{"title": "Open Hours", "start": "2026-10-31T12:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T16:00:00-04:00", "place": "Old Stone House", "address": "3rd Street 336, 11215", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/american-revolution", "art"], "description": "Open Hours are the public visiting times of the Old Stone House, a historic house in Brooklyn where visitors can drop in without a reservation. The organizer is Old Stone House & Washington Park, which keeps the house open and welcomes all, with a suggested three-dollar donation at the door and no one turned away for lack of funds. Upstairs, the contemporary exhibition 'Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Land', curated by Jeremy Dennis, brings together new work by Indigenous artists Luanne Redeye, Ella Mahoney, Leonard Harmon and Dennis himself to examine the contradiction between the Declaration of Independence's promises and the dispossession of Native lands. On the ground floor, the permanent exhibit 'The Old Stone House: Witness to War' leads visitors through ten themed areas covering the journey from the Lenape village of Marechkawick through Dutch colonization and the Revolutionary War era in Brooklyn.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/open-hours-76987/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6500f42884a5b5d67183669b37bf6c23a15f15238db7e199bdb63def46ddfab7-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-31T12:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T16:00:00-04:00", "place": "Old Stone House", "address": "3rd Street 336, 11215", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-01T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T14:00:00-05:00", "place": "Old Stone House", "address": "3rd Street 336, 11215", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-06T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-06T16:00:00-05:00", "place": "Old Stone House", "address": "3rd Street 336, 11215", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-07T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T14:00:00-05:00", "place": "Old Stone House", "address": "3rd Street 336, 11215", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-08T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T16:00:00-05:00", "place": "Old Stone House", "address": "3rd Street 336, 11215", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Land", "start": "2026-09-10T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-12-31T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Old Stone House", "address": "3rd Street 336, 11215", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary", "society/indigenous"], "description": "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Land is an art exhibition at the Old Stone House in Brooklyn. Guest-curated by Jeremy Dennis, a member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation and executive director of Ma's House & BIPOC Art Studio, it features work by Luanne Redeye, Ella Mahoney, Leonard Harmon, and Dennis himself. The show presents Redeye's monoprint collage, Mahoney's Theories of belonging, Harmon's ntapi nuxwis (I Am Here My Grandchild) and Grandma Warned Me, and staged photography by Dennis. A free opening reception with the artists takes place on September 16, 2026, from 6 to 8 PM.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-land-54592/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/89f07abb0b0e5e5b62b92bea09854aac9cfd2c7b7d33e152d84010df6bd0ccec-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Public Tours", "start": "2026-10-31T11:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T14:00:00-04:00", "place": "Wyckoff House Museum", "address": "Clarendon Road 5816", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "Public Tours offers guided visits of the Wyckoff House, said to be New York's oldest house, on Saturday tour hours. The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum runs the tours, with the park grounds and garden open and guided house tours starting each hour from 11:30 AM. Visitors are guided through three furnished rooms reflecting periods from the 17th-century Dutch Colonial Era to the early 19th century. A 11:30 AM 'Family Style' Tour is well-suited for young historians, and afterwards guests can rest in the garden or on the covered patio.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/public-tours-57573/", "official_url": "https://wyckoffmuseum.org/event/public-tours-12/2026-10-31/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2e48e93e21f6521387fe52e2172ea287994f9109dc9869f8080d27127e4e3d5d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "“Battle Pass in Prospect Park” Exhibit", "start": "2026-07-01T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-15T23:59:00-05:00", "place": "Lefferts Historic House", "address": "Flatbush Avenue 452, 11215 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/american-revolution"], "description": "This exhibit at Lefferts Historic House is a replica of the famous Battle Pass, a military installation with two historic replica cannons where visitors can learn about a formative battle. It was created by the Prospect Park Alliance to mark the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War's Battle of Brooklyn, the first and largest battle of the American War for Independence. In August 1776, American troops stationed two cannons on this site, in the hills separating Flatbush from the rest of Brooklyn, to defend against the British, but on August 27 British troops evaded these defenses, forcing the Americans to withdraw across the Gowanus Creek. Nearly a century later, Prospect Park landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux named the area Battle Hill to commemorate the soldiers who fought there.