Date: September 6, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 7, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 8, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 8, 2010

"The Boltons of Pelham Priory: A Cultural Legacy from England to America" celebrates the achievements of the Reverend Robert (1788–1857) and Anne Jay (1793–1859) Bolton and their children, a fascinating and vibrant Anglo-American family whose life on two continents emphasized religious, intellectual, and artistic pursuits in a warm and lively family setting. This is the first exhibition to study the impressive legacy left by this family in religion, education, and the arts. A lecture series accompanies the exhibition and provides an overview of the Boltons’ lives and contributions to American society.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 3:15 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 8, 2010

How do you learn to use a spinning wheel? Carding wool and drafting evenly are first steps. Learn all that and more in friendly company in the courtroom.

Start time: 6:00 pm

End time: 7:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 351-1611

Location: Historic Richmond Town

Date: September 9, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 9, 2010

Step inside a world filled with the magic of stories, crafts, music, dancing and singing. Great for preschool children up to age 5.

Call for reservations.

Start time: 11:30 am

End time: 12:30 pm

Contact phone: (718) 351-1611, Ext. 280

Location: Historic Richmond Town

Date: September 10, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 11, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 11, 2010

"The Boltons of Pelham Priory: A Cultural Legacy from England to America" celebrates the achievements of the Reverend Robert (1788–1857) and Anne Jay (1793–1859) Bolton and their children, a fascinating and vibrant Anglo-American family whose life on two continents emphasized religious, intellectual, and artistic pursuits in a warm and lively family setting. This is the first exhibition to study the impressive legacy left by this family in religion, education, and the arts. A lecture series accompanies the exhibition and provides an overview of the Boltons’ lives and contributions to American society.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 3:15 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 11, 2010

View significant artifacts from 19th century family life and walk into a fully furnished 1820s bedroom. Tours every half hour.

Start time: 1:00 pm

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 789-2822

Location: Lefferts Historic House (in Prospect Park)

Date: September 11, 2010

Come celebrate the 2010 harvest the same way Brooklynites did years ago. Remember the potatoes you planted in May? Come back to Lefferts to harvest, cook and eat them. Work the press and drink fresh apple cider, churn butter, and run potato sack races.

Start time: 1:00 pm

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 789-2822

Location: Lefferts Historic House (in Prospect Park)

Date: September 12, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 12, 2010

This show will include a display of various makes and models of motorcycles that have been out of production 10 years or more. Trophies will be awarded! Music, farmhouse tours, hayrides, petting zoo, and food will provide fun for the entire family.

Start time: 11:00 am

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 347-3276

Location: Queens Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)

Date: September 12, 2010

"The Boltons of Pelham Priory: A Cultural Legacy from England to America" celebrates the achievements of the Reverend Robert (1788–1857) and Anne Jay (1793–1859) Bolton and their children, a fascinating and vibrant Anglo-American family whose life on two continents emphasized religious, intellectual, and artistic pursuits in a warm and lively family setting. This is the first exhibition to study the impressive legacy left by this family in religion, education, and the arts. A lecture series accompanies the exhibition and provides an overview of the Boltons’ lives and contributions to American society.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 3:15 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 12, 2010

View significant artifacts from 19th century family life and walk into a fully furnished 1820s bedroom. Tours every half hour.

Start time: 1:00 pm

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 789-2822

Location: Lefferts Historic House (in Prospect Park)

Date: September 12, 2010

Come celebrate the 2010 harvest the same way Brooklynites did years ago. Remember the potatoes you planted in May? Come back to Lefferts to harvest, cook and eat them. Work the press and drink fresh apple cider, churn butter, and run potato sack races.

Start time: 1:00 pm

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 789-2822

Location: Lefferts Historic House (in Prospect Park)

Date: September 12, 2010

Join a staff member for a guided tour of the farmhouse and grounds and learn what life would have been like on a Manhattan farm and how the neighborhood transformed from farm to city.

