New Museum Pass: 9/11 Memorial and Museum

The 9/11 Memorial & Museum invites visitors to learn about the history of the 9/11 attacks and 1993 World Trade Center bombing at the site where the Twin Towers once stood. The Museum’s dynamic blend of architecture, archaeology, and history creates an unforgettable encounter with the story of the attacks, their aftermath, and the people who experienced these events.

The Museum tells the story of 9/11 through artifacts, imagery, personal stories, and interactive technology. Learn about the core exhibitions, special exhibitions, and rotating displays in the Museum’s 110,000 square feet of space.

Pick Up/Return at Library (2-Day Pass)

The Syosset Public Library Membership includes: two (2) membership cards. Each card allows two adults and two children, complementary audio guides and 20% discount in the museum store.

Closed Tuesdays.

Visit their website, www.911memorial.org for more information

regarding visiting hours and exhibits.

To make a reservation, please visit the museum pass page on our website

or call the Reference Desk to speak with a librarian.

-posted by Sonia, Reference Services

New Museum Pass – Storm King Art Center

Storm King Art Center is a 500-acre outdoor museum located in New York’s Hudson Valley, where visitors experience large-scale sculpture and site-specific commissions under open sky.

Since 1960, Storm King has been dedicated to stewarding the hills, meadows, and forests of its site and surrounding landscape. Building on the visionary thinking of its founders, Storm King supports artists and some of their most ambitious works. Changing exhibitions, programming, and seasons offer discoveries with every visit.

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The Syosset Public Library  has ONE (1) pick-up/return pass.

The pass admits one car with up to SIX (6) persons not including children under 5 years of age.

Visit the Storm King Art Center website, stormking.org for more information regarding visiting hours and exhibition information.

To make a reservation, please visit the museum pass page on our website or call the Reference Desk to speak with a librarian at (516) 921-7161 ext. 217.

-posted by Sonia, Reference Services

New Museum Pass

Syosset Public Library has a new museum addition to our Museum Pass Program: Raynham Hall Museum.  The museum, located in Oyster Bay, and was, for 200 years, the home of the Townsends of Oyster Bay — merchants, slave owners, Patriots, civic leaders. One of the sons of the family, Robert Townsend, posed as a Loyalist in Manhattan and relayed vital intelligence to George Washington, helping the Patriots win the Revolutionary War.

Experience the Townsend family home, discover the lives of the Townsend family and the lives of those they enslaved, and learn all about the Revolutionary War and the Culper Spy Ring. Raynham Hall Museum includes many period rooms detailing daily life in the 18th and 19th centuries. 

This one day print on demand pass entitles two adults and two children (up to 17 years) free admission, either for a guided tour at 1pm or 3pm or a self-guided tour in the education center only. Pass also includes a 10% discount in the museum shop. Not valid for special events.

Docent-guides tours only take place on Wednesday, Fridays, and Sundays at 1pm and 3pm. Self-guided tours featuring an exciting augmented reality experience are now available on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, starting every hour from 1pm to 4pm.

Visit the Raynham Hall Museum website for more information regarding visiting hours. To make a pass reservation, please visit the museum pass page on our website or call the Reference Desk to speak with a librarian at (516) 921-7161 ext. 217.

-posted by Sonia, Reference Services

New to the Museum Pass Program

Syosset Public Library is pleased to announce the addition of

Sands Point Preserve to our Museum Pass Program!

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Six marked hiking trails weave through more than 200 acres of natural and landscaped areas. The woods, mile-long beach and cliffs, lawns, gardens and freshwater pond provide habitats for a variety of plants and animals – a bucolic scene on view for visitors.

The Syosset Public Library Membership includes: two (2) membership cards. Each pass allows free parking and admission to Preserve and free admission to Preserve grounds for all occupants of visitor’s car.   Open Wednesday through Sunday.

Visit the Sands Point Preserve website for more information regarding visiting hours. To make a reservation, please visit the museum pass page on our website or call the Reference Desk to speak with a librarian at (516) 921-7161 ext. 217.

-posted by Sonia, Reference Services

Museum Activities for Children

A lot of us have had to stay home and keep our children gainfully occupied lately.  Did you know that our museum pass member organizations have quite a lot of activity offerings for our younger patrons?  They won’t have any free time if soon – have a look!

Children’s Museum of Manhattan has “CMOM at Home”.  Every weekday has a daily theme. Here’s a sampling:

Magical Mondays: Groovy Kitchen Lava Lamp

Move and Groove Tuesdays: Bubble Wrap Dance Pop

Our World Wednesdays: Surprise Irish Soda Bread

 Artsy Thursdays: Weaving Wonders

Feel Good Fridays: Tape it Down

The New York Hall of Science has “At Home STEM Activities” for Kindergarten through High School. They also have “STEM Resources for Teachers” to help parents as well.

Children’s Museum of the East End has “Recipes for Play“, also on weekdays.  The calendar of those events can be found here.

