Upcoming Events
FREE Bronx Arts Ensemble Concert: North American Redux
Saturday, August 20th from 2:00 to 3:00
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FREE concert of works by historic and living North American composers. Music from Scott Joplin’s opera Treemonisha to works by living Canadian and Mexican composers.
Bring a blanket or chair and spend an afternoon with the Bronx Arts Ensemble Woodwind Quintet, enjoying music on the lawn of the Van Cortlandt House Museum. More information here. |
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FREE Bronx Arts Ensemble Concert: Caribbean Music and More
Saturday, August 27th from 2:00 to 3:00
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From Jamaican and Haitian folk songs to Florence Price’s monumental Five Folksongs in Counterpoint, the Bronx Arts Ensemble String Quartet celebrates the works of Black composers and musicians in the Americas and more. Bring a blanket or chair to enjoy this free concert on the lawn of the Van Cortlandt House Museum. More information here. |
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Jazz in the Park: The Wayne Escoffery Organ Quartet
Thursday, September 8th from 5:00 to 7:00 PM
Previous Events
Free Event: Brooklyn College Archaeological Field School Presents Objects Discovered in Van Cortlandt Park, Friday June 24th @ 1:00 PM.
“Before the Van Cortlandts” Walking Tour
Thursday, June 9th
7:00 to 7:45 PM
Meet at the flagpole by the Van Cortlandt House Museum
Free and Open to the Public
Free and Open to the Public
Join us for a walk around the grounds of Van Cortlandt House Museum – to learn how today’s Van Cortlandt Park was home to an indigenous village, a Dutch settlement, English colonists and enslaved Africans. The 17th century brought these worlds together all in a small patch of ground close to the Van Cortlandt House, making it one of New York City’s best preserved archaeological and historic sites.
Van Cortlandt House Museum Director, Nick Dembowski, will present new research about the earliest recorded history of this area–the 1600s, when the clash of global empires upended the lives of local residents such as Adriaen van der Donck, Towachkack, Antone and others. It is a dramatic and sometimes bloody history that is still relatively unknown.
All are welcome at this free outdoor walking tour. It will take place in the area around the Van Cortlandt House Museum from 7:00 – 7:45 PM on Thursday, June 9th. Sunset is at 8:30 so it will remain light out after the event. The walk will be short in terms of distance traveled. We will meet at the flagpole between the Van Cortlandt House Museum and the athletic fields. In case of bad weather please check vchm.org for an update.
Van Cortlandt House Museum is located in Van Cortlandt Park just north of the 242nd Street #1 train station. Free parking is available at the Van Cortlandt Parking lot near the Golf House.
This event is presented in partnership with Van Cortlandt House Museum and the Kingsbridge Historical Society. Please visit vchm.org or kingsbridgehistoricalsociety.org for more
Van Cortlandt House Museum Director, Nick Dembowski, will present new research about the earliest recorded history of this area–the 1600s, when the clash of global empires upended the lives of local residents such as Adriaen van der Donck, Towachkack, Antone and others. It is a dramatic and sometimes bloody history that is still relatively unknown.
All are welcome at this free outdoor walking tour. It will take place in the area around the Van Cortlandt House Museum from 7:00 – 7:45 PM on Thursday, June 9th. Sunset is at 8:30 so it will remain light out after the event. The walk will be short in terms of distance traveled. We will meet at the flagpole between the Van Cortlandt House Museum and the athletic fields. In case of bad weather please check vchm.org for an update.
Van Cortlandt House Museum is located in Van Cortlandt Park just north of the 242nd Street #1 train station. Free parking is available at the Van Cortlandt Parking lot near the Golf House.
This event is presented in partnership with Van Cortlandt House Museum and the Kingsbridge Historical Society. Please visit vchm.org or kingsbridgehistoricalsociety.org for more