Historic East Hampton

Membership Party 2026
2026-06-20 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Join us for our annual Membership Party and kick off the summer at a private home overlooking Gardiner’s Bay!
Tickets –
$200 includes one Membership Party Ticket and an individual Historical Society membership.
$500 includes two Party Tickets and a Family Membership and listing in our Annual Report.

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.

Party address will be shared after registration.

Tour the Dominy Shops 6/21
2026-06-21 10:00 | Dominy Shops Museum, 73 N Main St, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
Celebrate Father’s Day by touring the Dominy Shops Museum. During your visit, you’ll learn how the Dominy shops and home returned to its 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. In addition to the restored carpentry and clockmaking shop, you can see an array of clocks and furniture on display in the Dominy’s reconstructed house, which now serves as an exhibition gallery.
73 North Main Street, East Hampton
Free for Members and $12 for Non-Members.

Watercolor Painting in the Garden at Clinton Academy
2026-06-24 10:00 - 12:00 | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937
Join our watercolor workshop at Mimi Meehan Native Plant Garden at Clinton Academy. Landscape and garden painter Barbara Thomas will guide students from beginners to experienced painters in color mixing, sketching, composing, techniques for laying in layers of background color and building detail, to create an expressive garden painting.
Meet at Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street in East Hampton.
The cost of this two-hour class is $100 plus costs of materials.

Visit the Dominy Shops 6/27
2026-06-27 11:00 - 16:00 | Dominy Shops Museum, 73 N Main St, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
During your visit, you’ll learn how the Dominy shops and home returned to its 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. In addition to the restored carpentry and clockmaking shop, you can see an array of clocks and furniture on display in the Dominy’s reconstructed house, which now serves as an exhibition gallery.
73 North Main Street, East Hampton
Free for Members and $12 for Non-Members.

Visit the Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran Home & Studio 6/28
2026-06-28 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.

Visit Mulford Farm & Celebrate America's 250th
2026-07-04 11:00 - 16:00 | Mulford Farmstead, 10 James Ln, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
Visit Mulford Farmhouse, which recently underwent a comprehensive interior restoration. As you tour the house, you’ll learn about Colonel David Mulford, who helped lead the cause for American independence in East Hampton, as well as the enslaved people of color such as Acca, Daniel, Jack, and Rose, who sustained the farm during the American Revolution.

Revolutionary East Hampton Walking Tour
2026-07-04 15:00 | Home Sweet Home Museum, 14 James Lane, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
In celebration of the Fourth of July, join East Hampton Town and Village Historian Hugh King for a special walking tour of East Hampton’s Main Street focused on the American Revolution. Learn where the colonial militia drilled, understand how the British occupied East Hampton, and see the homes of American patriots and Revolutionary War veterans.
July 4 at 3 PM. Meet at the Home Sweet Home Museum, 14 James Lane.
Free for Members of the Historical Society. $12 for Non-Members.
Photo credit: Jeff Heatley / AAQ East End

Watercolor with de Gournay
2026-07-09 09:30 - 10:30 | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937
Join a very special watercolor painting workshop led by an artist from de Gournay on Thursday, July 9 at 9:30 AM at Clinton Academy. Inspired by the hydrangeas and other flowers that will be in bloom in Clinton Academy’s Mimi Meehan Garden, you’ll have the opportunity to paint a de Gournay motif in watercolor.
Meet at Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street in East Hampton.
The cost of this one-hour class is $150. All painting materials will be provided during the workshop.

20th Annual Antiques & Design Show Benefit
2026-07-10 18:00 - 20:30, 2026-07-11 10:00 - 18:00, 2026-07-12 10:00 - 17:00 | Mulford Farmstead, 10 James Ln, East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
Attended by leaders in architectural, interior, and landscape design, the Antiques & Design Show is the region’s premier showcase of antiques and decorative arts for the home and garden. Special thanks to Tom Scheerer for serving as this year’s Honorary Chair.
Taking place on Historic Mulford Farm, the festivities kick off with a Preview Cocktail Party on Friday July 10, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM. The show’s hours are 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Saturday, July 11 and 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Sunday, July 12.
BENEFACTOR (8 tickets to the cocktail party and show) $5,000

SUSTAINER (6 tickets to the cocktail party and show) $2,500

PATRON (4 tickets to the cocktail party and show) $1,200

SUPPORTER (2 tickets to the cocktail party and show) $600

DONOR (1 individual ticket to the cocktail party and show) $275
Register as a Show Sponsor by June 30 by purchasing one of the packages above and you’ll be recognized in the printed event program. Show Sponsors have the opportunity to attend the Preview Party and shop the Show before the general public.
Tickets are also available for Saturday or Sunday – $18
Save by purchasing tickets in advance.

"Bringing the Monster to Manhattan," a presentation by Sean Decatur
2026-07-17 17:00 | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937
You’re invited to a special presentation by Sean Decatur, President of the American Museum of Natural History, entitled Bringing the ‘Monster’ to Manhattan: The Amagansett Whale, Roy Chapman Andrews, and the American Museum of Natural History.
In 1907, the largest North Atlantic Right Whale ever recorded was hunted and “tried out” in Amagansett. Sean Decatur explains what happened next when Roy Chapman Andrews, one of the luminaries of the American Natural History Museum. appeared on the beach in Amagansett.
Taking place at Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street in East Hampton, the presentation is free of charge with a reception to follow.
Reservations are strongly suggested.

Watercolor Painting in the Moran Garden
2026-07-29 10:00 - 12:00 | Moran Studio, 229 Main St., East Hampton, NY, 11937, United States
Open to beginners and experienced watercolorists, this immersive workshop led by artist Janet Jennings invites participants to explore the historic gardens of Thomas Moran and Mary Nimmo Moran through observation, painting, and creative interpretation.
Working on site, students will build watercolor skills that combine structure with spontaneity. Instruction covers color mixing, composition, drawing, washes, layering, expressive brushwork, and fine detail, while encouraging a looser, more personal response to painting from nature. Participants will also learn to observe shifting light, atmospheric color, and the rhythm of the garden to create evocative watercolor studies.
Meet at the Thomas and Mary Nimmo Moran Home & Studio, 229 Main Street in East Hampton
The cost of this two-hour class is $100 plus costs of materials.

TOUR
2026-10-01 08:00 - 17:00
October 1
