Oysterponds Historical Society (OHS) celebrates and shares the culture and heritage of the North Fork of Long Island, NY through education, exhibition and scholarship and by collecting, preserving and interpreting the history of the Orient and East Marion community, and its place in national history.

OHS was founded in 1944 to preserve the historical significance of a community that was still largely populated by direct descendants of the European settlers who arrived three centuries earlier. OHS maintains 8½ acres of grounds containing seven historically-significant buildings, located in the heart of Orient’s landmark historic district. OHS actively manages a collection of over 60,000 items, including historic artifacts, documents, diaries, works of art, and archival objects dating from early Native American times all the way through the 20th century.