Southampton History: Gary Cooper Festival @ Southampton Playhouse, April 30 – May 7th

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Gary Cooper Festival

April 30 – May 7

As a member of the Southampton History Museum, you’re invited to enjoy a 10% discount on qualifying tickets to The Gary Cooper Festival, Second Edition at Southampton Playhouse, running April 30 through May 7, 2026.

This year’s festival will feature screenings, special guests, and discussions celebrating Cooper’s career and his deep connections to Southampton,where he summered for decades and is buried alongside his wife.

To redeem your discount, simply mention that you heard about the program from the museum when you purchase your tickets.

Click the link below for the full schedule.

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Visit our four historic sites

Rogers Mansion Museum Complex

17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton

Headquarters of the Southampton History Museum since 1943, featuring an assemblage of 12 historic structures spanning nearly 400 years of local history, anchored by the spectacular Rogers Mansion.

Halsey House & Garden

249 South Main Street, Southampton

One of the oldest English colonial homesteads in New York State. The Halsey family first settled here in 1648 and built this house ca. 1683.

Pelletreau Silver Shop

80 Main Street, Southampton

This tiny building, constructed ca. 1686, is one the oldest continuously operated places of business in the United States. Most famously, it was once the workshop of American patriot and silversmith, Elias Pelletreau (1726-1810).

Conscience Point

1640 Conscience Point Rd, Southampton

A historic site and nature walk commemorating the landing of Southampton’s first English settlers in 1640. Upon reaching the shore, one of the settlers is said to have exclaimed, “For Conscience sake, dry land!”