Reservations recommended, as space is limited. Adults and children over 10.

Start time: 4:00 pm

End time:

Contact phone: (212) 304-9422

Location: Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum)

Date: September 13, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 14, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 14, 2010

Handmade items are created for donation to local organizations. Light refreshments for sale at the meeting.

Start time: 1:00 pm

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 351-1611

Location: Historic Richmond Town

Date: September 15, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 15, 2010

"The Boltons of Pelham Priory: A Cultural Legacy from England to America" celebrates the achievements of the Reverend Robert (1788–1857) and Anne Jay (1793–1859) Bolton and their children, a fascinating and vibrant Anglo-American family whose life on two continents emphasized religious, intellectual, and artistic pursuits in a warm and lively family setting. This is the first exhibition to study the impressive legacy left by this family in religion, education, and the arts. A lecture series accompanies the exhibition and provides an overview of the Boltons’ lives and contributions to American society.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 3:15 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 15, 2010

How do you learn to use a spinning wheel? Carding wool and drafting evenly are first steps. Learn all that and more in friendly company in the courtroom.

Start time: 6:00 pm

End time: 7:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 351-1611

Location: Historic Richmond Town

Date: September 16, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 16, 2010

Step inside a world filled with the magic of stories, crafts, music, dancing and singing. Great for preschool children up to age 5.

Call for reservations.

Start time: 11:30 am

End time: 12:30 pm

Contact phone: (718) 351-1611, Ext. 280

Location: Historic Richmond Town

Date: September 17, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 18, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 18, 2010

Help us keep the garden and grounds of Bartow Pell Mansion Museum looking beautiful. Roll up your sleeves and don your gardening gloves at our Volunteer Garden Clean-up Day. A light breakfast will be offered. Please wear long sleeves, pants, sturdy shoes, and work gloves.

Registration is requested.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 1:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 18, 2010

Enjoy getting lost in our 3 acre interactive corn maze. The adventure begins with a stalk talk to prepare you for the challenge of finding clues, solving puzzles and making your way out of the maze. To add to the adventure join us for Maze By Moonlight on Saturday October 9th and 16th when the maze will be open until 9:00 p.m. Feel up to the challenge? Then join us for the fun of getting lost and loving it!

Sponsored by Con Edison.

Start time: 11:00 am

End time: 4:30 pm

Contact phone: (718) 347-3276

Location: Queens Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)

Date: September 18, 2010

Celebrate the first victory of the Revolutionary War. Special guests from Scribble Town, an organization dedicated to helping kids learn through art, will host a crafts table. Participants can create a colonial history scroll, use a quill pen and learn about parchment in colonial times. For more about Scribble Town and its free craft resources for parents, teachers and kids, go to www.scribbletown.com.

Start time: 11:00 am

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 923-8008

Location: Morris-Jumel Mansion (in Roger Morris Park)

Date: September 18, 2010

"The Boltons of Pelham Priory: A Cultural Legacy from England to America" celebrates the achievements of the Reverend Robert (1788–1857) and Anne Jay (1793–1859) Bolton and their children, a fascinating and vibrant Anglo-American family whose life on two continents emphasized religious, intellectual, and artistic pursuits in a warm and lively family setting. This is the first exhibition to study the impressive legacy left by this family in religion, education, and the arts. A lecture series accompanies the exhibition and provides an overview of the Boltons’ lives and contributions to American society.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 3:15 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 18, 2010

View significant artifacts from 19th century family life and walk into a fully furnished 1820s bedroom. Tours every half hour.

Start time: 1:00 pm

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 789-2822

Location: Lefferts Historic House (in Prospect Park)

Date: September 19, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 19, 2010

Enjoy getting lost in our 3 acre interactive corn maze. The adventure begins with a stalk talk to prepare you for the challenge of finding clues, solving puzzles and making your way out of the maze. To add to the adventure join us for Maze By Moonlight on Saturday October 9th and 16th when the maze will be open until 9:00 p.m. Feel up to the challenge? Then join us for the fun of getting lost and loving it!

