Historic East Hampton

"Goody Garlick" Walking Tour
2024-10-19 17:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

House & Garden Tour Preview Party Benefit - SOLD OUT
2024-11-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Maidstone Club, 50 Old Beach Lane, East Hampton, NY, 11937
THE HOUSE & GARDEN TOUR, INCLUDING THE COCKTAIL PARTY, IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT!
It’s the return of the East End’s original “House & Garden Tour” Benefit and this year’s edition kicks off with a special Cocktail Party on Friday, November 29 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Maidstone Club.
The following day, on Saturday, November 30, you’ll have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see five spectacular houses on the 39th Annual House & Garden Tour Benefit.

Cocktail Party: Friday, November 29 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Maidstone Club, 50 Old Beach Lane, East Hampton
House & Garden Tour: Saturday, November 30 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm.

The Cocktail Party and the Tour are both sold out.

House & Garden Tour Benefit - SOLD OUT
2024-11-30 13:00 - 16:30 | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937
The House & Garden Tour Benefit is SOLD OUT!
If you already purchased tickets, you may pick up your Tour Program, which acts as your ticket, on Friday, November 29 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and on Saturday, November 30 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton. You must pick up your program by 1:00 pm on Saturday.

Cocktail Party: Friday, November 29 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Maidstone Club, 50 Old Beach Lane, East Hampton
House & Garden Tour: Saturday, November 30 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Land & Sea: Exhibit at Clinton Academy
2024-12-09 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-10 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-11 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-12 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-13 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-16 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-17 10:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-18 10:00 - 15:00 and 2 more dates | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937
Presented in collaboration with the East Hampton Historical Farm Museum, this exhibit about cartography and maritime navigation features early navigation tools, maps, and charts used by sailors from East Hampton and the South Fork to navigate the waters of the mid-Atlantic. Connecting past and present, the exhibit is on display exactly where students enrolled in Clinton Academy during the late 18th and 19th centuries learned navigation, surveying, and seafaring.
The Land & Sea exhibit is co-curated by Stacy Myers, Director of Education of the Historical Society and Prudence and Brian Carabine from the Farm Museum from the collections of both institutions. Among the highlights is a cross-staff. This celestial navigation instrument made its appearance in Europe in the 1300s and by the 1700s, it had been fully developed for use at sea. The cross-staff was used for finding the latitude by measuring the altitude of the polar star and for measuring the altitude of the sun. To measure the altitude of a celestial body, the eye-end of the staff was placed near the observer’s eye and the other end half way between the horizon and the celestial body. The vane was then slid along the staff until its upper edge appeared to touch the celestial body, while the lower edge appeared to touch the horizon. The altitude could then be read off the staff.
On display in Clinton Academy at 151 Main Street in East Hampton through December 20, Land & Sea is open Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 3 PM. The exhibition is free to visit.

"Open House" of Historic Inns & Sites
2024-12-14 13:00 - 16:00 | NY
It’s the return of a beloved holiday tradition – The Holiday Open House of Historic Inns and Sites! Presented in partnership with the Greater East Hampton Chamber of Commerce, you’re invited to take a self-guided tour of East Hampton and Amagansett’s many historic inns and sites, including Clinton Academy, the Dominy Shops, and the Moran Studio on Saturday, December 14 from 1 PM to 4 PM. Enjoy some holiday merriment while you learn about East Hampton’s history. For more information and a link to a map showing all the participating historic sites and inns, please visit the Chamber’s website.
The event is free of charge.

"FOUND" Exhibit Closing Reception
2025-01-17 16:00 - 18:00 | East Hampton Town Marine Museum, 301 Bluff Rd, Amagansett, NY, 11930
You’re invited to attend the closing reception for Found: A Series of Collections from Our Beaches, the exhibition features objects that eight-year-old Ryder Nadel discovered on East End beaches. Since he was a preschooler, he and his dad, Lee, have fished, hiked, and walked our beaches, finding trash and treasure everywhere. These jaunts sparked Ryder’s interest in conservation and at age four, he decided he didn’t want to have balloons at his birthday again. The “Marine Explorers” summer program also played an important role in spurring Ryder’s appreciation for marine life and the East End’s beaches. Picking up trash also led to the discovery of beautiful things in neglected places. This dichotomy is the essence of this show: from trash to treasure, from new to old and new again, from waste to conservation, from lost to found.
During the reception at the Marine Museum on January 17, Ryder will encourage visitors (like Peter Topping, the Peconic Baykeeper shown here) to take a closer look at some of the marine organisms that call the intertidal zone home in the winter and present a brief talk about marine debris.

