Southampton History: Spring Break @ Red Creek Schoolhouse | Planting & Farming ….

Upcoming Events

Spring Break at the

Red Creek Schoolhouse

Wednesday, April 16

1:30 pm

Join us for an exciting Spring Break program for kids of any age! During this program children will learn about the history of schooling and participate in lessons that our ancestors learned over 100 years ago!

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Spring Break:

Planting & Farming

Thursday, April 17

1:30 pm

Join us for an exciting Spring Break program for kids of any age! During this program children have the opportunity to learn about historic farming and learn about certain medicinal plants that would have been found in herb gardens and learn about the large Mulberry Tree that sits on the Rogers Mansion lawn. Kids will also be able to plant and take home a flower!

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Spring Break:

Young Preservationists

Friday, April 18

1:30 pm

Join us for an exciting Spring Break program for kids of any age! This one-of-a-kind program places children behind the archivist desk! Kids will be given proper tools to borrow while researching and making predications about historic items. This program is focused on developing critical thinking skills, but not to worry, this amazing experience is available to kids from 6-18!

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Learn & Explore

“With love from the SHM: The Breakers”

For centuries, the Atlantic Ocean has drawn people to the shores of Southampton with its immense power and beauty. This week’s edition of With Love From the SHM celebrates the enduring relationship between our community and the sea.

These hand-colored postcards from 1906, 1907, and 1925 capture Southampton’s coastline in all its wild beauty.

To see more postcards from this series visit our website or follow us on Facebook and Instagram – when will share a new postcard every Thursday.

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Learn how to make your own sterling silver jewelry in the very same space

where Elias Pelletreau (1726-1810), Southampton’s celebrated Patriot silversmith,

practiced his craft!

Lessons are led by our talented artist-in-residence Alyssa Saccente.

Classes available year round!

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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!”