Historic East Hampton

Guided Tour of the Dominy Shops Museum
2025-10-12 10:00, 2025-11-01 11:00, 2025-11-15 10:00 (America/New_York) | 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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Guided Tour of Mulford Farm
2025-10-13 10:00 | Mulford Farmstead, 10 James Ln, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
Visitors will have the opportunity to go inside one of East Hampton’s oldest homes and 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, the tour includes a visit to a barn built in 1720 and a traditional dooryard garden, which is cultivated by the Garden Club of East Hampton. After the tour, visitors can also explore the site using the new AR1776 App, which goes further in depth about the American Revolution.
Meet at 10 James Lane, East Hampton.
Free for Members and $12 for Non-Members.
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Autumn Golf Outing Benefit at the Maidstone Club
2025-10-15 11:30 - 19:30 | Maidstone Club, 50 Old Beach Lane, East Hampton, NY, 11937
Join us for our first Autumn Golf Outing Benefit at the Maidstone Club. Check-in and lunch 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.
Individual $1,500
Foursome $5,500

Marine Mammal & Maritime History at the East Hampton Town Marine Museum
2025-10-17 15:00, 2025-10-24 15:00, 2025-11-08 11:00, 2025-11-08 12:00, 2025-11-14 12:00, 2025-11-14 13:00, 2025-12-05 15:00 | East Hampton Town Marine Museum, 301 Bluff Rd, Amagansett, NY, 11930
The East Hampton Historical Society is leading an innovative program at the East Hampton Town Marine Museum to educate our community about marine mammals in the mid-Atlantic. One of the whale species we focus on at the Marine Museum is the North Atlantic Right Whale. It is critically endangered, facing severe threats from human activity, especially vessel strikes.
During this “Marine Mammal and Maritime History” tour, you’ll see photographs and data obtained from NOAA, MotionInfo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and local agencies monitoring marine mammals.
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"Goody Garlick" Walking Tour
2025-10-17 17:00 | Gardiner Mill Cottage, 36 James Lane, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
In February 1658, thirty-five years before the Salem Witch Trials, Elizabeth Gardiner Howell of East Hampton fell ill shortly after giving birth. Just before she died, she accused her neighbor, Goody Elizabeth Garlick, of sorcery. Join Town Historian, Hugh King, as we follow in the footsteps of Goody Garlick and explore the sites associated with witchcraft in East Hampton.
This walking tour starts at the Gardiner Mill Cottage Museum, 36 James Lane, East Hampton.
Free for members. $12 for Non-Members. Pre-registration required.
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After the tour, copies of Loretta Orion’s book about Goody Garlick, It Were As Well to Please The Devil as Anger Him, will be available to purchase for $20. Proceeds benefit the East Hampton Library.

LVIS 32nd Annual Landmarks Luncheon
2025-10-18 11:30 | Maidstone Club, 50 Old Beach Lane, East Hampton, NY, 11937
At this year’s Landmarks Luncheon, archeologist and historian Dr. Allison McGovern will share her insights from the Mapping Memories of Freetown Project and the Freetown Cultural Resources Survey. Her lecture will be followed by a leisurely lunch in the beautiful oceanfront setting of the Maidstone Club. Luncheon proceeds will fund future preservation projects under the aegis of the Landmarks Committee of the LVIS, which for more than 50 years has helped maintain East Hampton’s heritage and supported historic-preservation efforts within the town, notably as a driving force behind the creation of the East Hampton Village Historic Districts.
Tickets are available at www.LVIS.org.

Visit the Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran Home and Studio
2025-10-19 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-26 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-01 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-02 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 of the Historical Society and $12 for Non-Members.
Non-Member: $12
Member: FREE

Hallowe'en tour of Green River Cemetery
2025-10-31 17:00 | Green River Cemetery, 787 Accabonac Road, East Hampton, New York, 11937
On Friday, October 31, as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, the Springs Historical Society and Community Library will be sponsoring a free Hallowe’en tour of Green River Cemetery led by our favorite witch, Helen Harrison, and the most knowledgeable goblin in town, Hugh King. The tour will start at 5:00 PM at the northern entrance to the cemetery on Accabonac Road. No reservations are required. Flashlights are recommended, and costumes are encouraged. Learn who lies where and how they got there.
Green River Cemetery is located at 787 Accabonac Road in East Hampton. Since sunset is 5:45 PM, please remember to bring a flashlight or lantern. The tour is free of charge.

