Upcoming Events
Delft Tile Tour
Saturday, October 14th, 2023 from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Led by longtime docent Paul Herther, take the chance to learn about the finely crafted Dutch tiles that graced early American fireplaces.
This tour includes an informational talk and a behind-the-scenes look at unseen tiles in the museum’s collection. Tickets are $10 and available for purchase on Eventbrite. |
Previous Events
Music in the Digital Age - Bronx Arts Ensemble String Quartet
Saturday August 19th, 2023 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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From the Bronx Arts Ensemble website:
Join the Bronx Arts Ensemble String Quartet as they perform exciting new works and old favorites that have gained popularity through TikTok and other social media platforms. This concert marks the beginning of the Bronx Arts Ensemble’s 52nd season, which focuses on the human condition. Bring a lawn chair and snacks and enjoy compositions ranging from Shostakovich to Ariana Grande. This event is FREE to attend and will be held on the museum's lawn. |
Stephanie Ehrlich's Big Bowl of Soul
Saturday August 12th, 2023 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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From the Bronx Arts Ensemble's website:
Join Van Cortlandt Park Alliance’s Executive Director, Stephanie, and her retro-band, Big Bowl of Soul, for a funky ride back to the 60s. Bring a picnic blanket to enjoy the afternoon on the Van Cortlandt House Museum Lawn. This event is FREE to attend and will be held on the museum's lawn. |
Music in the Park 2023
Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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The KRVC is hosting a free concert on our museum grounds with music from the Morrisania Band Project! This award-winning R&B soul group formed in 2016 with the goal of strengthening their local community through music. The concert is FREE to attend and will be held from 5 pm to 7 pm. Feel free to bring a lawn chair or blanket.
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Dialogues Composers Panel
Saturday July 22nd, 2023 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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From the Bronx Arts Ensemble wesbite:
Hosted by Composers Now founder and artistic director Tania León, Dialogues No. 11 celebrates Bronx composers Oliver Caplan, Mimi Jones, Huang Ruo, and Hilliard Greene who is joined by The Jazz Expressions (TK Blue, saxophone and flute; Dwayne (Cook) Broadnax, drums; and Sharp Radway, keyboard). Followed by thought-provoking town hall-style conversations, a forum for meaningful exchanges of ideas, between composers, performers, and audiences, the event is co-presented with Bronx Arts Ensemble and Van Cortlandt Park Alliance. This event is FREE to attend and will be held on the museum's lawn. |
Delft Tile Tour
Saturday, July 8th, 2023 from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Led by longtime docent Paul Herther, take the chance to learn about the finely crafted Dutch tiles that graced early American fireplaces.
This tour includes an informational talk and a behind-the-scenes look at unseen tiles in the museum’s collection.
Tickets are $10 and available for purchase on Eventbrite.
This tour includes an informational talk and a behind-the-scenes look at unseen tiles in the museum’s collection.
Tickets are $10 and available for purchase on Eventbrite.
World War I Presentation & Walking Tour
Saturday, June 17th, 2023 from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Ever wonder why the athletic fields and Van Cortlandt Park are called the "Parade Ground?" It harkens back to the days of WWI, when Van Cortlandt Park was a military camp.
Join us at the Van Cortlandt House Museum for a presentation about this little-known history led by historian Vivian Davis. The presentation will start in the herb cellar of the museum before proceeding outside, where Ms. Davis will highlight relevant features of the park. Vivian Davis is currently working in the Division of Historical & Cultural Affairs for Bergen County, New Jersey but her past employment as Education Director at the The Bronx County Historical Society has given her opportunities to study New York City during WWI. She has presented multiple times at the New Jersey and New York State History Conference as well as historic sites in the tri-state area. In 2017, she first presented her research on Van Cortlandt Park during the Great War. Since then, she has given multiple walking tours and lectures to commemorate the military and domestic experience of those living in New York, from WWI Van Cortlandt Park to the Camofleurs training in the city to the paramilitary efforts of the Camp Hewitt girls in New Jersey. This presentation is being made in collaboration with the Kingsbridge Historical Society with funding from the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development. |
Pinkster Festival
Saturday, May 6th, 2023 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Come celebrate Pinkster at the Van Cortlandt House Museum at this free event!
