
08/21/2023
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Mr. and Mrs. Nesslinger, Fingerboard Rd., Staten Island. July 13, 1940. William T. Davis Collection, Staten Island Museum.
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Founded in 1881, the Staten Island Museum, New York City’s only general interest museum, engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions and educational programs that explore the dynamic connections between natural science, art and history based on its diverse collections. The Museum is dedicated to making its current and future collections broadly accessible for educators, students, researchers and the general public by providing authentic experiences in the field and at the Museum.
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Mr. and Mrs. Nesslinger, Fingerboard Rd., Staten Island. July 13, 1940. William T. Davis Collection, Staten Island Museum.
CALLING ALL ARTISTS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE
The deadline to participate in the Staten Island Museum's 73rd Annual Fence Show is September 1st! Register today to be a part of this open air art show and market.
Long-standing outdoor gallery and market featuring local artists and craftspeople, with Biergarten and food vendors.
Did you know that New York Harbor was once home to 220,000 acres of oyster reefs? Or, that an adult oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water a day? The historic evidence of oysters in New York Harbor, combined with the oyster’s reputation as an “ecosystem engineer”, drives us to return New York Harbor to its rightful place as an ecological treasure.
Learn more about the Billion Oyster Project and how this mighty mollusk is helping the ecosystem at the Museum's current exhibiton, Vulnerable Landscapes.
Gallery Hours: Wed - Sun, 11AM - 5PM
Photo by
The Biergarten is back at the Staten Island Museum Fence Show!
Join us for a drink and a snack! Brews by Kills Boro Brewing Company, Flagship Brewing Company, and Pour Standards Richmond County Homebrew Club. All proceeds benefit the Staten Island Museum. Admission Includes: 2 beer tickets, 1 pretzel, Homebrew club tastings.
$20 in advance/$25 at the doorTickets
(or complimentary with the purchase of a Contemporary Council Membership)
Tickets: www.statenislandmuseum.org/event/biergarten2023/
Saturday, September 23 | Join Maria Smilios, author of the new book THE BLACK ANGELS: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis, in conversation with public historian Debbie-Ann Paige and Virginia Allen, a nurse at Seaview Hospital from 1947 – 1957 to celebrate the launch of this exciting new book.
Register here: https://www.statenislandmuseum.org/event/blackangelsbook/
The Black Angels follows the intrepid women who risked their lives caring for the city’s poorest—1,800 patients at Staten Island’s Sea View Hospital—and aided in the 1951 clinical trial of a breakthrough tuberculosis treatment. The Black Angels centers the voices of these extraordinary women and celebrates their legacy and spirit of survival. Book signing to follow. Books available for pre-order.
It's time to pick your favorite and Vote Wildflower NYC!!!
“In the 1980s, Staten Islanders voted for the Pinxter Azalea to represent our borough and we are proud to support it! One of our native azaleas, Pinxter Azalea grows wild throughout the city and is especially abundant in Staten Island’s Greenbelt,” said Colleen Evans the director of natural science at Staten Island Museum.
NEW YORK (PIX11) — New Yorkers can get the chance to decide which native wildflower will become the city’s next official flower in a new contest. WildflowerNYC is a campaign that hopes …
Tappen’s Creek in Clay Pit Ponds Park
Part of the series Water Towns: Staten Island
Nathan Kensinger (b. 1979, American)
Photograph, 2020
On view now as part of Vulnerable Landscapes.
Wed - Sun, 11am-5pm.
And we're off!
Day 1 of Discovery Camp: Outdoor Adventures and STEM Explorations in partnership with STEAM Matters NYC (New York City Public Schools)!
These are the dog days of summer and we are feeling it! Happy Sunday!
Image: June, 1926. William T. Davis Collection, Staten Island Museum.
CALLING ALL ARTISTS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE!
The 73rd Annual Fence Show is coming soon! Arist applications are now available for this open air art market featuring all orginal work. Apply today while there's still space!
Long-standing outdoor gallery and market featuring local artists and craftspeople, with Biergarten and food vendors.
Another scorcher means another chance to cool off with culture! Come check out our latest exhibition, Vulnerable Landscapes.
This interdisciplinary exhibition centers the shorelines at the forefront of climate change in one of New York City’s most vulnerable landscapes: Staten Island.
Featuring:
Billion Oyster Project, James Vincent Brice, Nate Dorr, Sarah Nelson Wright & Edrex Fontanilla, Nataki Hewling, HERShot students: Madison Davis, Alexandria Anderson, Savannah Washington, Soojin Yoonsmith), Nathan Kensinger for NYC H2O, Living Breakwaters: SCAPE, Michael McWeeney, Beryl Thurman, and Sarah Yuster.
