The Long Island Museum Of American Art History & Carriages

Education programs are developed and taught by a staff of museum educators, working in close collaboration with teachers and school administrators to ensure that the programs support new york state and national learning standards in social studies, art and language arts. During 2023/2024, students from 37 schools representing 24 public school districts and 13 private schools throughout suffolk and nassau counties were served. The museum's approach is to teach learning through objects; training students in the processes of inquiry and thinking rather than in the accumulation of particular skills. Students examine documents, artwork, vehicles, costumes and related objects to learn about the time in which they were created and the people who made and used them. The following are examples of classes from the school program. All classes are based on real objects from the museum's collections. - school days lets students experience a 19th century school day in the museum's nassakeag one room schoolhouse. This 'time travel' program is a student favorite due to the opportunity to reenact a typical 1800s school day. - wagons west enables students in grades 4-6 to follow a fictional family as they prepare to pack their wagon, and leave for a journey west on the oregon trail. They will visit authentic vehicles, learn about overland travel, and meet a blacksmith to learn about wagons, wheels, and everything needed for the six month journey traveling west. - vehicles for change: elizabeth jennings and the fight for equality on nyc's streetcars, allows students to learn about 19th century streetcars, carriages, and wagons. The program focuses on the transportation segregation of the time, and elizabeth's efforts and success in ending this injustice.- meet the museum provides our youngest visitors in grades pre-k-2 an introduction to the museum through role-play, art projects and stories as they explore our carriages and paintings.- streets of new york allows participants the opportunity to discover the tools and original vehicles that helped shape the lives of 19th-century new yorkers.- through the use of props, hands-on activities and guided discussion in the carriage museum galleries, students will note differences and similarities to our 21st-century world.

The museum's education and public program serves a regional/local audience, with special emphasis on suffolk and nassau counties. The museum's education program is a core service to the community. During 2023/2024, 3,012 in person schoolchildren from suffolk and nassau counties participated in a variety of programs and 398 students participated virtually from suffolk and nassau counties. The school program provides hands-on, face-to-face encounters with art and historic artifacts, engaging young people in a way not available in the classroom setting. 900 people were able to enjoy our in-person summer and halloween family fun events in 2023.

Museum gift and book shop which sells books, and exhibit and collection related items about american art, history and carriages.