The Bronx County Historical Society

01/08/2024

Join The Bronx County Historical Society for a special evening of cocktails and dining at Arthur Avenue's Zero Otto Nove restaurant. The Bronx's own Chef Roberto, head chef at Zero Otto Nove, will be hosting the event. Your tax deductible $250 contribution will benefit The Bronx County Historical Society's rich collections as well as the historic preservation, documentation, and interpretation of The Bronx for future generations. To purchase tickets contact Teresa Brown at [email protected] or mail a check to The Bronx County Historical Society, 3309 Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467

01/08/2024

12/19/2023

It is the holiday season! Time for the essential Bronx gift, History in Asphalt.
Bronx history comes alive in this book! Every Bronx street and place name is described in copious detail, with a plethora of historical information!
Click the link to buy a copy today!
https://bronxhistoricalsociety.org/store/p/history-in-asphalt

12/14/2023

The holiday gift drive continues!
Be sure to get a copy of the 2024 edition of Remembering The Bronx, the annual historical calendar produced by The Bronx County Historical Society. Fill each month of the new year with stunning and rare images of The Bronx.
Click the link to buy a calendar today! https://bronxhistoricalsociety.org/store/p/2023-bronx-history-calendar

12/12/2023

The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage will be open on Friday, December 15th, from 1-5 p.m.

Join The Bronx County Historical Society and Poe Baltimore and come see the Virginia Poe Death Exhibit, which explores the infamous death of Poe's wife Virginia at the Cottage in Fordham!

The exhibit is on loan from the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Baltimore and will be displayed at the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage through 2024!

12/07/2023

The Life in The Bronx series are must-have gifts for any Bronxite or lover of the Bronx.
The set can be purchased for $90 while each individual book sells for $25, except for The Birth of The Bronx, which costs $30.
For more gift ideas visit our online store. Click the link to buy a set today!
https://bronxhistoricalsociety.org/store/p/life-in-bronx-series

12/06/2023

Bronx history comes alive in this volume! The Beautiful Bronx is a vivid social history of The Bronx in the early to mid 20th century. Historic photographs of iconic Bronx locations, such as Yankee Stadium and Wave Hill, are found throughout the book, along with detailed descriptions of their historic significance.
Click the link to buy a copy today! https://bronxhistoricalsociety.org/store/p/beautiful-bronx-book

11/29/2023

A wonderful holiday gift, the Bronx Afghan is a 50” x 65” 100% cotton blanket that depicts scenes of beloved Bronx institutions, including the Bronx Zoo, Wave Hill, the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, Orchard Beach, the Bartow-Pell Mansion, the New York Botanical Garden, and Yankee Stadium. Click the link to buy a Bronx Afghan today!
https://bronxhistoricalsociety.org/store/p/bronx-afghan

11/22/2023

Pick up a copy of the newest publication of The Bronx County Historical Society!
Geography of The Bronx, authored by CEO Dr. G. Hermalyn. This colorful guidebook on select geographical features of The Bronx, supplemented with more than 100 photographs, maps, and other illustrations, will be of great interest to educator, students, and Bronxites!
Click the link to buy a copy today! https://bronxhistoricalsociety.org/store/p/geography-bronx

11/22/2023

Join The Bronx County Historical Society for a special evening of cocktails and dining at Arthur Avenue's Zero Otto Nove restaurant. The Bronx's own Chef Roberto, head chef at Zero Otto Nove, will be hosting the event. Your tax deductible $250 contribution will benefit The Bronx County Historical Society's rich collections as well as the historic preservation, documentation, and interpretation of The Bronx for future generations. To purchase tickets contact Teresa Brown at [email protected] or mail a check to The Bronx County Historical Society, 3309 Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467.

10/31/2023

The Edgar Allan Poe cottage is open today for a Halloween celebration! Tours and poetry readings are on offer throughout the day. No better way to celebrate Halloween than at Poe’s last house !

