Windmill, Sagamore Hill, near Theodore Roosevelt house (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Summers are about fun, but there’s always room to incorporate a bit of history into the fun! Free Museums on Long Island can be a great way to spend a “not so great” rainy day indoors, or a very hot day indoors to keep cool in the A.C. It’s up to you, and it’s all totally free from Nassau County through Suffolk County.
Nassau County
- American Guitar Museum, 1810 New Hyde Park Road, New Hyde Park
- American Merchant Marine Museum, Steamboat Road on grounds of U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point
- Autoseum, 100 County Seat Drive, Mineola
- Cedarmere, Bryant Avenue, Roslyn Harbor
- East Rockaway Grist Mill Museum, Woods and Atlantic Avenues, East Rockaway
- Garden City Historical Society Museum, 109 Eleventh Street, Garden City
- Historical Society of the Massapequas, 4755 Merrick Road, Massapequa (516.799.2023)
- Historical Society of the Westburys, 445 Jefferson Street, Westbury (516.333.0176)
- Hofstra University Museum: David Filderman Gallery and Emily Lowe Gallery, Hempstead Turnpike, Hempstead
- Nassau County Police Museum, 1490 Franklin Avenue, Mineola
- Phillips House Museum, 28 Hempstead Avenue, Rockville Centre (516.764.7459)
- Rock Hall Museum, 199 Broadway, Lawrence
- Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Sagamore Hill Road, Cove Neck
- Seaford Historical Society and Museum, 3890 Waverly Avenue, Seaford
Suffolk County
- 1901 Restored Railroad Depot, South Broadway and South Third Street Irmisch Park, Lindenhurst (631.957.7500)
- Bayport Aerodrome Society’s Living Aviation Museum, Bayport Aerodrome Vitamin Drive off Church Street, Bayport
- Big Duck, 1012 Flanders Road, Flanders
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, William Floyd Parkway, Upton
- Brookhaven Town Volunteer Firefighters Museum, Fireman’s Memorial Park, Route 25/Middle Country Road, Ridge
- DNA Learning Center, 334 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor
- Kings Park Heritage Museum, 99 Old Dock Road in the RJO Building, Kings Park
- Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Society Museum, 328 Hawkins Avenue, Lake Ronkonkoma
- Lauder Museum, 170 Broadway, Amityville
- Leiber Museum, 446 Old Stone Highway, East Hampton
- Longwood Estate, Longwood and Smith Roads, Ridge
- Manorville Historical Society, 50 North Street, Manorville (631.878.1579)
- National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, 74 Hauppauge Road Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center, Commack
- Old Schoolhouse Museum, 90 Quogue Street, Quogue
- Old Village Hall Museum, 215 South Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst
- Oysterponds Historical Society, The Museum of Orient and East Marion History, Village Lane, Orient
- Pelletreau Silversmith Shop, 80 Main Street adjacent to Southampton Chamber of Commerce, Southampton
- Sayville Historical Society, Edwards Street and Collins Avenue
- Suffolk County Police Museum, 30 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank (631.852.6174)
- Swan River Schoolhouse Museum, 31 Roe Avenue, East Patchogue
- Tuthill House Museum, 101 Mill Road, Westhampton Beach
- Verizon Telecom Pioneer Museum, 445 Commack Road, Commack (631.543.1371)
- Water Mill Museum, 41 Old Mill Road, Water Mill
- William Floyd Estate, 245 Park Drive off Neighborhood Road, Mastic Beach
