Bellport Brookhaven Historical Museum

About Bellport Brookhaven Historical Museum

The Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Museum preserves and interprets local history through exhibitions, programs, and walking tours. Visitors explore the Post-Crowell House, the Ralph Brown Building, the Blacksmith Shop, the Barn Museum, the John Chester Memorial Boathouse, the 1850 Gazebo, the Emilie R. Underhill Studio, and the Milk House. The museum hosts lectures, readings, and openings throughout the year, along with art and furniture exhibitions and children's events. Past programs have included modern house tours, garden parties, fiddle concerts, poetry readings, and film nights. Upcoming exhibitions feature churches of the area and the region's pre-Revolutionary history. The museum offers walking tours of the grounds and organizes special events like community gatherings and book talks with artists and authors. Children participate in programs such as habitat restoration projects and nature visits. Located in Bellport, New York, the museum serves the greater Bellport area, Brookhaven Hamlet, and East Patchogue through community-focused programming and historical interpretation.