Photo by Christine Cruz Photography
It's hot out there!
A visit to the Museum is a great way to beat the heat and learn about how we keep this "green building" so cool!
Museum Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 11AM - 5PM
As always, our admission is suggested.
Thank you to everyone who joined us at Moth Night to celebrate our fluttery friends. We had a blast! See you next year!
Presented in partnership with
Supported in part by Generation Bridge.
Looking for some rainy day fun?! We've got you covered.
Learn about extinction, the wonder of enduring species, the importance of bio-diversity and the challenge of preservation at the Staten Island Museum.
Museum hours: Wed - Sun, 11AM - 5PM
Next Thursday, July 27 at 7:00PM
Summer Nights | Botanical Resin Artwork with Janet Gonzalez
$35/$30 Museum Members
Registration required: https://www.statenislandmuseum.org/event/botanicals/
Have a glass of wine (21+) and a snack while getting creative with your community!
Learn how to make unique items made with UV resin and a variety of molds and materials from pressed flora to pigments and collage. In this introductory workshop, students will create a design, pour resin, and use a UV lamp to cure the finished artwork preserving the summer for seasons to come.
Thanks for spending the day at Earth Camp with us, Staten Island Advance!
Nature is at the heart of this summer camp.
There are still a few spaces left for this week's Summer Nights | Bookmaking with Ashley Frenkel on Thursday, July 20 at 7PM. Registration required: https://www.statenislandmuseum.org/event/bookmaking/
Have a glass of wine and a snack (21+) while getting creative with your community!
Learn the basics of bookmaking from cover to cover including paper types, tools, and binding techniques. Participants will explore both traditional bookmaking methods to produce journals, notebooks, or sketchbooks.
All materials provided.
NOW ON VIEW | Vulnerable Landscapes
This exhibition examines the shared space between the built and natural environment and highlights local individuals advocating for climate justice and a deeper connection to where we live. Themes of resistance, access, change, and recovery are conveyed through new works of contemporary art, scientific endeavors aimed at resiliency efforts, and art and archival materials from the museum’s collection. Vulnerable Landscapes circumnavigates Staten Island illuminating the past to shed light on the future.
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 11AM - 5PM
Photo by Christine Cruz Photography
Major support of Vulnerable Landscapes is provided by the Lily Auchincloss Foundation and by National Grid US. Additional support provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
The countdown to Moth Night has begun!
Join us on Saturday, July 22 at 8:30PM to revel in the beauty and learn about the life cycles and habitats of moths!
Design your own wings, make glow in the dark moths with the SI Children's Museum, check out Cooper Keane’s Mobile Monarch Museum, enjoy Freshkills Park After Dark Science Activities, take a Night Hike and more! BYO flashlight!
$10 adults/$5 kids. Get tickets: https://www.statenislandmuseum.org/event/mothnight2023/
Presented in collaboration with Staten Island Children's Museum and Park.
Moth Night is supported in part by Generation Bridge.
Summer Nights are back and we're having a blast. Tonight's Art of Cocktails is sold out - but next week - we have Bookmaking with Ashley Frenkel.
Register now while there's still space! https://www.statenislandmuseum.org/event/bookmaking/
Learn the basics of bookmaking from cover to cover including paper types, tools, and binding techniques. Participants will explore both traditional bookmaking methods to produce journals, notebooks, or sketchbooks.
Have a glass of wine and a snack (21+) while getting creative with your community!
Day 1 of Earth Camp was a blast! We're so grateful to have such intrepid, curious campers!
Moth Night is only 2 weeks away! Did you get your tickets yet?
On Saturday, July 22, stay up late and celebrate National Moth Week. Design your own wings, get your face painted, check out Cooper Keane's Mobile Monarch Museum, Freshkills Park's After Dark Science Activities, Moth specimens, and a night walk! BYO Flashlight!
Register here: https://www.statenislandmuseum.org/event/mothnight2023/
Presented in collaboration with the Staten Island Children's Museum and Freshkills Park
Thank you Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams! We are so grateful to see prioritized in the City's FY24 budget! And thank you to NYC DCLA Commissioner Laurie Cumbo for her support in !
Happy Friday!
We are proud to be among the 49 arts organizations and museums to receive a grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in recognition of visual arts programming, exhibitions, and research initiatives that provide critical support to artists.