Signs of Springs The Springs Artists’ Exhibition Posters
2025-01-21 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-24 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.

"Signs of Springs" Exhibit Opening Reception
2025-01-24 16:00 - 18:00 | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937
Join us for the opening of a new exhibition featuring posters publicizing the Springs Improvement Society’s annual artist invitational. Curated by Stacy Myers and Aimee Lusty, Signs of Spring: The Springs Artists’ Exhibition Posters will be 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: The Dominy Shops & House: A New Story
2025-01-31 19:00 | St. Luke’s Church, 18 James Lane, East Hampton, NY, 11937
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Robert Hefner, Project Director for the Dominy Shops Museum presents The Dominy Shops & House: A New Story. As part of his lecture, Bob will describe what happened to the Dominy Shops in the 1940s and the serendipity that returned them to North Main Street.
The event is free of charge.

"Friendship," a talk by acclaimed artist, Dan Welden - POSTPONED
2025-02-09 11:00 | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937
POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER
As part of the Signs of Springs: The Springs Artists’ Exhibition Posters exhibition at Clinton Academy, we are thrilled to have renowned artist, Dan Welden present an intimate Gallery talk about ‘friendship’ with the Springs Invitational Artists. Join us as Dan describes his collaborative experiences with Elaine and Willem de Kooning, Jim Brooks, Arnold Hoffmann, Jr., Bill King, Connie Fox, David Slater, Scott Bluedorn, and other artists whose work appeared in the annual invitational art exhibit in Springs. Dan will also discuss hand printmaking techniques including the materials and examples with the mysteries of Screen Printing, Stone Lithography, Intaglio and Relief Printing.
The event is free of charge. Advanced reservations are required to attend. Hosted by the East Hampton Historical Society in collaboration with Dan Welden. The Signs of Springs exhibit is curated by Aimee Lusty and Stacy Myers.

"Friendship," a talk by acclaimed artist, Dan Welden - SOLD OUT
2025-02-16 11:00 | Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton, NY, 11937
Rescheduled from February 9.
As part of the Signs of Springs: The Springs Artists’ Exhibition Posters exhibition at Clinton Academy, we are thrilled to have renowned artist, Dan Welden present an intimate Gallery talk about ‘friendship’ with the Springs Invitational Artists. Join us as Dan describes his collaborative experiences with Elaine and Willem de Kooning, Jim Brooks, Arnold Hoffmann, Jr., Bill King, Connie Fox, David Slater, Scott Bluedorn, and other artists whose work appeared in the annual invitational art exhibit in Springs. Dan will also discuss hand printmaking techniques including the materials and examples with the mysteries of Screen Printing, Stone Lithography, Intaglio and Relief Printing.
The event is free of charge. Advanced reservations are required to attend. Hosted by the East Hampton Historical Society in collaboration with Dan Welden. The Signs of Springs exhibit is curated by Aimee Lusty and Stacy Myers.
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Winter Lecture: Encyclopedia of East Hampton Place Names
2025-02-28 19:00 | St. Luke’s Church, 18 James Lane, East Hampton, NY, 11937
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For years, land-use attorney Rick Whalen has been researching the thousands of places in the Town of East Hampton, which he plans to publish as part of an Encyclopedia of East Hampton Place Names. During this lecture, Rick will describe the project and introduce some of his research. If you’ve always wondered about a particular place name in East Hampton, this is your opportunity to find out its origin.
The event is free of charge.

Tour with the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society: Windmills of East Hampton
2025-03-01 10:00 | 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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Signs of Springs: The Springs Artists’ Exhibition Posters
2025-03-17 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-03-20 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 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.

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.

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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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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