Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

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Wednesday through Saturday, throughout the month of September 2:00pm

Happy Constitution Month! On September 17, 1787, the United States Constitution was signed. Join us as we explore the debates, controversies and compromises that led to the establishment of the oldest governing document in the world. Regular admission fees. Advance purchase of tickets is suggested as space is limited.

Registration: Required

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Fridays through October 25

On Fridays May through October, pack a picnic and spend the afternoon at John Jay Homestead; explore our 6 Discovery Centers and help volunteers collect eggs from the chicken coop. Education staff will lead a short hands-on activity at 1pm. Free admission.

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Founding Father John Jay was a native son of New York City, but the city he knew was not the metropolis we know today. This tour takes us along many of the same streets John Jay walked as we visit locations where he lived, worked, played, and prayed. Plan to walk approximately 2 miles during this 3-hour tour. Advance registration required. $20; $15 members Friends of John Jay Homestead.

Registration: Required

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Purchase locally produced healthy food and support local, sustainable agriculture. This weekly market also offers musical entertainment, featured community organizations, demonstrations and workshops.

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Personal items, that were used during everyday life often give us clues about how historic figures lived their everyday lives. This tour will feature a few of these items that belonged to some of John Jay’s family members from our collection such as, glasses, and a tobacco jar, among others. Regular admission fees. Advance purchase of tickets is suggested as space is limited.

Registration: Optional

(914) 232-5651

Fridays through October 25

On Fridays May through October, pack a picnic and spend the afternoon at John Jay Homestead; explore our 6 Discovery Centers and help volunteers collect eggs from the chicken coop. Education staff will lead a short hands-on activity at 1pm. Free admission.

(914) 232-5651

Purchase locally produced healthy food and support local, sustainable agriculture. This weekly market also offers musical entertainment, featured community organizations, demonstrations and workshops.

(914) 232-5651

Join us and discover objects in the museum’s collection that are more than meets the eye. This tour will look inside several furniture and decorative arts objects that are usually kept closed and discuss what they were used for. Regular admission fees. Advance purchase of tickets is suggested as space is limited.

Registration: Optional

(914) 232-5651

Fridays through October 25

On Fridays May through October, pack a picnic and spend the afternoon at John Jay Homestead; explore our 6 Discovery Centers and help volunteers collect eggs from the chicken coop. Education staff will lead a short hands-on activity at 1pm. Free admission.

(914) 232-5651

Purchase locally produced healthy food and support local, sustainable agriculture. This weekly market also offers musical entertainment, featured community organizations, demonstrations and workshops.

(914) 232-5651

The varying collection of prints, and other artworks on paper in the Jay collection reflects how common it was to have copies of artwork during the 18th and 19th centuries. This tour will explore several prints from the collection, and the stories behind each one. Regular admission fees. Advance purchase of tickets is suggested as space is limited.

Registration: Required

(914) 232-5651

Fridays through October 25

On Fridays May through October, pack a picnic and spend the afternoon at John Jay Homestead; explore our 6 Discovery Centers and help volunteers collect eggs from the chicken coop. Education staff will lead a short hands-on activity at 1pm. Free admission.

(914) 232-5651

Purchase locally produced healthy food and support local, sustainable agriculture. This weekly market also offers musical entertainment, featured community organizations, demonstrations and workshops.

(914) 232-5651

This curator-led program will take a closer look at objects belonging to women. By examining the experiences of their everyday lives, visitors will get a greater understand of the important roles that women played during the 18th and 19th centuries. Regular admission fees. Advance purchase of tickets is suggested as space is limited.

Registration: Required

(914) 232-5651

Fridays through October 25

On Fridays May through October, pack a picnic and spend the afternoon at John Jay Homestead; explore our 6 Discovery Centers and help volunteers collect eggs from the chicken coop. Education staff will lead a short hands-on activity at 1pm. Free admission.

(914) 232-5651

Join us for an evening with Henry Louis Gates, Jr at our Annual Founders Lecture! Scholar, author, filmmaker, journalist, cultural critic, mentor and institution builder, Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He has authored or co-authored twenty-four books, created twenty documentary films, and received fifty-five honorary degrees. He was a member of the first class of Fellows of the MacArthur Foundation, and the first African American scholar to be awarded the National Humanities Medal. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His most recent projects are the PBS documentary Reconstruction: America After the Civil War, released in April, and the related book Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow. Tickets are $50

Registration: Required

(914) 232-5651

Purchase locally produced healthy food and support local, sustainable agriculture. This weekly market also offers musical entertainment, featured community organizations, demonstrations and workshops.

(914) 232-5651

Fridays through October 25

On Fridays May through October, pack a picnic and spend the afternoon at John Jay Homestead; explore our 6 Discovery Centers and help volunteers collect eggs from the chicken coop. Education staff will lead a short hands-on activity at 1pm. Free admission.

(914) 232-5651

Purchase locally produced healthy food and support local, sustainable agriculture. This weekly market also offers musical entertainment, featured community organizations, demonstrations and workshops.