“The Spring 2023 grantees have demonstrated admirable dedication to nurturing experimental artistic practice, providing artists with platforms from which to participate in critical cultural exchanges,” states Joel Wachs, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts President, “The Foundation’s support empowers institutions and the artists they serve to revisit and question accepted histories, highlight overlooked and underrepresented voices, and promote innovation and creativity.”
Thank you to The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for supporting our upcoming exhibition "Taking Care: The 'Black Angels' of Seaview Hospital."
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has announced 49 arts organizations and museums that will receive over $4 million for its Spring 2023 grants program. Recognized for their visual arts programming, exhibitions, and research initiatives that provide critical support to artists, the grant...
We are excited to announce an upcoming major exhibition, "Taking Care: The 'Black Angels' of Seaview Hospital," with support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
"Taking Care" opens to the public on January 25, 2024 and highlights the groundbreaking work, lives, and legacy of the "Black Angels," the Black nursing staff at Seaview Hospital in Staten Island who risked their lives to break racial barriers and care for tuberculosis patients.
Click the link below to learn more.
Taking Care highlights the groundbreaking work, lives, and legacy of the “Black Angels,” the Black nursing staff at Seaview Hospital in Staten Island who risked their lives to break racial barriers and care for tuberculosis patients. At the center of this exhibition is Back and Song, a meditativ...
Today was Anye Lam's last day with us! It was a pleasure to have Anye working with the team as our inagural Museum Fellow, made possible with support from The Staten Island Foundation.
Anye worked closely with Rylee Eterginoso on Programs and Exhibition (you may have seen the video she edited in the current exhibition Vulnerable Landscapes) as well as with Reneé Bushelle and the Visitor Experience team. She will be missed and wish her luck in the next phase of her professional life!
TOMORROW!
Bird and Nature Walk: Clay Pit Ponds
Wednesday, June 28, 10AM - 12PM
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on a guided walk through Clay Pit Ponds.
Clay Pit is home to a number of nesting birds, including eastern towhee and wood thrush. We may also find some interesting amphibians/reptiles, such as the northern fence lizard, Fowler’s toad and eastern box turtle. Meet at the Interpretive Center.
Note: Tick precautions (repellent, etc.) are strongly advised.
Image: Gray Catbird, photo by Colleen Evans
Happy Pollinator Week!
Help spread the word about why spreading the pollen is so imporant! Pollination is the transfer of pollen from one flower to another. This allows for the formation of seeds and fruits, many of which humans rely on for food!
Pollinators pick up pollen from one plant and carry it to another. Bees, moths, butterflies, and hover flies are all important pollinators - even some some vertebrates, such as hummingbirds and bats get in on the fun!
There are lots of things you can do to help the pollinators like planting for pollinators, eliminating the use of pesticides, supporting local beekeepers and more! Check out for more tips!
Summer Nights are back!
The Art of Cocktails returns with Aly Stoffo (Glam Gardener NYC) in collaboration with Nick Rozak (Green Stinger Beekeeping Services LLC)!
Join us for an evening of cocktails using foraged ingredients hidden in our own backyards. Each of the three featured drinks will be fashioned out of fresh ingredients (all provided) – watch, learn, and make your own! Registration is required, space is limited: www.statenislandmuseum.org/event/cocktails/
This week, Staten Island Museum President and CEO Janice Monger was grateful to accept a grant in support of the Museum’s Title 1 education programs from the Mid-Island Rotary Club. Thank you so much!
Photos by Dina Rosenthal
NEXT WEEKEND | Saturday, June 17, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
They Did What! Using Genealogy to Uncover Our African American Past
Space is limited. Registration required.
www.StatenIslandMuseum.org/event/juneteenth23
Free. Donations welcome.
Light refreshments provided.
Join public historian and professional genealogist Debbie-Ann Paige to answer the question “How do we find our people?” Discover how deeds, census records, letters, and other historic documents help uncover family history. Learn what will be important to future generations while exploring what those who have come before left behind. Participants will gain knowledge about genealogical research tools and methods in order to begin uncovering their own family story.
This program is produced in partnership with the SI Community Alliance as part of the 3rd Annual Juneteenth Festival.
Vulnerable Landscapes examines the shared space between the built and natural environment and highlights local individuals advocating for climate justice and a deeper connection to where we live. Themes of resistance, access, change, and recovery are conveyed through new works of contemporary art, scientific endeavors aimed at resiliency efforts, and art and archival materials from the museum’s collection. Vulnerable Landscapes circumnavigates Staten Island illuminating the past to shed light on the future.
