Historic East Hampton

Signs of Springs: The Springs Artists’ Exhibition Posters
2025-03-24 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-03-27 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-03-28 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-03-31 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937
Featuring exhibit posters publicizing the Springs Improvement Society’s annual artist invitational, Signs of Spring, curated by Aimee Lusty and Stacy Myers, is on view at Clinton Academy now through March 31.
In 1968, the Springs Improvement Society held its first annual “Artists of the Springs” invitational exhibition on the grounds of Ashawagh Hall coinciding with the annual Fisherman’s Fair. It started as an outdoor exhibit to raise money for local scholarships and the construction of a gallery wing. Works were contributed by “just about every well-known artist in the Springs” reported the East Hampton Star that opening year. The first exhibit was kindled by a decades-long relationship between The Springs Improvement Society and artists that flocked to the area in the mid-1940s and 1950s, most notably Lee Krasner, James Brooks, Willem de Kooning, and John Little.
From the start, the Society appointed a chairperson each year to run the invitational in their own way. In 1972, artist Arnold Hoffman suggested that the Society produce a poster to announce and promote the show, starting a lively tradition that continues to the present day. The posters, featuring a single artwork reproduced in a variety of printing processes over the years including silkscreen and lithograph, have become collectible artworks on their own. A portfolio of the first five posters, by Ray Parker, James Brooks, Ilya Bolotowsky, Lee Krasner, and Ibram Lassaw was requested by the Smithsonian Institution’s Office of Exhibitions Abroad for an international traveling exhibit called Images of an Era: the American Poster, 1945-75 held in 1975.
The selected posters on view at Clinton Academy demonstrate a range of artists, printing processes, and styles from 1971 to 2024 while highlighting the contribution of women artists to the Springs community.
The posters are on loan from the Springs Historical Society and The Springs Improvement Society.

Signs of Springs: The Springs Artists’ Exhibition Posters
2025-03-25 10:00 - 15:00 | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937
Featuring exhibit posters publicizing the Springs Improvement Society’s annual artist invitational, Signs of Spring, curated by Aimee Lusty and Stacy Myers, is on view at Clinton Academy has been extended through March 31.
In 1968, the Springs Improvement Society held its first annual “Artists of the Springs” invitational exhibition on the grounds of Ashawagh Hall coinciding with the annual Fisherman’s Fair. It started as an outdoor exhibit to raise money for local scholarships and the construction of a gallery wing. Works were contributed by “just about every well-known artist in the Springs” reported the East Hampton Star that opening year. The first exhibit was kindled by a decades-long relationship between The Springs Improvement Society and artists that flocked to the area in the mid-1940s and 1950s, most notably Lee Krasner, James Brooks, Willem de Kooning, and John Little.
From the start, the Society appointed a chairperson each year to run the invitational in their own way. In 1972, artist Arnold Hoffman suggested that the Society produce a poster to announce and promote the show, starting a lively tradition that continues to the present day. The posters, featuring a single artwork reproduced in a variety of printing processes over the years including silkscreen and lithograph, have become collectible artworks on their own. A portfolio of the first five posters, by Ray Parker, James Brooks, Ilya Bolotowsky, Lee Krasner, and Ibram Lassaw was requested by the Smithsonian Institution’s Office of Exhibitions Abroad for an international traveling exhibit called Images of an Era: the American Poster, 1945-75 held in 1975.
The selected posters on view at Clinton Academy demonstrate a range of artists, printing processes, and styles from 1971 to 2024 while highlighting the contribution of women artists to the Springs community.
The posters are on loan from the Springs Historical Society and The Springs Improvement Society.

Signs of Springs: The Springs Artists’ Exhibition Posters
2025-03-26 10:00 - 15:00 | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937
Featuring exhibit posters publicizing the Springs Improvement Society’s annual artist invitational, Signs of Spring, curated by Aimee Lusty and Stacy Myers, is on view at Clinton Academy through February 28.
In 1968, the Springs Improvement Society held its first annual “Artists of the Springs” invitational exhibition on the grounds of Ashawagh Hall coinciding with the annual Fisherman’s Fair. It started as an outdoor exhibit to raise money for local scholarships and the construction of a gallery wing. Works were contributed by “just about every well-known artist in the Springs” reported the East Hampton Star that opening year. The first exhibit was kindled by a decades-long relationship between The Springs Improvement Society and artists that flocked to the area in the mid-1940s and 1950s, most notably Lee Krasner, James Brooks, Willem de Kooning, and John Little.
From the start, the Society appointed a chairperson each year to run the invitational in their own way. In 1972, artist Arnold Hoffman suggested that the Society produce a poster to announce and promote the show, starting a lively tradition that continues to the present day. The posters, featuring a single artwork reproduced in a variety of printing processes over the years including silkscreen and lithograph, have become collectible artworks on their own. A portfolio of the first five posters, by Ray Parker, James Brooks, Ilya Bolotowsky, Lee Krasner, and Ibram Lassaw was requested by the Smithsonian Institution’s Office of Exhibitions Abroad for an international traveling exhibit called Images of an Era: the American Poster, 1945-75 held in 1975.
The selected posters on view at Clinton Academy demonstrate a range of artists, printing processes, and styles from 1971 to 2024 while highlighting the contribution of women artists to the Springs community.
The posters are on loan from the Springs Historical Society and The Springs Improvement Society.

