King Manor Museum

10/28/2023

Things are getting spooky around here! Come on down for a 🎃frightfully 🦇 good time this afternoon (10/28) for Fall Fest and Queens Fiber Arts Fest!!! 🧶👻

10/21/2023

Happy to welcome back David J. Goodwin to talk about , his work, life, and 1920s visit to King Manor!

10/14/2023

What a wonderful presentation from this rainy afternoon. George is a puppeteer and creator of “Jupiter Washington, Carpenter,” a short film depicting the life of an enslaved person named Jupiter (he is a blend of several actual experiences/people), who was enslaved by George Washington. A beautiful intersection of history and narrative in an art form that has been with us for centuries!

09/29/2023

☔️Today’s heavy rain and flooding is a good opportunity to think about our waterways and infrastructure. Our current exhibit, Streamline, combines historic artifacts and local art to tell this story. It’s on through the rest of the year so please make a plan to see it on a drier day! We are closed this weekend — stay safe everyone!!

09/29/2023

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09/26/2023

Spooky Season is here! Check out our FREE October events lineup 🎃

Advanced registration is encouraged. Visit our website for ticket information 👻

09/22/2023

Did you know horror/sci-fi writer H.P. Lovecraft visited King Manor in 1925? Check out author David J. Goodwin's latest piece for Urban Archive all about Lovecraft's travels throughout the city! https://www.urbanarchive.org/stories/q8MYDXPEHSe
And don't forget to RSVP for David's talk this spooky season (10/21): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/706065409647?aff=oddtdtcreator

A connoisseur of horror literature and an unabashed lover of felines, writer H. P. Lovecraft was also a tireless walker, a flaneur captivated by buildings and places. When first visiting New York City in 1922 and later living there between 1924 and 1926, he explored all its five boroughs—Manhattan...

09/08/2023

Happy Star Trek Day! Not only was Star Trek a groundbreaking show that included television’s first in*******al kiss in 1968, but it included a King descendent in a major role! Jane Wyatt starred as Spock’s mother, Amanda Grayson. Wyatt is Rufus King’s 3rd great-granddaughter 🖖.

08/17/2023

“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.” Check out this article by from the Queens Chronicle! There are still come tickets left for the event. Snag them while you can! Drag, drinks, and a show 🎥🍿

08/10/2023

This Saturday! Stop by King Manor from 12-2pm to drop off pre-loved books for 📚

08/02/2023

08/02/2023

07/21/2023

We are huge “fans” of ! Such a fun time making inspired with our friends today!

07/18/2023

Check out the fabulous Mae West! And be sure to reserve tickets to our outdoor film screening of "I'm No Angel" on August 26th: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/635547598977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61o1WHXqEUY

I'm No Angel was one of the few early Hollywood films that characterized African-American actors in a positive light.

07/13/2023

It’s HOT out there today!! Please join us in thanking the amazing members of for braving the heat to restore King Manor’s exterior! It’s looking gorgeous and we couldn’t be more grateful 😍

06/21/2023

Only a few more days to vote!! How should Queens spend the People's Money?? Vote online by June 25!

What is Participatory Budgeting? is your opportunity to vote for a fully funded project in your borough with New York City Civic Engagement Commission

Vote today: on.nyc.gov/pb

06/19/2023

King Manor is closed today, 6/19/23, to commemorate ! We are so honored to be able to display this beautiful Juneteenth mosaic by ! Shown here with a flag from the Civil War and a vase of flowers representing the colors ❤️💚💛🖤

06/15/2023

The National Arts Club is putting on a very interesting event Friday, June 23! 18th century outfits encouraged!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cross-dressing-fashion-and-gender-expression-in-the-eighteenth-century-tickets-630099202677?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&mc_cid=f26e4fe2b8&mc_eid=6ea4822d24&fbclid=IwAR1HPBSJf25-gRPJcJG9CEhdM1vcQEsvMGcDIQL-qpZvstOltVjt_H9whg4_aem_th_AWbSYoiFi6rCV12va9O69INnicUTyroUVtH5w_DndjnzQTbHIWPuy4gpwYeAScvHoGM

FashionSpeak Fridays presents Amelia Rauser, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Art History for a conversation on 18th-century cross-dressers.

06/13/2023

This Saturday, kickoff Civic Season with King Manor at our civics fair! There will be booths with giveaways and activities from and others, activist sign making with , T-shirt spray painting with , and a poetry reading with David Mills 🪶

See you soon ☀️

06/06/2023

A hazy, but beautiful June evening! Don’t miss this setting sun today!

06/06/2023

Join us at our We the People Civics Fair to hear poet David Mills discuss his poetry and do a reading! Register on our website ✍️ It’s free!

06/02/2023

Tomorrow! Celebrate Pride Month with us as we discuss q***r floriography of the Victorian Era and a possibly-q***r King Family member, and decorate Victorian heart ornaments 🏳️‍🌈

This program is free and open to the public, 1-4pm!

