UPCOMING EVENTS:

Saturday, February 8, 2025 10 AM
Join us on Saturday, February 8, 2025 from 10- 11:30 am for a special historic Valentine-making workshop, where creativity meets tradition! Step back in time and explore the art of crafting hand-made Valentines, inspired by the intricate designs of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Cost is $10/ person. Cost includes materials and a self-guided tour of the museum after the workshop.
Tuesday, February 11, 2025  4:30 PM
VCHM is pleased to be co-sponsoring historian Keith Doherty's talk on Black Landowners in the Bronx in in the Early 1800s along with the Kingsbridge Historical Society and the RSS Center for Ageless Living on Tuesday, February 11th at 4:30 PM both in person and on Zoom.

Free Admission. Registration is required to attend. 
Thursday, February 13, 2025 6 PM
This illustrated talk by historian Eric K. Washington visits an unassuming building in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood that sheds a telling light on 19th-century Gotham’s forgotten past. Hidden in plain sight on West 17th Street is the former “Colored” School No. 4, the last of a network of racial-caste public schoolhouses that once were relegated to New York’s African American teachers and students. His talk will highlight many of the notable teachers, students and events once associated with this remarkably surviving Black heritage site. This event will be both in-person and online. 
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FIELD TRIPS:
​Ready for a hands-on adventure through time?  Book your field trip for the 2024-2025 school year!  Many dates still available.

VCHM is offering no-cost field trips to all Bronx public schools for the 2024-2025 school year! 

NEWS:

Collaborative Effort Underway to Form Van Cortlandt House Museum Community Advisory Committee​

 The Van Cortlandt House Museum, The Historic House Trust of New York City, The National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York, and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, are working collaboratively to form a Van Cortlandt House Museum Community Advisory Committee   More info...

Step into the world of an 18th century New York provisioning plantation.

​Van Cortlandt House Museum is open ​for self-guided tours.
Wednesday through Sunday 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Admission:
$5 for adults
$3 for seniors and students
Free for children under 12

Admission is ALWAYS free for Bronx residents! 

Mission Statement

Van Cortlandt House Museum strives to be a vital member of The Bronx Cultural community and the larger region by preserving, researching and interpreting the Van Cortlandt House, its grounds, and historical collection for a wide audience for the purpose of growing meaningful connections between the past and the present. The Museum’s research and interpretation focuses on the historical inhabitants of the house from 1749-1823; the social history of those who lived and worked on the property; and the study of decorative arts.
Van Cortlandt House Museum is owned by the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, operated by the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York (NSCDNY), and is a member of the Historic House Trust of New York City.