Vanderbilt Museum

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Vanderbilt Museum

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Address
180 Little Neck Road
Centerport, NY 11721 
Phone
(631) 854-5555
Area
Neighborhood
Suffolk
Price
General Admission: $7, Additional $3 for Planetarium Show
Web Page
http://www.vanderbiltmuseum.org

Type of Makom

Museums Type
Culture museum

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Description

  • "A unique combination of mansion, marine and natural history museum, planetarium and park."
  • "The 43-acre museum complex counts among its collections not only the Gold Coast-era mansion [1910-1936], a marine museum, natural history habitats, curator's cottage, seaplane hangar, boathouse and numerous other estate features [gardens, fountains, balustrades and pools], but also marine and natural history specimens, house furnishings and fine arts, photographs and archives, and an extensive collection of ethnographic objects that make up the former William K. Vanderbilt II estate." [1]

Hours Subject to change. Always verify.

  • Tuesday - Friday 12:00PM - 4:00PM
  • Saturday 11:30AM - 5:00PM
  • Sunday 12:00PM - 5:00PM

Directions

From the LIE Exit 51, The Northern State Parkway Exit 42N, and The Southern State Parkway Exit 39N:

Drive North on Deer Park Avenue, bear left at the fork (at traffic light), onto Park Avenue. At 3rd light, make a right turn onto Broadway, continue for 4-5 miles until you reach Route 25A. Cross 25A (to left of Centerport Automotive), and you are on Little Neck Road. The Vanderbilt Museum is 1.5 miles on the right. [2]