Old Bethpage Village Restoration
- Address
- 1303 Round Swamp Road
- Old Bethpage, NY 11804
- Phone
- (516) 572 8400
- Area
- Neighborhood
- Nassau
- Price
- $7
- Web Page
- http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/Parks/WhereToGo/museums/central nass museum/old bethpage rest.html
Type of Makom
- Museums Type
- Museum
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Description
Old Bethpage Village Restoration provides visitors with a unique and wonderful opportunity to step back in time and experience life in a recreated mid-19th-century American village. The 209-acre village includes an assortment of homes, farms and businesses. Each October, the village hosts the Long Island Fair, a traditional county agricultural fair that draws tens of thousands of visitors, and through most of the year has a steady series of family-friendly events and exhibits, including old-time baseball tournaments.
Today, there are 51 historic buildings and seven reconstructions and the site encompasses 209 acres. Buildings are selected based on their architectural detail and historic significance. The goal is to establish a representative sampling of 19th-century structures.
After buildings have been moved to the village, they are carefully restored to a specific point in their history, and the lives of the former occupants are thoroughly researched. [1]
Tips
Closed for the winter on December 31 and reopens March 1, 2008.