Sponsored by Con Edison.

Start time: 11:00 am

End time: 4:30 pm

Contact phone: (718) 347-3276

Location: Queens Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)

Date: September 19, 2010

"The Boltons of Pelham Priory: A Cultural Legacy from England to America" celebrates the achievements of the Reverend Robert (1788–1857) and Anne Jay (1793–1859) Bolton and their children, a fascinating and vibrant Anglo-American family whose life on two continents emphasized religious, intellectual, and artistic pursuits in a warm and lively family setting. This is the first exhibition to study the impressive legacy left by this family in religion, education, and the arts. A lecture series accompanies the exhibition and provides an overview of the Boltons’ lives and contributions to American society.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 3:15 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 19, 2010

View significant artifacts from 19th century family life and walk into a fully furnished 1820s bedroom. Tours every half hour.

Start time: 1:00 pm

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 789-2822

Location: Lefferts Historic House (in Prospect Park)

Date: September 19, 2010

Celebrate the Lefferts Historic House's new exhibit. See, touch, and lean about the fibers and fabrics in use in his area in the 1800s. See a linen spinning wheel in action, sew your own linen pouch and make a wool felt ball.

Start time: 2:00 pm

End time: 5:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 789-2822

Location: Lefferts Historic House (in Prospect Park)

Date: September 20, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 20, 2010

This workshop starts with a one-hour session that covers all of the essentials of outdoor composting. We’ll take you through the whole process, from choosing your bin to harvesting and using your finished product. In the second hour, we’ll apply the workshop tips and techniques by recycling garden trimmings into compost. Registration required. Free Rain date September 21.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 12:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 21, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 22, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 22, 2010

"The Boltons of Pelham Priory: A Cultural Legacy from England to America" celebrates the achievements of the Reverend Robert (1788–1857) and Anne Jay (1793–1859) Bolton and their children, a fascinating and vibrant Anglo-American family whose life on two continents emphasized religious, intellectual, and artistic pursuits in a warm and lively family setting. This is the first exhibition to study the impressive legacy left by this family in religion, education, and the arts. A lecture series accompanies the exhibition and provides an overview of the Boltons’ lives and contributions to American society.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 3:15 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 22, 2010

How do you learn to use a spinning wheel? Carding wool and drafting evenly are first steps. Learn all that and more in friendly company in the courtroom.

Start time: 6:00 pm

End time: 7:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 351-1611

Location: Historic Richmond Town

Date: September 23, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 23, 2010

Step inside a world filled with the magic of stories, crafts, music, dancing and singing. Great for preschool children up to age 5.

Call for reservations.

Start time: 11:30 am

End time: 12:30 pm

Contact phone: (718) 351-1611, Ext. 280

Location: Historic Richmond Town

Date: September 24, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 24, 2010

Sample some savory beef stew and delicious fruit pie, cooked over an open hearth fireplace at this 1748 mansion that was once the center of a flourishing estate. Experience the meaning of “slow food” firsthand!

Please note: this special Historic House Festival activity is limited to 10 people.

Reservations required: (718) 543-3344 or info@vancortlandthouse.org

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 2:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 543-3344

Location: Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park)

Date: September 24, 2010

Tour the Dyckman Farmhouse and explore what living in a farmhouse during harvest time meant.

Start time: 11:00 am

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 304-9422

Location: Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum)

Date: September 24, 2010

Stroll the garden and visit this prime example of Queen-Anne style architecture.
Reservations suggested.