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/battle-pass-in-prospect-park-exhibit-53027/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7fb33b0844b17c77c9928d1e0ea6fee046ce93819b9a7f871655b3fe085652b9-1200.webp"}, {"title": "“Black People and the Battle of Brooklyn” Exhibit", "start": "2026-07-01T12:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-15T17:00:00-05:00", "place": "Lefferts Historic House", "address": "Flatbush Avenue 452, 11215 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/american-revolution"], "description": "“Black People and the Battle of Brooklyn” is a pop-up exhibit in the yard of Lefferts Historic House. Presented by Prospect Park Alliance, it explores the important and varied roles Black people played in the Battle of Brooklyn in August 1776, the first and largest battle of the American War for Independence. It shows how they served as soldiers and spies on both sides, built American forts, maintained British ships, and seized the conflict to better their lives. The exhibit also tells how the Africans enslaved by the Lefferts family and their neighbors navigated the war, including fighting at Battle Pass in what is now Prospect Park.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/black-people-and-the-battle-of-brooklyn-exhibit-53028/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Open House at the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden-Tues, Nov 3rd", "start": "2026-11-03T11:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-03T16:30:00-05:00", "place": "Mount Vernon Hotel Museum", "address": "East 61st Street 421, 10065 New York", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-house-at-the-mount-vernon-hotel-museum-garden-tues-nov-3rd-tickets-2003830449817", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "A free, all-day open house at a historic house museum celebrating a new exhibition and the 200th anniversary of the Mount Vernon Hotel opening on this site. The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden invites the public to drop in between 11am and 4:30pm for complimentary tours, Insider Talks on the exhibition The Empire City Begins: New York in the 1820s and 1830s, and refreshments in the historic Tavern. Visitors can also play a traditional 19th-century game, stroll the historic garden, browse the gift shop, and learn about the hidden history of day hotels in 1820s New York.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/open-house-at-the-mount-vernon-hotel-museum-garden-tues-nov-54012/", "official_url": "https://mvhm.org/event/open-house-at-the-mount-vernon-hotel-museum-garden-tues-nov-3rd/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/61d4ce3d251a6651aebc9429ab891f677ac2db4c30af0ce60ec8e5c482bb7aa6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Saturday Guided Tours in English Language", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T16:00:00-05:00", "place": "John Bowne House", "address": "Bowne Street 37-01, 11354", "price": "$10 General; $8 Student; $5 Child; Free for Members of BHHS", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "Guided tours of Bowne House lasting about 45 minutes, offered between 2:00pm and 4:00pm. Visitors learn about the Bowne family and what life was like in Queens, NY from the 17th century through the early 20th century. No pre-registration is required and tickets are purchased upon entry via cash or credit card.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/saturday-guided-tours-in-english-language-53309/", "official_url": "https://www.bownehouse.org/events/saturdaytoursnovember7", "image": ""}, {"title": "Open [Block] House", "start": "2026-11-07T07:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Building 9", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "Open [Block] House is a day of workshops, talks, studio visits and more at Nolan Park - Building 9. It is hosted by The Institute for Public Architecture (IPA), which welcomes a new cohort of fellows to Governors Island this Fall. Visitors can join Open Studio visits to see in-progress prototyping and research, public reading hours in the IPA library, and meet the Fall Fellows working in sustainable design, architecture, art and landscape architecture.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/open-block-house-52855/", "official_url": "https://instituteforpublicarchitecture.org/2026-Fall-Open-Block-House-Series", "image": "https://noky.io/images/171e598a95a23791545d2114dfa03956e2d05f696ccfe7dfc213b001d47f763a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sandy Hook History House", "start": "2026-10-31T13:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Ryan Visitor Center", "address": "New York Avenue 210, 10305 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "Sandy Hook History House is a building from 1898 that once served as a lieutenant's quarters on Officers Row and is now furnished to the WWII era, the busiest time in the fort's history. It is presented by Gateway National Recreation Area. Visitors can explore it at their own pace on a self-guided tour.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sandy-hook-history-house-55484/", "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=8A573A65-9EAF-6243-056326DD54E84E80", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9f9d90bd430b84c470547cc7945da504be4d81333be3d0a4b9dc16361a2bdc27-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Living History After Dark", "start": "2026-10-30T17:30:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-30T19:00:00-04:00", "place": "Fraunces Tavern Museum", "address": "Pearl Street 54, 10004 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/frauncestavernmuseum/items/666176/?full-items=yes", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/american-revolution"], "description": "Living History After Dark is a candlelit evening event that turns Fraunces Tavern Museum into an after-dark adventure, with costumed interpreters, rare artifacts unveiled just for the night, and tales from the Revolutionary era, ending with a themed goody bag. It is held by Fraunces Tavern Museum, which is owned and operated by Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, Inc. The museum invites everyone to experience history in a whole new light, and says the event is fun for all ages, with costumes encouraged but not required. Doors open at 5:30pm and close at 6:30pm.