Long Island in the Sixties
Start Date: July 1, 2016
End Date: December 31, 2016
Time: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location: Long Island Museum, 1200 Route 25A Stony Brook, NY 11790
Description
Now through December 31, 2016
Long Island Museum in Stony Brook will welcome seniors 62 and older for a free, self-guided tour of, Long Island in the Sixties. Sponsored by Jefferson’s Ferry, Senior Tuesdays are held one Tuesday each month, when the museum is normally closed to the public, and feature a different exhibition exclusively for seniors.
Amidst all of this positive energy, more contentious change was underfoot, and the island was a microcosm of the same powerful forces shaking up the rest of the nation. In short, Long Island held both a uniquely privileged status of growth during the 1960s, and a status of vulnerability, experiencing the same dilemmas locally that impacted other areas of the U.S. Through a wide range of art and artifacts that will include historic clothing, paintings, photographs, music, pop cultural objects, and much more, this 2,700-square-foot exhibition will take visitors back on a tour of the decade when Long Island stood at the precipice of transformations that still hold legacies for our present.
The museum is open Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.and Sunday from noon to 5. For information about exhibitions and related programs call (631) 751-0066 or visit
Organizers
Organized by : Long Island Museum Organizer's Address : 1200 Route 25A Stony Brook, NY 11790 Website :
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Event categories: Exhibitions, History, and Literature.Event tags: Exhibit, Historical Landmark, History, Museum, Story Telling/Reading, Suffolk, and Tour.