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President Emeritus of the Southampton History Museum, Eric Woodward, has been working on this project for many years and we are so happy...

Real Estate has always played a significant and sometimes controversial role in Southampton’s history. Recently, prosperity and demand...

On Thursday, April 29th at 11am author and historian Anne Halsey will be giving a lecture live on Zoom detailing the interesting history...

On Thursday, April 29th at 11am author and historian Anne Halsey will be giving a lecture live on Zoom detailing the interesting history...

The Passover celebration commemorates the story of the Israelite's exodus from slavery and persecution in ancient Egypt. Centuries later,...

Did you know that there used to be a sitcom that was based around life in Southampton? If you were to watch an episode of The Pruitts of...

In 2009 the Southampton History Museum was preparing for an exhibit about women who made a difference in Southampton’s history. We...

On Thursday, April 29th at 11am author and historian Anne Halsey will be giving a lecture live on Zoom detailing the interesting history...

Yesterday was January 18, 2021, a day known in the United States as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This, the third Monday in January, is...

James Cresson Parrish (1840-1926) – the older brother of Samuel Parrish – was a financier with a massive fortune stemming from the...

It seems the more you tell ghost stories, the more you get told. They have an infectious way of coming out of people. The second I bring...

On behalf of the Prelinger Archives, this interesting 28 minute documentary was uploaded to YouTube. This film shows amazing images of...

The Sag Harbor Whaling Museum is currently posting on its website the logbook of the voyage of the whaling ship Thames II in 1843-46. On...

When I was a junior in high school my social studies teacher gave my class an assignment. Mr. Conklin was a passionate genealogist. I...

I grew up in the Southampton Village in the 1960’s. It was a wonderful place to grow up. It has changed so much over the years and I feel...

The USS Montauk was one of many iron clad warships develped in the Civil War, named after the eastern lighthouse on Long Island

For 25 years, as a matinee idol of the silent screen, and later in the “Talkies,” Richard Barthelmess “brought great sighs from women in...

With all the attention that has been paid to Southampton’s club life in the Gilded Age, how is it that summer society’s infatuation with...

"I've always been curious about this building."

As a follow-up to the lecture given on the 11th of June, we at the Southampton History Museum have decided to share footage of both the...