Once a major colonial holiday with Dutch origins held in New York, Pinkster proved to be a unique event that incorporated African rituals and traditions. On May 6th, you too can participate in Pinkster festivities! Enjoy family friendly activities such as live music and dance, the story of Pinkster, African games, arts and crafts, and storytelling. Learn about the history of Pinkster and New York’s enslaved communities on guided tours and talks with interpreters. Lastly, join the Pinkster Players in a parade procession! Food and crafts will also be available for purchase.
This event is FREE to attend! Optional RSVP here.
Once a major colonial holiday with Dutch origins held in New York, Pinkster proved to be a unique event that incorporated African rituals and traditions. On May 6th, you too can participate in Pinkster festivities! Enjoy family friendly activities such as live music and dance, the story of Pinkster, African games, arts and crafts, and storytelling. Learn about the history of Pinkster and New York’s enslaved communities on guided tours and talks with interpreters. Lastly, join the Pinkster Players in a parade procession! Food and crafts will also be available for purchase.
This event is FREE to attend! Optional RSVP here.
Delft Tile Tour
Saturday, April 8th, 2023 from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Led by docent Paul Herther, take the chance to learn about the finely crafted Dutch tiles that graced early American fireplaces.
This tour includes an informational talk and a behind-the-scenes look at unseen tiles in the museum’s collection. Tickets are $10 and available for purchase on Eventbrite. |
Getting to Know Pinkster, the Country's Oldest African American Celebration (Virtual Presentation)
Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 from 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM on Zoom
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Pinkster is the Dutch word for the Christian religious holiday of Pentecost that takes place 50 days after Easter.
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Tibbets Estuary Tapestry Exhibit
On view from December 10th, 2022 through March 2023
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Visit the museum through March 2023 to view the Tibbets Estuary Tapestry and the Bronx Quilt made at the museum in the 1980s.
From City as Living Laboratory: In late 2021, nearly 100 volunteers were invited to realize in embroidery their visions of a greener, more connected Northwest Bronx. This project, led by artists Ana de la Cueva and Matthew López-Jensen, has seen these individual squares be assembled into a grand map of the community, united in its diversity and its call for transformative green infrastructure. This communal process was intended to ignite peoples’ imaginations and point to real opportunities for modest interventions that collectively could change the urban landscape in significant ways and make it more sustainable through greening and storm-water capture. |
Delft Tile Tour
Saturday, January 14th, 2023 from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Led by docent Paul Herther, take the chance to learn about the finely crafted Dutch tiles that graced early American fireplaces.
This tour includes an informational talk and a behind-the-scenes look at unseen tiles in the museum’s collection. Tickets are $10 and available for purchase on Eventbrite. |
Wool Spinning Workshop for Beginners
Sunday, November 6th from 2:00 to 4:00 PM
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Learn to make thread the ancient way--by spinning wool fibers on a drop spindle and a spinning wheel. No experience necessary.
Taught by instructor Celeste Sherry, participants will make their own drop spindles and learn how to spin wool into yarn; they will go home with a wooden drop spindle, printed instructions, and a small supply of wool fiber. Tickets are $22 - Click here to purchase. |
Delft Tile Tour of Van Cortlandt House
Saturday, October 8th from 11:00 to 12:30 PM
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Get a behind-the-scenes tour and close-up look of the Delft tiles that decorate Van Cortlandt House Museum's period rooms.
Experienced docent Paul Herther will conduct a guided tour of the museum’s delft tiles, including those on display and those previously unseen by the public within our collection. Tickets are $10 - Click here to purchase. |
Barefoot Dancing
Saturday, September 17th from 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Jazz in the Park: The Wayne Escoffery Organ Quartet
Thursday, September 8th from 5:00 to 7:00 PM
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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FREE Bronx Arts Ensemble Concert: North American Redux
Saturday, August 20th from 2:00 to 3:00
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.
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.