10/31/2023

Voices for All Souls Day in the Bronx: Song and Poetry Inspired in Poe and Palès is music/poetic event with singers, actress and pianist and original video art. Free admission, on Saturday November 11 at 7 PM, at the Pregones Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, located at 575 Walton Avenue in The Bronx. With classical pianist and composer Luis Gustavo Prado, actress Adriana Sananes, and singers Anna Tonna and Bryan Murray. With a post concert community talk hosted by Bronx poet and performance artist Mariposa Fernández. Reservations are suggested via Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voices-for-all-souls-day-in-the-bx-song-poetry-inspired-in-poe-pales-tickets-744555655007?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
With the support of the Bronx Council for the Arts and The Puffin Foundation, and in collaboration with PREGONES Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre and Bronx Historical Society. For more information, contact [email protected]

10/19/2023

The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage and the Museum of Bronx History are again participating in .

The Poe Cottage will be open on Saturday October 21st from 1-5 p.m. and on Sunday, October 22nd, also from 1-5 p.m.

The Museum of Bronx History will be open on Saturday October 21st from 10-4 p.m. and on Sunday October 22nd from 1-5 p.m.
Admission is free at both museums!

Open House New York promotes broad, unparalleled access to the city—to the places, people, projects, systems, and ideas that define New York and its future. Through our year-round programming, including the annual OHNY Weekend festival, OHNY offers a citywide platform for education, exploration, and engagement about the connections between quality of place and quality of life for all New Yorkers.

10/09/2023

Join us this Friday the 13th for a spooky storytelling event!
Arrive at 530 pm at the Museum of Bronx History, 3266 Bainbridge Avenue. Storytelling begins at 630!

09/28/2023

Walking and Bus Tour, Saturday, October 14th, 10:00-11:30!
Logan Billingsley's Bronx.
Meet at the Gould Memorial Library, 1930 Sedgwick Avenue.
The tour will explore the Bronx of Logan Billingsley, a notorious bootlegger turned Bronx burgher and developer. He developed the Theodore Roosevelt Apartments on the Grand Concourse, billed at the time of their founding in 1923 as the largest apartment building in the world. In addition, Logan's brother, Sherman Billingsley, founded the Stork Club, one of the most prestigious nightclubs in the world during its heyday.
This hybrid bus and walking tour will explore Logan's Bronx properties in University Heights and on the Grand Concourse. Logan's son, Robert Billingsley, will discuss Logan's life and legacy during the tour, and talk about his efforts to ensure his father's history was preserved.
The tour is free and open to the public.

Sign up with Roger McCormack: [email protected] , 718-881-8900 ext. 107 or at the tour.

09/12/2023

Free Concert at the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, Sunday, October 1st, 1-2:30 p.m.!
Come celebrate the release of harp trio THISTLE's Edgar Allan Poe-inpsired single "Spirits of the Dead" at none other than the historic Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, where Poe spent the final years of his life. The performance will also commemorate his death, which occurred on October 7th, 1849. Let's get in the mood for Fall and the spooky season!

Select poetry and stories of Edgar Allan Poe will be illustrated through original chamber music for harp, voice, cello, and percussion by THISTLE. "The Raven," "The Pit & the Pendulum," "Evening Star," and "Spirits of the Dead" are among the literature which inspired this afternoon's music, which will be released with other works on a full length album in January of 2024.

THISTLE's music has been described by Chamber Music America as "beautiful," "hypnotic," and "unique." Inspired by her studies and performance experience in multiple genres such as S. Indian classical, jazz, western classical, and folk, the music of singer and harpist Thistle Jemison is truly original.

Space is limited to 100. Chairs are limited to 20. Please bring a blanket to enjoy this outdoor concert. THISTLE will be playing under the covered porch, and guests will be seated on the lawn. You are welcome to tour the historic home before or after, but please arrange ahead of time with the museum.

Sponsored by a Chamber Music America Artists' Project Grant, funded by the generosity of the Howard Gillman Foundation.

Please click the link to reserve a free ticket, as space is limited.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spirits-of-the-dead-single-release-at-the-edgar-allan-poe-cottage-tickets-696026091777?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshwebdesktop

08/24/2023

Join us at the Museum of Bronx History for and end of summer yoga session!
The event will be held in the grounds of the historic Valentine-Varian House (Museum of Bronx History), a 1758 farmhouse.