First photo: taken at the inclusive garden at the Alice Austen House Museum on Staten Island 🌼

Third photo: taken in our Victorian Parlor 🌈

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05/30/2023

Civics Season is right around the corner — come to our fair! We have added an art workshop from and a poetry reading from David Mills. Stop by Saturday, June 17th for art, poetry, giveaways, and valuable resources🇺🇸

05/25/2023

SATURDAY SCHEDULE ☀️

05/18/2023

May 27th at Celebrate Culture Festival! The talented Julia D. Shaw will be facilitating an art workshop for children and their guardians to create beautiful containers using African print textiles. Take your beautiful creation home and fill with soil, flowers, or treats! This workshop is $10 per child’s ticket. Accompanying adult is free with child’s ticket purchase 🌻

05/14/2023

Saturday, May 27th! Our inaugural Celebrate Culture Fest will feature local restaurants curated by , a Create & Chat workshop with artist , a workshop dedicated to the planning of our classroom mural facilitated by artist .enigma, dance performances by and , and a booth from .nyc ! Stop by for some delicious food, art, and a beautiful day outdoors ☀️

Join us for our inaugural Celebrate Culture Festival!

05/12/2023

Next Saturday! Gabba gabba HEY! Stop by to learn about a Queens legend — Joey Ramone! Joey Ramone, who was raised in Forest Hills, was a founding member, front man, and songwriter for NYC punk group The Ramones.

will be in our classroom teaching punk rock chords on electric guitar! We will also be making our own guitar picks 🎸 1-4pm, May 20th.

More about Joey:
Later in life, Joey became more politically active. He joined Artists Against Apartheid in 1985 which was in opposition to artists performing at Sun City, a resort in Bophuthatswana which was an internationally unrecognized state created by the South African government to forcibly relocate its black population. This same year, Joey wrote “Bonzo Goes to Bitburg,” a protest song about U.S. President Ronald Reagan’s visit to a West German cemetery where 49 members of the N*zi SS were buried. Joey was a Jewish man, and this visit struck a nerve.

05/08/2023

King Manor Present Hands On History Queens Hip Hop with A City Called Art Painting Workshops Saturday May 6th 2023 150 -03 Jamaica Avenue New York 114...

05/08/2023

Thank you so much 😊

05/02/2023

This Saturday! We are so excited to once again be collaborating with to bring you Queens Hip Hop history. There will be painting, Craft microphone making, exploring music technology of the 80s-00s, and trading cards! Stop by for fun and of course a curated 80s/90s hip hop playlist featuring A Tribe Called Quest, LL Cool J, Salt N Pepa, RUN DMC, 50 Cent, and Nicki Minaj 🎤

04/20/2023

ONE WEEK: Are you interested in creative writing? Do you want your work to be included in a visual performance? Register for our free writing workshop and you can have your piece featured at Site: Yizkor/King Manor! Registration is FREE and available on our website calendar. Don’t miss out on this awesome event! ✏️

Writing Workshop: April 27th (6-8pm)

Site: Yizkor/King Manor: May 19th (8-9:30pm)

04/13/2023

This Saturday from 1-4pm! Join us in celebrating the legacy of Jackie Robinson, who made his professional baseball debut in April 15th, 1947. He lived in Queens when he and the Brooklyn Dodgers won the World Series in 1955! We will also be joined by who will be sharing information about their new movie , based on the life of violinist and composer Joseph Bologne. We have free booklets available direct from ! Register for this event on our website ⚾️

04/12/2023

So grateful for our Union carpenters!! 😍
Thank you so much for helping restore and preserve King Manor!

04/08/2023

Happy Earth Month! Every Saturday in April, our new hybrid exhibit Climate Change at Home will be available to the public! This interactive exhibit uses QR code technology to explore objects on display and their links to climate change. From our Victorian era top hat to our fortepiano, these objects have affected and continue to affect our environment in unexpected ways. Come check out Climate Change at Home all April 🌎

03/24/2023

Big birthday today! Founding father and early anti-slavery advocate Rufus King was born on this day in 1755 in Massachusetts (now Maine). This Aries King (pun slightly intended) fought tirelessly to end slavery in the United States, back when it was rare of a founding father to do so. Celebrate his legacy today through community giving, support for antiracist organizations, and those working to end exploitative labor practices here and abroad.

03/22/2023

A big thank you to Tools & Tiaras Inc for leading this amazing workshop 💜💜💜

03/15/2023

We had a special visitor last week! Daniel, pictured here with his mother in Rufus King Park, is now all grown up and was finally able to tour the big yellow house that he saw frequently growing up in Jamaica, Queens 🏠☀️

03/06/2023

Join us tomorrow, March 7, for the closing reception of our current exhibits! Open house from 6:30 to 8:30 🖼️😍