Holiday Lights at the Farm
2025-11-28 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-28 17:30 - 20:00, 2025-12-05 17:30 - 20:00, 2025-12-12 17:30 - 20:00, 2025-12-13 17:30 - 20:00, 2025-12-19 17:30 - 20:00, 2025-12-20 17:30 - 20:00 | Mulford Farmstead, 10 James Ln, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
The East Hampton Historical Society is pleased to host Holiday “Bonac Lights” at Mulford Farm this holiday season. Presented by the East Hampton Masonic Lodge – Star of the East Lodge #843. Bonac Lights is a holiday stroll in the heart of East Hampton Village. Formerly presented at East Hampton High School, Bonac Lights is now on display at Mulford Farm located at 10 James Lane in East Hampton. The entire family will enjoy illuminated snowmen, carolers, elves, and the North Pole! In addition to the light displays, there will be food, vendors, music, characters, and Santa Claus on selected nights. All proceeds from Bonac Lights support college scholarships for East Hampton High School students.
Holiday Lights at Mulford Farm will be on display every Friday and Saturday through December 20 from 5:30 PM to 8 PM. Please park on James Lane. Parking is not available on the Farm itself. Admission is $12 for adults and $6 for children. Tickets may be purchased in advance on the Bonac Lights website.

Historic Hike of the Grace Estate
2025-11-28 10:00 - 13:00 | Grace Estate Preserve, Mile Hill Road, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
On Friday, November 28, the day after Thanksgiving, join the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society and the East Hampton Historical Society for a hike to several of the old farmsteads in the Grace Estate Preserve area of Northwest Woods. The hike will include visits to the Van Scoy Farm, the Northwest Schoolhouse site, and Kirk’s Place, all of which were abandoned in the 1880s. Local historian and hike leader Rick Whalen will be our guide. The hike will be 4 to 4.5 miles long and will last until about 1:00 PM.
Meet on Mile Hill Road directly opposite the intersection with Phoebe Scoy’s Road. Park on the road shoulders. The hike is free of charge and no advance reservations are needed.

Annual House & Garden Tour Cocktail Party - SOLD OUT
2025-11-28 18:00 - 20:00 | New York
Thank you to everyone who registered to join us for the cocktail party on the evening before the Annual East Hampton House & Garden Tour. Both the party and the tour are SOLD OUT.

If you purchased tickets to the cocktail party, but did not receive an email identifying the location of the party, please call 631.324.6850, x2 for directions prior to 4 PM on November 28.
There are no printed tickets for the cocktail party. The names of all ticket holders will be on the guest list at the check-in table.
Thank you to The Agency for their corporate support of the House & Garden Tour benefit.

Annual East Hampton House & Garden Tour - SOLD OUT
2025-11-29 13:00 - 16:30 | New York
The 37th Annual East Hampton House & Garden Tour benefiting the East Hampton Historical Society is SOLD OUT!

If you already purchased tickets, you may pick your program – which also serves as your ticket – at Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street in East Hampton. Programs will be available on Friday, November 28 from 10 AM to 4 PM and then on Saturday, November 29 from 10 AM to 1:30 PM. Programs must be picked up by 1 PM on November 29. Unfortunately, programs cannot be picked up any earlier than 10 AM on November 28.
Thank you to The Agency for their corporate support of the House & Garden Tour benefit.

Marine Mammal & Maritime History at the East Hampton Town Marine Museum
2026-01-16 15:00 | East Hampton Town Marine Museum, 301 Bluff Rd, Amagansett, NY, 11930
The East Hampton Historical Society is leading an innovative program at the East Hampton Town Marine Museum to educate our community about marine mammals in the mid-Atlantic. One of the whale species we focus on at the Marine Museum is the North Atlantic Right Whale. It is critically endangered, facing severe threats from human activity, especially vessel strikes.
During this “Marine Mammal and Maritime History” tour presented free-of-charge in collaboration with the South Fork Natural History Museum, you’ll see photographs and data obtained from NOAA, MotionInfo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and local agencies monitoring marine mammals.
REGISTER at SOFO