08/10/2023

In celebration of Black August and as the first offering of a multi-year research project at The Bronx County Historical Society, the Museum of Bronx History will open The Allerton Coops, In Living Color on August 12, 2023, 2:00–6:00pm. The exhibit recovers the histories of African-American and multiracial residents of the Allerton Coops, located at 2700 Bronx Park East, one of the earliest
in*******al housing complexes in The Bronx.
Come to the Museum of Bronx History this Saturday and learn about this fascinating history!

07/12/2023

Join DJ Kay Kay 47 at the Museum of Bronx History, 3266 Bainbridge Avenue, on Monday July 17th to Friday July 21st from 12:00-3:00 PM and learn about DJ skills and the rich history of Hip-Hop in The Bronx!

06/21/2023

Join The Bronx County Historical Society this Saturday, June 24th, 1:00-6:00 p.m., for a Poetry Slam on Poe's Porch at the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage.

This spring, the Historical Society is hosting free poetry seminars at Poe Cottage, and this culminating event will feature poems and other creative works produced by students and instructors in these seminars. There will also be light refreshments as well as a Poe-inspired performance by a Bronx opera singer and classical guitarist.
This event is made possible through the financial support of New York City Council Member Oswald Feliz and the Council's Cultural Immigrant Initiative.

06/20/2023

𝓢𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓮𝓭 by 𝓟𝓸𝓮
🗓️ 𝒮𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝒥𝓊𝓃𝑒 𝟤𝟦
🕰️ 𝟣 𝓅𝓂
📍 Poe Cottage
2640 Grand Concourse, Bronx
🚊 D train (Kingsbridge)
Free admission
𝓑𝓻𝓸𝓷𝔁 𝓗𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵 𝓢𝓸𝓬𝓲𝓮𝓽𝔂

On Saturday June 24 at 1 pm, The Bronx Historical Society presents a recital for voice and classical guitar titled “Songs inspired in Poe”, with classical guitarist Francisco Roldán and Anna Tonna, award winning Bronx opera singer. The concert will take place on the porch of Poe Cottage, where Poe composed his poem, Annabelle Lee.

Repertoire:
-Spirit song by Haydn
-A set of traditional Irish melodies (Stevenson/Moore)
-Cushlamachree (w Maria Malibrán ornaments)
-Lamento by Pauline Viardot
-Invitation to a voyage by David Solomons
-A dream within a dream by Henry Pontet
-Kingdom by the Sea by Henry Somervell
-Selection of solo guitar music by Francisco Tárrega

Several of the songs have been newly arranged for voice and guitar by Francisco Roldán. Graphic design Petrushka Sainz

06/15/2023

Spread Love, Menace and Resa and the students of High School for Contemporary Arts, 2023, spray paint on wall. Mural located on the campus of Evander Childs High School and made possible through the support of the New York City Council's Anti-Gun Violence Initiative.

Marking the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop, The Bronx County Historical Society will host a Bronx Aerosol Arts and Street Jam on the grounds and inside the Museum of Bronx History on Saturday, June 17th, 11:00am-6:00pm.

The event will include an oral history viewing party, highlighting stories of Bronx pioneer graffiti artists, an exhibit of Bronx high school students' art on canvases, catering from Johnson's BBQ, and music from DJ Tall Guy.
The event is made possible through the financial support of New York City Council Member Eric Dinowitz and the Council's Cultural Immigrant Initiative and Art as a Catalyst for Change: Anti-Gun Violence Initiative.

06/07/2023

Marking the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop, The Bronx County Historical Society will host a Bronx Aerosol Arts and Street Jam on the grounds and inside the Museum of Bronx History on Saturday, June 17th, 11:00am-6:00pm.

The event will include an oral history viewing party, highlighting stories of Bronx pioneer graffiti artists, an exhibit of Bronx high school students' art on canvases, catering from Johnson's BBQ, and music from DJ Tall Guy.
The event is made possible through the financial support of New York City Council Member Eric Dinowitz and the Council's Cultural Immigrant Initiative and Art as a Catalyst for Change: Anti-Gun Violence Initiative.

06/06/2023

Join The Bronx County Historical Society on Saturday, June 24th, 1:00-6:00 p.m., for a Poetry Slam on Poe's Porch at the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage.