- Rylee Eterginoso, Curator
Now on View
Photo by Christine Cruz Photography
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Last Chance! This is the final week to Magicicada by Jennifer Angus - an immersive environment full of exquisite and ornamental patterns and imaginative vignettes, unexpectedly created with hundreds of preserved insects. Don't miss out! Join artist Jennifer Angus for a Gallery Talk and Closing Reception on Sunday, May 22! https://www.statenislandmuseum.org/event/magicicadaclosing/
Shhhh Do you hear that? Listen to what the earth sounds like beneath our feet with artist Nikki Lindt tomorrow at our Earth Day Celebration: Seeds and Soil! (Register ahead/walk-ins welcome!)
Magicicada by Jennifer Angus is on view now. An immersive environment to discover, full of exquisite and ornamental patterns and imaginative vignettes, unexpectedly created with hundreds of preserved insects. On view now through May 22, 2022. Friday - Sunday, 11am - 5pm
It may not feel like it yet, but summer is almost here! Registration for Earth Camp: Outdoor Adventures and Nature Explorations is now open: https://www.statenislandmuseum.org/education/camps/ Monday – Friday, July 11 – 22, 2022 9am – 3pm $500 Members/$550 Non-Members Register before May 15 to receive a 10% discount! For campers 8-13.
Need a last minute gift for your favorite Staten Islander? We've got you covered! Staten Island Ferry Ornament, Staten Island Neighborhoods Poster, Arcadia Neighborhood Books! The museum store is open Friday - Sunday, 11am - 5pm! #ShopLocal #Celebrate140
CNN Travel's Going Green visited Jennifer Angus: Magicicada at the museum last month to speak with Joseph Yoon of Brooklyn Bugs about his mission “to normalize edible insects around the world …” to help reduce the environmental impact of our culinary habits. We are excited to be able to share this clip with you! You can read more about it here: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/chef-joseph-yoon-brooklyn-bugs-insect-diet-spc-intl/index.html
On View Now! Artist Jennifer Angus presents Magicicada, taking inspiration from the museum’s collection of cicadas – one of the world’s largest. Angus has created an immersive environment to discover, full of exquisite and ornamental patterns and imaginative vignettes, unexpectedly created with hundreds of preserved insects. Museum Hours: Friday - Sunday, 11am - 5pm
On this day 140 years ago, November 12, 1881, a group of young naturalists came together to formally meet for the first time with the idea to preserve the natural history of Staten Island. We are thrilled to celebrate the Staten Island Museum’s 140th Anniversary! We are grateful to the founders for acting on their love for Staten Island and their instincts to preserve specimens. Now, 140 years later, the current museum staff and Board of Trustees are building upon that legacy and pursuing what it means to be a 21st century museum and New York City’s only remaining cultural institution with collections that span history, art and natural science.
Have you seen Jennifer Angus: Magicicada yet? This magical world is not to be missed! Gallery Hours: Friday - Sunday, 11am - 5pm. Link in bio to learn more. #theunexpectedborough #nycculture #statenislandmuseum
Today, 101 years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, Kathy Hochul has become New York State’s first female Governor. In marking the women’s suffrage centennial, then Lt. Governor Hochul graciously participated in the museum’s film, Passing the Torch: Women Who Lead. Take a look at what she had to say about her first voting experience and her dedication to public service. Thank you for leading the way, Governor Kathy Hochul.
You've heard the sound ... now find out how they made it! Saturday, July 17, 2pm - 3pm Free with Museum Admission Registration is not required for this event Science Talk: Brood X Sounding Off explores all things cicadas with Director of Natural Science, Colleen Evans.
Thanks to our friend Liz McCarthy for this video of the front five at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden (including our museum - all the way on the right, The Noble Maritime Collection second from the left and the Newhouse Gallery at the center) from LEGOLAND New York! We are honored to be “lego-ed.”
Do you know what that sound is? It's Brood X! During their time in the sun, it is only the male cicadas that “sing.” They have a specialized organ, called a tymbal, which creates their characteristic rattling sounds. These sounds are often specific to a species and can be used to tell them apart.
Colleen Evans, Director of Natural Sciences at the Staten Island Museum hunts for the emerging Brood X Cicadas in Princeton, NJ along with Joseph Yoon (Brooklyn Bugs) and artist Jennifer Angus. These insects spend most of their lives underground as nymphs and after thirteen or seventeen years, depending on the species, they dig their way out, emerge into their adult form and spend several weeks chorusing, mating and laying eggs, before dying and letting the next generation continue the cycle.
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