This year marks the 247th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Washington, a key event during the Revolutionary War. Be transported back in time and celebrate your local history.
Come to watch a blacksmith demonstration, listen to live 18th-century music, make arts and crafts, and play games from the revolutionary period. Tour the battle scene with heroine Margaret Corbin.
Costumes encouraged! Pack a picnic lunch and join us.
Join us this November as we celebrate National Native American Heritage Month! We invite the community to join us in learning about traditional beadwork and creating beaded items to take home. Lessons on how to use a small beading loom will be provided.
This program is free and open to the public. All supplies will be provided and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Masks are optional inside the museum.
¡Únase a nosotros este noviembre para celebrar el Mes Nacional de la Herencia Nativa Americana! Invitamos a la comunidad a unirse a nosotros para aprender sobre el trabajo tradicional con cuentas y crear artículos con cuentas para llevar a casa. Se proporcionarán lecciones sobre cómo utilizar un pequeño telar de abalorios.
Este programa es gratis y abierto al público. Todos los suministros se proporcionarán y estarán disponibles por orden de llegada. Las máscaras son opcionales dentro del museo.
Friday, November 10, 2023
5:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Instructor: Leudys Cabrera
Free
Fort Washington Collegiate Church
729 W. 181st St
Washington Heights, NYC, 10033
Saturday, November 4, 3:00pm
On Saturday, November 4th at 3:00 pm, we return to our home at Fort Washington Collegiate Church for our official season opening concert, “Visions | Visiones.”
Join us for incredible music by Iván Enrique Rodríguez, Jessica Meyer, Jean Françaix, and Ottorino Respighi.
“Meet the Instruments” event from 2:15-2:45pm
Pictured: A young WHCO audience member “meets” the timpani with WHCO musician, Stella Perlic.
Saturday, November 4, 2023
12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join the Riverside Park Conservancy, Historic House Trust, and the Urban Park Rangers for tours of Manhattan’s only remaining lighthouse, and readings of the eponymous children’s book, the Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge.
As in years past, tours will be first come, first served. To safely and comfortably accommodate visitors, a limited number of timed tickets will be distributed beginning at noon on Saturday, November 4.
We highly recommend that visitors looking to tour the lighthouse earlier in the day arrive before noon. Tickets will be timed for a 40-minute window, and
ticketholders are asked to arrive on time for their scheduled tour.
Tour times are as follows:
Free