This spring, the Historical Society is hosting free poetry seminars at Poe Cottage, and this culminating event will feature poems and other creative works produced by students and instructors in these seminars. There will also be light refreshments as well as a Poe-inspired performance by a Bronx opera singer and classical guitarist.
This event is made possible through the financial support of New York City Council Member Oswald Feliz and the Council's Cultural Immigrant Initiative.

06/01/2023

Poetry Seminar this Saturday, June 3rd, 12-2 pm!
Click the link to register today.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrCqT358HsWilW7FC0QNI-_yCz5yA92Pz8JJrSmNPDlex6EA/viewform

Join The Bronx County Historical Society for free poetry and creative writing seminars this Spring, conducted inside and on the grounds of the historic Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, the famous poet's last place of residence before his death in 1849.

Track 1 sessions will be taught by award-winning Bronx poet Mariposa Fernández, partially in Spanish.

Track 2 sessions will be taught by the Thursday Morning Poets, an award-winning New York Citywide group of writers. Seminars are free and open to all ages.

Both seminars will culminate in a Poetry Slam on the porch of the Cottage, Saturday, June 24, 1–6pm!

05/22/2023

Spring Poetry Seminar this Wednesday (5/24) at the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, 2640 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY, 3:30-5:30!
Click the link to register for the event today!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrCqT358HsWilW7FC0QNI-_yCz5yA92Pz8JJrSmNPDlex6EA/viewform?fbclid=PAAaZFoXKINh2o0PonmlwFiAA9JywmjL5ZW3WnUmZ1AsUehvpuNIjvS_NZeZE

Track 1 sessions will be taught by award-winning Bronx poet Mariposa Fernández, partially in Spanish.

Track 2 sessions will be taught by the Thursday Morning Poets, an award-winning New York Citywide group of writers. Seminars are free and open to all ages.

Both seminars will culminate in a Poetry Slam on the porch of the Cottage, Saturday, June 24, 1–6pm!

05/16/2023

Join Maria Lisella, Queens Poet Laureate and a fellow of the Academy of American Poets, for a free poetry seminar at the Poe Cottage, tomorrow, May 17th, 3:30-5:30!
Click the link to register today! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrCqT358HsWilW7FC0QNI-_yCz5yA92Pz8JJrSmNPDlex6EA/viewform

05/12/2023

Poetry Seminar tomorrow, Saturday, May 13th, 12-2 pm!
Click the link to register today: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrCqT358HsWilW7FC0QNI-_yCz5yA92Pz8JJrSmNPDlex6EA/viewform

Join The Bronx County Historical Society for free poetry and creative writing seminars this Spring, conducted inside and on the grounds of the historic Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, the famous poet's last place of residence before his death in 1849.

Track 1 sessions will be taught by award-winning Bronx poet Mariposa Fernández, partially in Spanish.

Track 2 sessions will be taught by the Thursday Morning Poets, an award-winning New York Citywide group of writers. Seminars are free and open to all ages.

Both seminars will culminate in a Poetry Slam on the porch of the Cottage, Saturday, June 24, 1–6pm!

05/11/2023

Join The Bronx County Historical Society in celebrating BronxWeek 2023, May 8–May 21, 2023, with a variety of programs, virtual and in-person, at our two historic house museums and elsewhere!


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrCqT358HsWilW7FC0QNI-_yCz5yA92Pz8JJrSmNPDlex6EA/viewform

04/25/2023

Spring Poetry Seminar tomorrow (4/26) at the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, 2640 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY, 3:30-4:30!
Click the link to register for the event today!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrCqT358HsWilW7FC0QNI-_yCz5yA92Pz8JJrSmNPDlex6EA/viewform

Track 1 sessions will be taught by award-winning Bronx poet Mariposa Fernández, partially in Spanish.

Track 2 sessions will be taught by the Thursday Morning Poets, an award-winning New York Citywide group of writers. Seminars are free and open to all ages.

Both seminars will culminate in a Poetry Slam on the porch of the Cottage, Saturday, June 24, 1–6pm!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrCqT358HsWilW7FC0QNI-_yCz5yA92Pz8JJrSmNPDlex6EA/viewform