Winter Lecture: East Hampton Houses of Worship
2025-03-28 19:00 | St. Luke’s Church, 18 James Lane, East Hampton, NY, 11937
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David Cataletto presents the history of East Hampton’s many houses of worship, including the meetinghouse church that was founded in 1649 and St. Luke’s Church where his lecture will take place. While some of the buildings continue to serve religious congregations, David will explain how other houses of worship have been adapted for new purposes.
The event is free of charge.

Tour of the East Hampton Town Marine Museum
2025-04-04 15:00 | East Hampton Town Marine Museum, 301 Bluff Rd, Amagansett, NY, 11930
Join the Historical Society’s Director of Education, Stacy Myers, for a special tour of the Marine Museum’s collection of maritime art and artifacts with a special focus on marine mammal conservation. During the program, Stacy will present photographs and data gathered to monitor marine mammals off the coast of Long Island from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, MotionInfo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and local agencies. Space is limited so register today.
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Winter Lecture: The Fowler House
2025-04-25 19:00 | St. Luke’s Church, 18 James Lane, East Hampton, NY, 11937
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East Hampton Town Historian Hugh King will highlight the history of what is believed to be the only surviving Montaukett home in East Hampton Township.
The event is free of charge.

Guided Tour of the Dominy Shops Museum
2025-05-17 10:00, 2025-06-08 10:00, 2025-06-14 10:00 | Dominy Shops Museum, 73 N Main St, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
Join us for a guided tour of the Dominy Shops Museum! You can find out how the Dominy Shops returned to North Main Street, learn about the famed Dominy craftsmen, and view the exhibition, Made to Order: The Dominy Craftsmen and their Customers.

The tour, which takes place at 73 North Main Street, East Hampton, is free for Members and $12 for Non-Members.
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Visit the Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran Home and Studio
2025-05-17 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-31 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-08 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-14 11:00 - 16:00 | Moran Studio, 229 Main St., East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
See East Hampton’s original artist studio and learn how the Morans transformed perceptions of nature and especially the American West during the late 19th century. During a self-guided tour of the Studio, visitors can experience how the building functioned as a home, artmaking studio, and entertainment space. As a special treat, you can see Thomas Moran’s painting, Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus exactly as he displayed it in the Studio.
229 Main Street, East Hampton.
Free for Members and $12 for Non-Members.
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Spring Golf Outing Benefit - SOLD OUT
2025-05-21 11:30 - 19:30 | Maidstone Club, 50 Old Beach Lane, East Hampton, NY, 11937
OUR MAY 21 OUTING IS SOLD OUT. Please join us for our Autumn Golf Outing Benefit at the Maidstone Club on October 15. Check-in and lunch will begin at 11:30am when the putting green and driving range will be open. Play begins with a Shotgun Start at 1:30pm with a reception and awards ceremony on the veranda following your round of golf. The Outing features stroke play with Callaway scoring.
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Visit the Dominy Shops Museum
2025-05-24 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-01 11:00 - 16:00 | Dominy Shops Museum, 73 N Main St, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
In the new Dominy Shops Museum, you can learn how the site was restored and reconstructed on the original location where three generations of East Hampton’s most acclaimed woodworkers and craftsmen made everything from cradles to coffins in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The current exhibition, Made to Order: The Dominy Craftsmen and their Customers tells the stories of the variety of local residents who commissioned clocks, furniture, and tools from the Dominys.
73 North Main Street, East Hampton
Free for Members and $12 for Non-Members.
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Visit Mulford Farmstead
2025-05-25 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-07 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-08 11:00 - 16:00 | Mulford Farmstead, 10 James Ln, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
After using the AR1776 App to explore the augmented reality program on the Farmstead’s grounds, you’ll have the opportunity to go inside one of East Hampton’s oldest homes, which never had indoor running water or toilets. During your visit, you’ll learn about the American Revolution through the eyes of the Mulford family and the enslaved Africans who lived there. Located on an original home lot in East Hampton, visitors can also see a traditional dooryard garden, which is cultivated by the Garden Club of East Hampton.
10 James Lane, East Hampton. Free for Members and $12 for Non-Members.

