Southold Historical Society Archives

07.02.2021 Community

Rebranded Southold Historical Museum reopens with new exhibits

Southold Historical Society officially reopened to the public Thursday, with an in-person celebration at the Ann Currie-Bell House that highlighted a new name and logo. The organization — which...

06.06.2021 Community

A 21st Century experience at a colonial garden in Southold

Southold Historical Society is ramping up the visitor experience at the Colonial Herb Garden behind its 18th century Thomas Moore House, with QR codes linking to historical context for each plant species. Twenty-four herbs from the garden...

04.11.2021 Community

Join the hunt for local history as Southold Historical Society hosts scavenger hunt

Can you take a selfie with Albert Einstein or find a brick engraved with the name Horton in downtown Southold? All you need is a smartphone to take part...

08.02.2020 News

Help to pay the bills: Southold Historical Society receives $2K grant

During times like these, paying basic bills can be a challenge, but the Southold Historical Society has received a helping hand to do just that. The society announced it’s...

12.02.2019 Community

’Tis the season at annual candlelight tour in Southold

The Southold Historical Society hosted its 2019 Candlelight Tour on the museum grounds Friday.

09.01.2019 Columns

Column: Southold Historical Society’s slavery exhibit shines an overdue light

To say that the institution of slavery that once existed on the North Fork has been overlooked by town historians and local historical societies would certainly be accurate.

08.21.2019 Community

Historical society opens ‘Slavery in Southold’ exhibit

In 1629, 11 Africans arrived in New York and were sold to the Dutch Colonial government in what is now Manhattan. It began an era of slavery in the...

10.31.2018 Community

Southold Historical Society sells Main Road building

The Southold Historical Society said goodbye to a building it has owned since 2011, but its memory will continue with another building on its grounds.

10.06.2018 Community

Southold Historical Society welcomes new executive director

Papers, photos, letters and maps. Deanna Witte-Walker is regularly surrounded by town documents that are hundreds of years old — and there’s no place she’d rather be. Artifacts from...

07.18.2018 Community

Historical society unveils ‘A Toast to Long Island Wine’ exhibit

The Southold Historical Society is presenting “Clink! A Toast to Long Island Wine,” a visual essay exhibition of the history of wine on Long Island. The historical society took...

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