Events & Exhibitions

HOURS

1822 One-Room SCHOOLHOUSE
OPEN during Library hours
90 Quogue Street (grounds of the Quogue Library).

Exhibition on view: An 1868 School Day with Schoolmistress Miss Lizabeth Griffing.
And bring the kids for a step back in time, to sit at reproduction 19^th century desks and write on slates.
(No dunce caps, we promise.)

POND HOUSE MUSEUM
114 Jessup Avenue
OPEN Friday, 3 to 5pm & Saturday, 10am to 12pm & by appointment: 631-996-2404 or info@quoguehistory.org.

Exhibitions on two levels highlighting Quogue’s 350-plus year history.
NEW!You Are HERE! Map Madness @11959
NEW! Quogue’s 19th Century Storekeepers: George Jessup & Henry Burton
NEW! BUY HERE NOW! The Late-19th Century General Store
The Reading Room is filled with books about Long Island and Quogue history, and binders filled with vintage postcards and newspaper and magazine articles about Quogue, 1975-2006.

EVENTS

All events are free unless otherwise stated.
For more information: 631-996-2404 or info@quoguehistory.org

JULY

Saturday, July 8, 3 to 6 p.m.
Summer Kick Off at the Quogue Library & 1822 Schoolhouse
Live music, crafts, raffles, games, activities, refreshments, and more!

4 to 5:30 p.m. A 19th Century School Day in Quogue’s One-Room Schoolhouse
with Schoolmistress Miss Lizabeth Griffing
Step back in time to meet schoolmistress Miss Lizabeth Griffing and discover firsthand what life was like in the late 1860s for school children in Quogue’s rural 19th century community. Built by the citizens of Quogue in 1822, the one-room schoolhouse was Quogue’s first community building and served as its school for 70 years. Lizabeth Griffing’s diary, 1868 to 1901, is in the collection of the Quogue Historical Society. She taught in the one-room schoolhouse from 1868 to 1870.
At the Schoolhouse, 90 Quogue Street, on the Library grounds

Sunday, July 30 & Sunday, October 8, 3 p.m.
Walking Tours: Preserving Quogue’s History in Headstones
with Zach Studenroth, Architectural Historian
at the Quogue Cemetery

You know their names – Cook, Howell, Gardiner, Arch, Jessup, Post, Foster – but who were they?

In this two part series, you’ll visit headstones in the Quogue Cemetery and learn about the residents they commemorate. We’ll look at the changes in stone types and methods of memorialization, and help tour participants to understand the differences between Colonial “burying grounds” and Victorian era “cemeteries.” You’ll also see the critical conservation work under way to preserve these fragile, aged stones that have been exposed to the degrading effects of time, weather – and people.

Sunday, July 30, 3 p.m.
PART ONE: 18^th & Early 19^th Century
In Part One, you’ll visit headstones from the 18^th and early 19^th century. Each tablet and monument relates a unique story of one of Quogue’s earliest inhabitants and offers insight into the community, its history and development. The gravestones are invaluable historical resources – and, in many cases, may be the only trace of an individual’s life that survives. Headstones provide not only birth and death dates, their decorative style, inscriptions, and symbols also offer clues to class, customs, and religion.

Sunday, October 8, 3 p.m. (NEW DATE!)
PART TWO: Mid-19^th Century & Early 20th Century
In Part Two, we’ll return to visit the monuments of some of Quogue’s later residents, highlighting history of the mid-19th and early 20th century. In light of technological advances, the stones on this tour have changed from the slate and brownstone of earlier times to marble and granite, and each has unique restoration challenges.

Limited to 25. Approx. 60 minutes.
Reservations: 631-996-2404 or info@quoguehistory.org

NOTE: The Quogue Cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site is owned and operated by the Quogue Cemetery Association.

AUGUST

Friday, August 11, 5 to 7pm
CELEBRATE ART! Cocktails & Art Talk Benefit
On the Village Green
Art Talk, 5:30 to 6 p.m., New York’s Most Famous Unknown Artist: Ray Johnson’s Life in Art.
Ray Johnson scholar Ellen Levy will speak about her new book, A Book About Ray, with Frances Beatty, Managing Director of the Ray Johnson Estate. Join us for a lively conversation with these two experts — both uniquely positioned in the art world to truly grasp the importance of the work by this fascinating artist. A Book about Ray will be available for preorder.
Invitation to come. Tickets: $60 and $100 (includes Early Admission to the Art Show!).
Click Here to Purchase Tickets

Saturday, August 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Annual Art Show & Sale to Benefit the Quogue Historical Society
The Art Show & Sale, a decades-long tradition of the Quogue community’s summer season, showcases the work of 30-plus local artists. It is also the Society’s largest fundraiser.
On the Village Green, Rain or Shine
Donation: $5 per person

EXHIBITIONS
at the POND HOUSE MUSEUM

Main Floor
NEW! You Are Here! Map Madness @11959
NEW! Quogue’s 19th Century Storekeepers: George Jessup & Henry Burton
NEW! BUY HERE NOW! The Late-19th Century General StoreBoarding Houses, the Heyday: 1880-1910
Wish You Were Here … Early 20th Century Postcards of Quogue
A Moment in Time, Photographs of Quogue Village Streets, February 1942
19th Century Figural Glass Flasks and Bottles

Lower Level
Historic Jessup Avenue: A Tribute
Highlights from the Collection
NEW! Quogue’s 19th Century Storekeepers: George Jessup & Henry Burton
NEW! BUY HERE NOW! The Late-19th Century General Store

Online Exhibitions click here

The Pond House

PAST 2022 Events

Saturday, December 10
Holiday House Tour, 2 to 6pm
Cocktail Party, 6 to 8pm
Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the 1822 One-Room Schoolhouse
Visit six Quogue houses festively decorated for the holidays.
A Cocktail Party at one of the houses follows.

House Tour $60, Cocktail Party $50, House Tour & Cocktail Party $100
Patron Level $125 (House Tour & Cocktail Party)
Cocktail Party is SOLD OUT!
DAY OF: Pick up or purchase tickets, 10am to 3pm, at the Pond House, 114 Jessup Avenue, Quogue.
All proceeds benefit the Quogue Historical Society

Sunday, July 3, 2 to 6pm
Celebration of the 200^th Anniversary of the 1822 One-Room Schoolhouse
and 125^th Anniversary of the Quogue Library
2:30pm, QHS Curator Julie Greene, “Quogue’s One Room Schoolhouse: History”
3:30pm, Step back in time to 1868 with Schoolmistress Miss Lizabeth Griffing.
Also … games, ice cream, face painting, live music, and more.
On the grounds of the Quogue Library, 90 Quogue Street

Friday, August 12, 5 to 7pm
CELEBRATE ART! Cocktails & Art Talk Benefit
5:30 to 6 p.m., Artist Talk, Long Island Artists: Nationally Recognized Modernists You’ll Want to Know, with Karli Wurzelbacher, Ph.D, Curator, The Heckscher Museum of Art
On the Village Green, Rain or Shine
Click Here to Purchase Tickets

Saturday, August 13, 10am to 4pm
56th Annual Art Show
A Benefit for the Quogue Historical Society
The Art Show is an integral part of the Quogue community’s summer season, showcasing the work of 30-plus local artists. It is also the Society’s largest fundraiser.
On the Village Green, Rain or Shine
Suggested donation: $5

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