Start time: 11:00 am

End time: 6:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 961-8585

Location: Lewis H. Latimer House (in Lewis H Latimer House)

Date: September 24, 2010

Tour the mansion and carriage house free of charge during New York City’s Historic House Trust Festival. Free admission for guided tours. Tours begin at quarter past the hour, 12:15–3:15 p.m.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 3:15 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 25, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 25, 2010

Enjoy getting lost in our 3 acre interactive corn maze. The adventure begins with a stalk talk to prepare you for the challenge of finding clues, solving puzzles and making your way out of the maze. To add to the adventure join us for Maze By Moonlight on Saturday October 9th and 16th when the maze will be open until 9:00 p.m. Feel up to the challenge? Then join us for the fun of getting lost and loving it!

Sponsored by Con Edison.

Start time: 11:00 am

End time: 4:30 pm

Contact phone: (718) 347-3276

Location: Queens Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)

Date: September 25, 2010

A traditional County Fair with Blue Ribbon competitions in livestock, produce, home crafts, arts and crafts and more. Enjoy the Amazing Maize Maze, pie-eating and corn-husking contests, pig racing, make-your-own-scarecrow, hayrides, petting zoo, carnival rides and midway. Visit our Bavarian Garden, Irish and German bands, craft and food vendors. Fun for the entire family!

Start time: 11:00 am

End time: 6:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 347-3276

Location: Queens Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)

Date: September 25, 2010

Tour the Dyckman Farmhouse and explore what living in a farmhouse during harvest time meant.

Start time: 11:00 am

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 304-9422

Location: Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum)

Date: September 25, 2010

Learn about cider making and enjoy a fresh cup of apple cider! While supplies last. Apples generously donated by Samascott Orchards.

Start time: 11:00 am

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 304-9422

Location: Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum)

Date: September 25, 2010

Stroll the garden and visit this prime example of Queen-Anne style architecture.
Reservations suggested.

Start time: 11:00 am

End time: 6:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 961-8585

Location: Lewis H. Latimer House (in Lewis H Latimer House)

Date: September 25, 2010

Celebrate the harvest and “everything apple” at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum! Enjoy fresh-pressed apple cider while dining on apple fritters! Move to the sounds of the Jug Addicts! Come visit, dine and discover the apple ar the Wyckoff Farmhouse Musuem!

12 p.m. Tour of house

1-4 p.m. Children’s Apple Craft Workshops, Fireside Feasts: Apple Fritters and Apple Pressing

1 p.m. Jug Addicts perform!

2 p.m. Tour of house

3 p.m. Jug Addicts perform!

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 629-5400

Location: Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (in M Fidler-Wyckoff House Park)

Date: September 25, 2010

"The Boltons of Pelham Priory: A Cultural Legacy from England to America" celebrates the achievements of the Reverend Robert (1788–1857) and Anne Jay (1793–1859) Bolton and their children, a fascinating and vibrant Anglo-American family whose life on two continents emphasized religious, intellectual, and artistic pursuits in a warm and lively family setting. This is the first exhibition to study the impressive legacy left by this family in religion, education, and the arts. A lecture series accompanies the exhibition and provides an overview of the Boltons’ lives and contributions to American society.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 3:15 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 25, 2010

Tour the mansion and carriage house free of charge during New York City’s Historic House Trust Festival. Free admission for guided tours. Tours begin at quarter past the hour, 12:15–3:15 p.m.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 3:15 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 25, 2010

Come celebrate the 3rd annual Historic House Festival and enjoy free admission and events including docent led tours, and scavenger hunts of the Mansion. Be sure to visit the Historic House Trust website (www.historichousetrust.org) to see a listing of the events at other historic sites.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 923-8008

Location: Morris-Jumel Mansion (in Roger Morris Park)

Date: September 25, 2010

Free admission for guided tours. Tours begin at quarter past the hour, 12:15–3:15 p.m.

Please bring your Smithsonian Museum Pass

Start time: 12:15 pm

End time: 3:15 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 25, 2010

View significant artifacts from 19th century family life and walk into a fully furnished 1820s bedroom. Tours every half hour.