The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium has two offerings: A virtual planetarium program on the YouTube channel “Reichert Planetarium’s Virtual Outreach” and “Exploring Ocean Life“.

Stayed tuned to this blog for another post on our museum pass members’ entertainment and educational content for adults.

And follow us on Twitter and Instagram, both @syossetlibrary, for even more for you and your family to do!

-posted by Sonia, Reference Services

 

 

Museums in the time of Covid-19, part 2

While you don’t have the pleasure of enjoying the magnificent Warburg House , you can experience the collection of The Jewish Museum. Audio tours highlight some of its treasures. You can also hear conversations with some artists. Just click on the “audio tours” button on the top bar of the homepage. The Cradle of Aviation Museum  offers a photo gallery of its exhibits and panoramic views of each room. Click through each to see the history of aviation from balloon baskets to space exploration.

Do you need a dose of fine art? The Heckscher Museum of Art’s collection online can be browsed by collection or searched by artist’s name. And the Museum of Modern Art has audio commentary about works in the collection and special exhibits.

While the Library does not have passes to The Metropolitan Museum of Art or to the American Museum of Natural History, their online offerings are impressive and a delightful way to while away some time. The beloved Met’s homepage feature “Experience the Met, Anywhere” offers many ways to enjoy the Met’s treasures remotely. There is the Timeline of Art History for an overview of art and global culture. Or check out a variety of audio guides for current exhibitions . If you want to experience the impressive museum galleries, take a look at some of the offerings of the Met 360° where you can visit the Great Hall, the Temple of Dendur as well as the Cloisters.

From home it is easy to get from the Met to the American Museum of Natural History. There’s no need even to cross Central Park! Just click to take a tour of the wonders of the American Museum of Natural History.  You can also enjoy the Google Arts and Cultural Tour ( I think the Pacific Northwest Coast People is a fascinating look at the collection process; and for some fun watch the video about the real life exhibits used in the “Night at the Museum” movies!)

No need to be bored during these days of semi-confinement. Explore, enjoy and learn!

-posted by Brenda, Reference Services

Museum visits from home!

Okay, so the museums are closed but if you love them, take a look at some of their online exhibitions.

The Museum of the City of New York is one of the least appreciated in the city, but its collections are impressive. Do you remember the 1939 World’s fair? If you were there or just heard about it, you can explore some the museum’s artifacts.

Do you enjoy a bit of Broadway? While the Great White Way remains dark, there are many digitized images available.

And the museum is offering videos at #MuseumFromHome highlighting some exhibitions, programs and original series.

You can visit the Frick! Take the virtual tour on the museum’s website.   And spend an enjoyable hour or more listening  to talks about the collection and special exhibitions.

Are you feeling cooped up and is Spring calling you? The New York Botanical Garden has recorded gardening lectures.  And you can sample the Garden’s wonderful plant collection by clicking through the photos online. 

Spring will come. This halt to our lives will end and the Syosset Library will look forward to loaning you our passes to the wonderful world of museums!

-posted by Brenda, Reference Services

November is Aviation History Month…

According to the Government Printing Office “Aviation History” refers to the history of the “development of mechanical flight —from the earliest attempts in kites and gliders to the powered heavier-than-air, supersonic and space flights.”

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Many of us immediately think of Orville and Wilbur Wright as the originators of flight. These two Ohio bike shop owners did fly for 12 seconds at Kitty Hawk in 1903, marking the first time man had flown. But many had dreamed of flight and had experimented before them. Leonardo da Vinci suggested a vehicle with flapping wings imitating a bird’s flight. The French brothers, Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, flew in a hot-air balloon in 1783. Berlin aviator Otto Lilienthal flew more than 2000 flights in gliders he designed beginning in 1891. His work actually inspired the Wright Brothers. But that successful, if short, flight on the sand dunes of North Carolina started a whole new industry. It made the world seem smaller as people and goods could travel more quickly and easily. It changed the way war was fought. And it was a pathway to the exploration of space.

Come to the library’s third floor to choose a book! There are biographies of famous aviators, illustrated books about balloons, airships, planes and spaceships, and books chronicling the development of civil and military aviation.

Can’t come to the library? Use your library card at home to access the Syosset Library’s selection of databases. Try “Biography in Context” for information about the historic figures. “Facts on File Science Online” has articles as well as videos. And Britannica and World Book in our Encyclopedia databases detail the chronology and the impact of the aeronautical industry.

If you are traveling to D.C. be sure to include a visit to the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum  on the Mall and the Udvar-Hazy Center  in nearby Chantilly. Headed out to the Seattle area? There is the impressive Museum of Flight .  If your life and work don’t allow for any travel beyond Long Island, be sure to visit Long Island’s own Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City. Did you know that the library has passes for our cardholders for the museum? Great value, convenient location. You can reserve the pass online.

-posted by Brenda, Reference Services