The Annual Fall Festival returns to Dyckman Farmhouse Museum with exciting new activities plus the family-favorites you’ve been waiting all year for:
* Unleash your inner artist with fall-inspired stop motion animations and mind-bending optical illusions! Yes, you read that right! Come create your own thaumatropes and spin your drawings to life!
* Sip on apple cider fresh from the press and crafted right before your eyes!
* Dance to LIVE MUSIC performed by your favorite local musicians!
* Enjoy some neighborly competition! Put your steady hand to the test with giant Jenga and see how long your tower can last! We’ll have plenty of lawn games out for anyone up for a challenge…
Come explore our latest contemporary exhibition by Cheyney McKnight, community altar curated by Regina Evans, and permanent collection as long as you’d like! Refreshments, snacks, and freshly popped popcorn will be available for purchase all day long.
1775 was 250 years ago. At that time the people of Kingsbridge did not know that the most dramatic and violent 8 years in the history of the area were about to begin. The Revolutionary War would transform the neighborhood from a lush and fertile farming community into a muddy battle-scarred military camp with forts on every hilltop. For the community that was here, 1775 was the year that everything changed. The men of the area formed a militia for defense and the Continental Congress ordered the area fortified. But why here? Why did George Washington consider it a “pass of the utmost importance?” And how did local people feel about the ideas and events that were reshaping America and their lives?
On August 27th at 6:00 PM, join us for Dyckman Farmhouse Museum’s LAST Back Porch History lecture of the season featuring historian Nick Dembowski, who will take you on a virtual tour of Kingsbridge and northern Manhattan in the years before the war, leading up to the Declaration of Independence.
Nick Dembowski is a Bronx local historian and Executive Director of the Kingsbridge Historical Society. He was the lead curator of the Kingsbridge Remembers 1775-1783 exhibit at the Kingsbridge Historical Society. He is also the Site Historian of the Van Cortlandt House Museum.
Date: Wednesday, August 27th
Time: 6-7pm
Registration: Zoom registration required.
Cost: FREE!
Livestream? YES! Register using the link in our bio!
Location: Livestream via Zoom and in person at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (on the corner of 204th and Broadway)
Our annual shuttle tour is back, this time in Upper Manhattan and The Bronx! We’re teaming up with some incredible cultural organizations to offer a unique opportunity to trace New York City’s foundations across historic sites built between 1748 and 1836.
Travel by shuttle to three historic sites with an extra stop on our extended tour that includes a boxed lunch. Enjoy special crafts, activities, and delicious treats along the way. Learn about the lives of the people that lived and worked in these places including the Lenape, Dutch settlers, and enslaved Africans.
Purchase tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/heritage-trail-tracing…
Thanks so much to Dutch Culture USA for supporting this opportunity to connect, and to our wonderful partners who are helping make this event a success. #nychistory #thebronx #uppermanhattan #historichouses
As our Connect260 series comes to an end, we invite you to gather for another special installment of the program to learn about the Mansion today and what it has in store for the future. The culmination of this series is the beginning of an exciting new chapter in the Mansion’s history, as December 1st marked the official closure date for the beginning of the long awaited MJM Restoration and Accessibility Project. Viewers are invited to join us virtually to learn about the final plans that are underway to ensure the preservation of the 260 year old landmark that is the Morris Jumel Mansion. Mansion staff will be joined by representatives of the Historic House Trust, who oversees the restoration of MJM and the preservation of the other 22 city owned historic houses in New York City, and have been steadfast advocates for the Mansion throughout the process. Their expertise will enlighten and excite lovers of history, Mansion neighbors, preservation enthusiasts, and more as they discuss all that is in store for the Mansion.
- When
- Wednesday, Dec. 17, 7-8 PM
- Where
- Online
- Free Registration, $5 Suggested Donation
Register
Baseball is not just America’s pastime— it is a story of resilience, talent, and the fight for equality. African Americans have shaped the game of baseball since its earliest days not just by playing it, but elevating it.
Join us on Wednesday, July 30th from 6-7pm as we honor their legacy through a lecture about the history of the Negro Baseball Leagues and how they found their way to the Dyckman Oval. We will discuss the stories, the struggles, and the triumphs of Black baseball players throughout history. Afterwards, participants will enjoy a fun, trivia-style game that will test their knowledge about the history of Negro Baseball Leagues and milestones of notable Black baseball players.
Wednesday July 30th
6-7pm
FREE
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
(on the corner of 204th and Broadway)
