Suffolk County Historical Society Archives

02.09.2023 Community

Exhibit showing antique dolls of color is one of several local programs planned for Black History Month

“History Through Dolls of Color: Silent Witnesses in Time” is the newest pop-up exhibit at the Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead, just in time for Black History Month....

01.31.2022 News

Historical society exhibit brings the Victorian Era to the North Fork

A talking doll made by Thomas Edison in 1890, a David Walker rocking cradle from 1862 and an early 1900 replica of a fire truck from the Riverhead fire...

04.28.2020 COVID-19

Suffolk County Historical Society seeks residents to submit pandemic stories for archival collection

Few things can be as frustrating for a historian or researcher as looking for archival information about an historic event and finding little or nothing. Victoria Berger can relate...

11.28.2019 News

Historic home’s hidden past coming back to life in Mattituck

Preservationists Robert and Catherine Harper of Mattituck have lived in their home on New Suffolk Avenue for 30 years, but not long after they moved in, Mr. Harper realized...

10.18.2019 Community

Suffolk County Historical Society to host presentation on Gardiners Island

For residents of Shelter Island, who regard Gardiners Island as a distant, somewhat mysterious cousin, there can be few guides as well-acquainted with this 3,300-acre jewel as Karl Grossman,...

03.31.2019 Editorials

Editorial: Welcome changes at the Suffolk County Historical Society

The Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead is one of the county’s genuine treasures. The holdings of this 133-year-old institution include furnishings, important paintings and other artwork, and its...

03.21.2019 Community

Suffolk County Historical Society building now accessible to all

Suffolk County Historical Society announced the opening of its new Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant wing during a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday, officially making the 133-year-old institution accessible to all.

10.28.2018 Videos

Take a video tour of the Suffolk County Historical Society museum: Historic Places

The Suffolk County Historical Society museum in Riverhead is a treasure chest filled with artifacts from our county’s past.

05.23.2018 Community

Suffolk Times staffers to talk ‘Gone’ at Press Club of L.I. event

Three Suffolk Times staffers will discuss their reporting on the 1966 disappearance of Cutchogue’s Louise Pietrewicz at a free event being hosted in Riverhead Thursday evening.

08.29.2016 Community

Suffolk County Historical Society unveils 10 Towns exhibit

The late 1800s featured a lot of change for the country — president James A. Garfield was assassinated, skyscrapers rose throughout cities, electric lighting became more prominent, the Great...

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