Where :180 Little Neck Road Centerport, New York 11721-0605What is there:
The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum is located in Centerport on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, USA. Named for William K. Vanderbilt II, it is located on his former 43-acre estate, Eagle's Nest.
The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum — a unique combination of mansion, marine and natural history museum, planetarium and park.
Museum for kids
The Planetarium's William and Mollie Rogers Theater offers all-new programs for visitors of all ages. Before visiting, click the links below and check out the coming attractions. Then, stop by for a show, and fasten your seat belts for an amazing ride through space!
Planetarium
Saturdays
12:00 — One World, One Sky
1:00 — Solar System Odyssey
2:00 — Stars
3:00 — Stars
Sundays
12:00 — One World, One Sky
1:00 — Solar System Odyssey
2:00 — Stars
3:00 — Stars
4:00 — Solar System Odyssey
Living History tours are given every Saturday and Sunday, beginning on Memorial Day weekend and running through Labor Day. Tours are every 45 minutes with the first tour at 12:30 p.m. The last tour each day leaves at 4:00 p.m. All visitors pay the general museum admission: $7 for adults, $6 for students and seniors (62 and older), $3 for children 12 and under. Visitors who wish to take a Living History tour in the mansion pay general admission plus $5 per person.
The 43-acre museum complex counts among its collections not only the Gold Coast-era mansion [1910-1936], a marine museum, natural history habitats, curator's cottage, seaplane hangar, boathouse and numerous other estate features [gardens, fountains, balustrades and pools], but also marine and natural history specimens, house furnishings and fine arts, photographs and archives, and an extensive collection of ethnographic objects that make up the former William K. Vanderbilt II estate. A portion of today's museum - the Hall of Fish - was actually opened to the public during Vanderbilt's lifetime
Sunday, July 7 — Classic Car Show
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