Start time: 1:00 pm

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 789-2822

Location: Lefferts Historic House (in Prospect Park)

Date: September 25, 2010

Enjoy a true Victorian low tea in the Mansion’s Orangerie served by docents in period dress. Learn about low versus high tea, tea history and etiquette, all while delighting in delicious traditional, tea-time treats. Appropriate for ages 10 and up. Registration required.

Start time: 3:00 pm

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 25, 2010

Bring a picnic and a blanket (no chairs please) and recline on the lawn or relax on our park benches as you enjoy an evening of music with Djangos & Tangos. This uptown-based instrumental quintet plays gypsy jazz made popular by Django Reihardt and neotango of Astor Piazzolla, coupled with jazz and folk standards.

Start time: 4:00 pm

End time: 5:30 pm

Contact phone: (212) 304-9422

Location: Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum)

Date: September 25, 2010

Senior Docent Lucie Chin will give a historic tour of the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum from its cellar, 350-year old corn cobbs, and Jambless open hearth, to the 19th century African-American slave and indentured servitude documents and attic. Tour begins promptly at 4:30 p.m. Limited space available. Reservations required!

Start time: 4:30 pm

End time:

Contact phone: (718) 629-5400

Location: Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (in M Fidler-Wyckoff House Park)

Date: September 26, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 26, 2010

Enjoy getting lost in our 3 acre interactive corn maze. The adventure begins with a stalk talk to prepare you for the challenge of finding clues, solving puzzles and making your way out of the maze. To add to the adventure join us for Maze By Moonlight on Saturday October 9th and 16th when the maze will be open until 9:00 p.m. Feel up to the challenge? Then join us for the fun of getting lost and loving it!

Sponsored by Con Edison.

Start time: 11:00 am

End time: 4:30 pm

Contact phone: (718) 347-3276

Location: Queens Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)

Date: September 26, 2010

A traditional County Fair with Blue Ribbon competitions in livestock, produce, home crafts, arts and crafts and more. Enjoy the Amazing Maize Maze, pie-eating and corn-husking contests, pig racing, make-your-own-scarecrow, hayrides, petting zoo, carnival rides and midway. Visit our Bavarian Garden, Irish and German bands, craft and food vendors. Fun for the entire family!

Start time: 11:00 am

End time: 6:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 347-3276

Location: Queens Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)

Date: September 26, 2010

Senior Docent, Lucie Chin, will give a historic tour of the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum from its cellar, 350- year old corn cobbs, and Jambless open hearth, to the 19th century African-American slave and indentured servitude documents and attic. Tour begins promptly at 4:30 p.m. Please contact the museum to make a reservation.

Start time: 11:00 am

End time:

Contact phone: (718) 629-5400

Location: Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (in M Fidler-Wyckoff House Park)

Date: September 26, 2010

Join us for a special reading program! A Children's Librarian from Inwood Library will be reading from exciting storybooks about autumn and harvest in the beautiful garden setting of Dyckman Farmhouse!

Recommended for children age 5 and up. Reservations recommended as space is limited. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Start time: 11:00 am

End time:

Contact phone: (212) 304-9422

Location: Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum)

Date: September 26, 2010

"The Boltons of Pelham Priory: A Cultural Legacy from England to America" celebrates the achievements of the Reverend Robert (1788–1857) and Anne Jay (1793–1859) Bolton and their children, a fascinating and vibrant Anglo-American family whose life on two continents emphasized religious, intellectual, and artistic pursuits in a warm and lively family setting. This is the first exhibition to study the impressive legacy left by this family in religion, education, and the arts. A lecture series accompanies the exhibition and provides an overview of the Boltons’ lives and contributions to American society.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 3:15 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 26, 2010

Tour the mansion and carriage house free of charge during New York City’s Historic House Trust Festival. Free admission for guided tours. Tours begin at quarter past the hour, 12:15–3:15 p.m.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 3:15 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 26, 2010

