Our buildings and exhibitions are closed for the season and will reopen in 2026 on Memorial Day weekend.
Staff may be available Monday thru Friday to open the doors and give tours. If interested, please call the office at 631-323-2480 for more information. Please note that admission charge is $10 per Non-member Adult.
Village House is period-furnished with noteworthy pieces from the OHS collection and shown as a late 19th-century boarding house, demonstrating a significant chapter in its history. Every year new exhibitions are installed on the 2nd floor:
In the Family Eye: Landscapes by Freddie & Skip Wachsberger
The artwork of Oysterponds siblings Freddie Wachsberger (b. 1935) and her brother Clyde “Skip” Wachsberger (1945-2011) contain lasting images of the Oysterponds landscape as it looked in the last two decades of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st.
Orient’s Naturalist: Roy Latham’s Life & Journals
A remarkable sampling of legendary naturalist and Orient native-son Roy Latham’s journals (spanning 1902-1978), which reflects his deep passion for and appreciation of the flora and fauna of eastern Long Island and also provide a detailed historical snapshot of 20th century Orient and East Marion.
Recent Acquisitions
Features three splendid 19th century portraits; a remarkable late-19th century reverse glass painting; and a display of twelve harpoons, flensing irons, and other whaling equipment.
Please Be Seated! Small Chairs in the OHS Collection
Guest curator Sarah Olmstead presents a variety of chairs dating from the 18th century to the present and representing a wide range of decorative styles, including high chairs, rocking chairs, potty chairs, folding chairs, etc.
Byron McClintock: The East End Suite
Features six outstanding prints that comprise the complete set of McClintock’s homage to Orient and its environment. Aside from these pieces, McClintock’s work is held by the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.