: Park & Trails: Wed. – Sun. dawn - dusk.; Nature Center & Gift Shop: Wed. – Sat. -10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday noon – 4 p.m.; Closed Monday & Tuesday (Please check the website for changes)
Program Fee: $8 Non-Members; $4 Members (Registration is required & can be limited)
Contains diverse wetland and upland forest habitats, is open for hiking, birding, etc. They offer programs for pre-school children, students, adults, and families. Browse upcoming education programs on their online calendar. |
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Main Road (Route 25) at Cardinal Drive, Mattituck, NY 11952
631-298-5248
Hours: Weekends by appointment. May – September.
Fee: Free, donations appreciated
Buildings on the site including 2 houses (1799) and (1840), a schoolhouse (1846), milk house (circa 1850) and a farm outbuilding with 19th century farm implements and machine on display. Permanent exhibits include American Indian artifacts recovered in Mattituck and a collection of 19th century quilts. |
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101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson, NY 11777
631-331-3277
Hours: Wednesdays 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.,weekends & most school holidays 1– 5 p.m.;
July & August Wednesdays-Sundays 1 – 5 p.m.
Fee: $5 per person, Children under 1 are free
Children can visit various centers, such as “Tesselation Tiles”, “Harbor Wheelhouse Simulation”, "Magnetic Ball Run", “Bailing Boat”, and more. Children must be accompanied by an adult. |
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3 Old Country Road, Quogue, NY 11959
631-653-4771
Hours: Refuge Trails & Distressed Wildlife Complex are open every day from sunrise to sunset.
Nature Center Building is open Tuesdays, Thursdays, and weekends 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Fee: Free
A 305-acre expanse of protected land with over seven miles of trails where you can explore Pine Barrens, bogs, wetlands, a field and a tidal sanctuary. The main trail is wheelchair and stroller friendly. The Distressed Wildlife Complex houses animals that would not be able to survive in the wild. Inside the Nature Center, overlooking Old Ice Pond you can observe wildlife as well as visit a variety of exhibits, turtles, snakes, a touch table and children’s room. |
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Fireman’s Memorial Park
725 Route 25 (Middle Country Road), Ridge, NY 11961
631-924-8114
Call for hours.
Fee: Free, donations appreciated
The restored 1889 Centre Moriches Fire House contains Firematic apparatus, photos, equipment, patches, old toys, badges and extinguishers. A second Truck House Building has six trucks including a 1956 85’ Seagrave Ladder, a 1943 Brush Truck and a Class “C” Racing Rig. |
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40 Peconic Ave., Riverhead, NY 11901
631-208-8000
Hours: Winter: Wednesday - Friday 1 - 5 p.m., weekends 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.Vacation weeks, please call for availability.
Summer Hours: Monday – Friday 1-5 p.m., weekends 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Fee: $10 per person
Hands-on science and technology museum with interactive exhibits of bubbles, magnets, structural engineering, archeology, bats; view mounted butterflies and take part in STEAM activities. |
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2595 Noyak Rd., Sag Harbor, NY 11963
631-899-4293
Hours: Refuge hours are ½ hour before sunrise to ½ hour after sunset.
Fee: Per Vehicle $4, Pedestrian/bicycle $2
The nature trail at Morton passes through upland areas and onto the beach. You can then follow the peninsula for almost 2 miles, travel an upland trail or visit a brackish pond (partial beach closure April 1st – August 31st). Saltwater fishing from sore is permitted (state regulations apply). Enjoy nature photography, wildlife observation, hiking, nature interpretation and environmental education. An information kiosk and restrooms are provided for visitor convenience. |
Sag Harbor Fire Department Museum |
46 Church Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963
631-725-0779
Hours: Open daily (except Wednesdays) noon - 4p.m. July –mid September. Tours by appointment.
Fee: $1 Adults; $0.50 Children 10 – 14. Under 10 Free
On display: equipment dating to the 19th century, a Model T fire chief's truck and a mural depicting major fires in Sag Harbor. Collection of Code 3 fire trucks. |
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88 West Avenue, West Sayville, NY 11796
631-854-4974
Hours: Monday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Sunday noon – 4 p.m. (closed Wed. January - March)
Fee: $8 Adults; $6 Children & Seniors
The museum is located on the waterfront with a collection of over 10,000 objects and five historic buildings. Kids will discover the links between the Island’s maritime and natural histories. They will encounter some of the amazing sea creatures living in our local waters. |
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56 Gnarled Hollow Road, East Setauket, NY 11733
631-689-8172
Hours: Most Saturdays & Sundays, April, May & October 12 - 4 p.m. Call for details.
Fee: $8 Adults; $6 Children and Seniors
Visit with the animals, walk through the nature trails, and enjoy the world famous swing in the woods! |
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62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown, NY 11787
631-979-6344
Hours: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. daily. Vivarium: Open 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily (In Season).
Fee: Free, donations accepted; butterfly house $5, Seniors and Children under 12 $3
Includes 54 acres, hiking with views of Nissequogue River; butterfly house. Mock rain forest. Long Island Greenbelt Trail runs through the preserve. Wildlife rehabilitation with eagles, hawks, and owls. |
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100 Montauk Highway & Westgate Road, Shinnecock Reservation, Southampton, NY 11969
631-287-4923
Hours: Closed in the winter. Open Thursday - Sunday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. March - December
Fee: $8 Adults; $5.50 Seniors & Students; $4.75 Ages 5 – 12; Children under 5 are free
Museum houses 10,000 years of Shinnecock history that features “A Walk With the People”, containing murals and sculpted totems, a replica of a wigwam, a centuries-old birch-bark canoe, mounted animals, implements, jewelry, beadwork, weavings and photos of ancestors and elders. There is also a museum shop. |
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200 Harbor Road, Stony Brook, NY 11790
631-689-0619
Hours: The park is open 365 days a year dawn - dusk
Fee: Free
Avalon is a re-creation of the natural environment that greeted the first indigenous people to settle New York State. Its five distinct natural habitats populated entirely by native flora hold the story of our past, and quite possibly, the seeds of our future. |
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100 Harbor Rd., Stony Brook, NY 11790
631-751-2244
Hours: April through mid-October, Saturdays & Sundays noon– 4:30 p.m. (weather permitting)
Fee: $2 Adults; $1 Children
Long Island's most completely equipped working Grist Mill, the Stony Brook Grist Mill is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sample a slice of colonial life while touring a working grist mill. |
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350 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank, NY 11980
631-852-4600
Hours: Open daily 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Fee: Free, but Butterfly House $2 per person
Visitors are able to see a century old working farm which still holds a tie to the past through the historic hay barn, while showcasing present-day agriculture. Visit with the farm animals and feed them with food purchased there. |
Suffolk County Police Department Museum |
30 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank, NY 11980
631-852-6012
Hours: Open daily 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Fee: Free
The Police Museum traces the evolution of policing in Suffolk from the 16th century Sheriff to the present day law enforcement personnel. Featured are: interpretive displays such as the 1925 station house, Constable Miller's 1915 Traffic Booth, the old Riverhead Jail and a talking 1960 Police Car and Police Booth. |
Chambers of Commerce
Grumman Memorial Park
Holtsville Ecology Center & Animal Preserve
Lakeland County Park
Mattituck-Laurel Historical Society and Museum
Brookhaven’s Volunteer Firefighters Museum
Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge
Sweetbriar Nature Center
Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum
Suffolk County Farm & Education Center