Tour the Dyckman Farmhouse and explore what living in a farmhouse during harvest time meant.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 304-9422

Location: Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum)

Date: September 26, 2010

Children can plant a seed harvested from our kitchen garden to grow at home! All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 1:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 304-9422

Location: Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum)

Date: September 26, 2010

Come celebrate the 3rd annual Historic House Festival and enjoy free admission and events including docent led tours, and scavenger hunts of the Mansion. Be sure to visit the Historic House Trust website (www.historichousetrust.org) to see a listing of the events at other historic sites.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 923-8008

Location: Morris-Jumel Mansion (in Roger Morris Park)

Date: September 26, 2010

Senior Docent, Lucie Chin, will give a historic tour of the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum from its cellar, 350- year old corn cobbs, and Jambless open hearth, to the 19th century African-American slave and indentured servitude documents and attic. Tour begins promptly at 4:30 p.m. Please contact the museum to make a reservation.

Start time: 1:00 pm

End time:

Contact phone: (718) 629-5400

Location: Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (in M Fidler-Wyckoff House Park)

Date: September 26, 2010

View significant artifacts from 19th century family life and walk into a fully furnished 1820s bedroom. Tours every half hour.

Start time: 1:00 pm

End time: 4:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 789-2822

Location: Lefferts Historic House (in Prospect Park)

Date: September 26, 2010

Senior Docent, Lucie Chin, will give a historic tour of the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum from its cellar, 350- year old corn cobbs, and Jambless open hearth, to the 19th century African-American slave and indentured servitude documents and attic. Tour begins promptly at 4:30 p.m. Please contact the museum to make a reservation.

Start time: 3:00 pm

End time:

Contact phone: (718) 629-5400

Location: Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (in M Fidler-Wyckoff House Park)

Date: September 26, 2010

As part of the Historic House Trust’s Moveable Feast Festival, the Lefferts Historic House will be serving sweet and savory treats from the handwritten cookbook Mrs. Lefferts created in the 1800s

Start time: 3:00 pm

End time: 5:00 pm

Contact phone:

Location: Lefferts Historic House (in Prospect Park)

Date: September 26, 2010

Pelham Town Historian Blake Bell will deliver a lecture titled, "The Boltons of Pelham Priory." Registration requested. Free with admission to museum

Start time: 4:00 pm

End time:

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 27, 2010

Evocative salt-print images taken with an early 20th-century view camera and a 19th-century lens recreate one of the most humble chores performed by the family’s Irish servants.

Start time: 10:00 am

End time: 3:00 pm

Contact phone: (212) 777-1089

Location: Merchant's House Museum (in Mercahnt's House Museum)

Date: September 29, 2010

"The Boltons of Pelham Priory: A Cultural Legacy from England to America" celebrates the achievements of the Reverend Robert (1788–1857) and Anne Jay (1793–1859) Bolton and their children, a fascinating and vibrant Anglo-American family whose life on two continents emphasized religious, intellectual, and artistic pursuits in a warm and lively family setting. This is the first exhibition to study the impressive legacy left by this family in religion, education, and the arts. A lecture series accompanies the exhibition and provides an overview of the Boltons’ lives and contributions to American society.

Start time: 12:00 pm

End time: 3:15 pm

Contact phone: (718) 885-1461

Location: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (in Pelham Bay Park)

Date: September 29, 2010

How do you learn to use a spinning wheel? Carding wool and drafting evenly are first steps. Learn all that and more in friendly company in the courtroom.

Start time: 6:00 pm

End time: 7:00 pm

Contact phone: (718) 351-1611

Location: Historic Richmond Town

Date: September 30, 2010

Step inside a world filled with the magic of stories, crafts, music, dancing and singing. Great for preschool children up to age 5.

Call for reservations.

Start time: 11:30 am

End time: 12:30 pm

Contact phone: (718) 351-1611, Ext. 280

Location: Historic Richmond Town