Historic House Trust - New York City Historic House Trust of New York City a not-for-profi t organization was created in 1989 to preserve and promote the historic houses located in New York City parks. Working in partnership with the City of New York Parks & Recreation, the goal of the Trust is to provide new levels of attention, support and specialized care to benefi t these museums.
  
education

 

Historic House Trust sites offer a wide variety of programs for school class groups. For information on current programs, to discuss any special needs for your class, or to schedule a visit, please contact the education departments at each house directly:

 

 

THE BRONX

 

Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum

Valerie Albanese-Fraher, Education Director

(718) 885-1461, valbanese@bpmm.org

  

Valentine-Varian House/Museum of Bronx History and Edgar Allan Poe Cottage

Angel Hernandez, Educator

(718) 881-8900, education@bronxhistoricalsociety.org

  

Van Cortlandt House Museum

Michael Grillo, Education Director

(718) 543-3344, RWFfuz94@aol.com

 

BROOKLYN

Lefferts Historic House

Elyse Newman, Education Curator

(718) 789-2822 Ext. 10, Enewman@prospectpark.org

  

The Old Stone House

Maggie Weber, Educator

(718) 768-3195, Maggoravn@yahoo.com

 

Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum

Shirley Brown Alleyne, Director of Education

(718) 629-5400, education@wyckoffassocation.org

 

MANHATTAN

 

Dyckman Farmhouse Museum

Holly Brown, Education Director

(212) 304-9422, education@dyckmanfarmhouse.org

 

Gracie Mansion

Diana Carroll, Curator & Assistant Director

(212) 570-4773, dcarroll@cityhall.nyc.gov

 

Merchant’s House Museum

Eva Ulz, Education & Publicity Coordinator

(212) 777-1089, Eva@Merchantshouse.org

 

Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum

Carol Ward, Director of Education and Public Programs

(212) 923-8008, Education@morrisjumel.org

 

Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre

Bruce Cannon, Artistic Director                   

(212) 988-9093, bruce.cannon@parks.nyc.gov

 

 

QUEENS

 

King Manor Museum

Kathy Forrestal, Director of Interpretation, Education & Visitor Services

(718) 206-0545 Ext. 11, kingmanor2@earthlink.net

 

Kingsland Homestead

Katrina Raben, Program Coordinator

(718) 939-0647, Ext. 14, queenshistoricalsociety@gmail.com

 

Lewis H. Latimer House Museum

Vivian Warfield, Executive Director

(718) 961-8585, Latimerhouse@live.com

 

Queens County Farm Museum

Diane Miller, Education Coordinator

(718) 347-3276, Ext. 14, dmiller@queensfarm.org

 

 

STATEN ISLAND

 

Alice Austen House Museum

Ann Marie McDonnell, Director of Education

(718) 816-4506, ammcdonnell@netscape.net

 

Conference House

Kirsten Teasdale, Museum Educator

(718) 984-6046, education@conferencehouse.org

 

Historic Richmond Town

Felicity Beil, Education Director

(718) 351-1611 Ext. 280, fbeil@sl.rr.com

 

 

 

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