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Walking Tour of Main Street, East Hampton
2025-06-06 17:30 | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937
Learn about East Hampton and how Main Street has changed over time. During the tour, you’ll get a chance to go inside Town House, see the British Headquarters during the American Revolution, and find out about enslaved Africans and Montauketts who lived and worked on Main Street. The Tour begins with a visit to Clinton Academy.
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Tour with the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society: Windmills of East Hampton
2025-06-07 09:30 | Home Sweet Home Museum, 14 James Lane, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
In partnership with the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society, join us for a tour of East Hampton’s three iconic windmills. We will be joined by our incomparable Town and Village historian, Hugh King, who will share his insights into the Gardiner, Pantigo, and Hook windmills. If conditions allow, participants will have the opportunity to explore the Gardiner and Hook Mills’ interiors.
Meet at 9:30 AM at the Home Sweet Home Museum, 14 James Lane, East Hampton.
Free for members of the EH Trails Preservation Society and EH Historical Society. $12 for Non-Members. Pre-registration required.
For more information, please contact the tour leader, Marian Zucker.
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Membership Party
2025-06-07 18:00 - 20:00 | NY
Join us for our annual Membership Party and kick off the summer at the Devon Yacht Club, 300 Abraham’s Landing Road in Amagansett.
Tickets –

$200 includes one Membership Party ticket and an individual Historical Society membership.
$500 includes two Membership Party tickets, a Family Membership, and inclusion in our Annual Report and Donor Wall at Clinton Academy.

And, consider joining us in the New Century Circle at the $5,000 level to receive special Membership benefits, including –

Two Membership Party tickets,
Four tickets to the Antiques + Design Show and Preview Party,
Four tickets to the House & Garden Cocktail Party and Tour,
Special recognition in our Annual Report and Donor Wall, and
Concierge service for all Historical Society public programs and events.

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Opening Reception for "Artists in Residence" Exhibition
2025-06-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937
Join us for the opening of the new exhibit, Artists in Residence: Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios of the East End! Featuring original artworks and artifacts from some of America’s most acclaimed artists, including Mabel & Victor D’Amico, Robert Dash, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Jack Lenor Larsen, John Little, Thomas & Mary Nimmo Moran and Jackson Pollock, Artists in Residence explores how East Hampton became one of America’s preeminent arts colonies. The exhibit describes what drew the artists to the East End, their connection to the local landscape, and its influence on their practice. Plus, visitors can discover how to visit these historic homes and studios today.
On display in Clinton Academy at 151 Main Street in East Hampton, the exhibit text is accessible in both Spanish and English. Open daily from 12 Noon to 4 PM.
Made possible with support from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the seven Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios in the exhibit include:

Arts Center at Duck Creek Farm
D’Amico Institute of Art
Elaine de Kooning House
LongHouse Reserve
Madoo Conservancy
Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center
Thomas & Mary Nimmo Moran Home and Studio

"Artists in Residence" - Historic Artists' Home & Studios of the East End
2025-06-13 12:00 - 16:00 | NY
Summer exhibition at Clinton Academy! Featuring original artworks and artifacts from some of America’s most acclaimed artists, including Mabel & Victor D’Amico, Robert Dash, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Jack Lenor Larsen, John Little, Thomas & Mary Nimmo Moran and Jackson Pollock, Artists in Residence explores how East Hampton became one of America’s preeminent arts colonies. The exhibit describes what drew the artists to the East End, their connection to the local landscape, and its influence on their practice. Plus, visitors can discover how to visit these historic homes and studios today.
On display in Clinton Academy at 151 Main Street in East Hampton, the exhibit text is accessible in both Spanish and English. Open daily from 12 Noon to 4 PM.
Made possible with support from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the seven Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios in the exhibit include:

Arts Center at Duck Creek Farm
D’Amico Institute of Art
Elaine de Kooning House
LongHouse Reserve
Madoo Conservancy
Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center
Thomas & Mary Nimmo Moran Home and Studio

Image credit: Lee Krasner, Free Space (Deluxe Edition), 1975, serigraph and collage on paper, Collection of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center.

"Artists in Residence" - Historic Artists' Home & Studios of the East End
2025-06-14 12:00 - 16:00 | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937

Tour the East Hampton Town Marine Museum
2025-06-14 15:00 - 16:00 | East Hampton Town Marine Museum, 301 Bluff Rd, Amagansett, NY, 11930
Join us for a special tour of the East Hampton Town Marine Museum led by Stacy Myers, the Historical Society’s Director of Education, presented in partnership with the Amagansett Library. The Marine Museum tells the unique story of Long Island’s East End community and its relationship with the sea through artifacts, photographs, models, and displays. In addition to presenting on the maritime history of the East End, Stacy will share the the Historical Society’s current efforts to monitor marine mammals off the coast of Long Island in a collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, MotionInfo, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
The tour is free to members of the community. Space is limited.
Register through the Amagansett Library

Guided Tour of the Moran Studio
2025-06-15 11:00 | Moran Studio, 229 Main St., East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
Join us for a guided tour East Hampton’s original artist studio and learn how the Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran transformed perceptions of nature and especially the American West during the late 19th century. You’ll tour the grounds and interior of the Studio and experience how the building functioned as a home, artmaking studio, and entertainment space. You’ll also learn about Thomas Moran’s painting, Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus, which is displayed exactly where he hung it after the Studio was built.
Meet at 229 Main Street, East Hampton. The tour is free for Members and $12 for Non-Members.

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