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/living-history-after-dark-52700/", "official_url": "https://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/events-calendar/2025/10/30/living-history-after-dark-5bbx5", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b2787858c9782938874073f1bbae1d13cca0f20e6dcdd2806ca07df7ed5b8fe2-600.webp"}, {"title": "Guided Tours", "start": "2026-09-12T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-12-20T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Historic Richmond Town", "address": "441 Clarke Ave, 10306 Staten Island", "price": "", "price_from": "3.00", "price_to": "8.00", "tickets_url": "https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/historicrichmondtown/items/492436/calendar/?flow=943168&full-items=yes", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "Guided Tours are walking tours through Historic Richmond Town, a historic site of restored buildings from the 17th to 19th centuries on Staten Island. Led by expert Historical Interpreters, the tours include the 1820s Village Life Tour, exploring taverns, trades like basket making and broom making, and an 1820s kitchen, and the Two Centuries Tour, a survey of Staten Island from a 1640s Native Encampment through the Revolutionary era to slavery and emancipation in the 1820s. Each tour lasts 75 minutes and also includes admission to the Historical Museum, open 11am to 4pm on the day of the visit. The tour covers uneven ground and is not recommended for visitors with mobility issues.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/guided-tours-66593/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a097030439265b7461a69161ca8d3c2c78becaa2edc6256c3cf503ce98760a28-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Tour the Building with a Docent, October (2-4 PM on the half hour)", "start": "2026-10-31T14:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "The New York Society Library", "address": "East 79th Street 53, 10075", "price": "free of charge; drop in", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "Escape the hustle and bustle of the city and step into history on a docent-led tour of the Library's landmark 1917 building, exploring the gallery and its architectural wonders. The New York Society Library offers these tours, which on some days focus especially on the Peluso Family Exhibition Gallery and its current exhibition, 'Collective Witness: A Library for a Young Country,' celebrating the United States' 250th anniversary and exploring how a public library and a nascent democracy converged in New York City. Tours run on the half hour, and visitors meet their docent guide in the first-floor public Reference Room, to the right as they enter. The event is open to the public and visitors can simply drop in.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/tour-the-building-with-a-docent-october-2-4-pm-on-the-half-h-79672/", "official_url": "https://www.nysoclib.org/events/tour-building-docent-october-2-4-pm-half-hour", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7c4561d354af77449b1ec93f426289ca85eaec9df4cdcc39b3a0ec29cc2a835f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Saturday Guided Tours in Mandarin Chinese Language", "start": "2026-11-07T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T14:00:00-05:00", "place": "John Bowne House", "address": "Bowne Street 37-01, 11354", "price": "$10 General; $8 Student; $5 Child; Free for Members of BHHS", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.bownehouse.org/events/chinesetoursnovember7", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "Guided tours of Bowne House offered in Mandarin Chinese, running about 45 minutes each. The tours tell the story of the Bowne family and what life was like in Queens, New York from the 17th century through the early 20th century.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/saturday-guided-tours-in-mandarin-chinese-language-53308/", "official_url": "https://www.bownehouse.org/events/chinesetoursnovember7", "image": ""}, {"title": "Collective Witness: A Library for a Young Country", "start": "2026-06-18T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-12-31T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "The New York Society Library", "address": "East 79th Street 53, 10075", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/us"], "description": "\"Collective Witness: A Library for a Young Country\" is an exhibition at the New York Society Library marking the United States' 250th anniversary. It explores how the library, founded twenty-two years before the Declaration of Independence, bore witness to the earliest days of the U.S. government, lending books to President Washington and serving as the first Library of Congress. On view are a first edition of Thomas Paine's \"Common Sense\", a 1776 New York newspaper chronicling the path to Independence, a first edition of the Federalist Papers, and books read by George Washington and other founding fathers. The exhibition is open daily in the Assunta, Ignazio, Ada and Romano Peluso Exhibition Gallery.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/collective-witness-a-library-for-a-young-country-56807/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/db34d8ac8d84ad03a789dbd97df2e586cd0d52cc882f707a6611ff1aed9b3b34-2000.webp"}, {"title": "“Founding Principals” Exhibition", "start": "2026-06-27T11:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-12-31T16:00:00-05:00", "place": "Historic Richmond Town", "address": "441 Clarke Ave, 10306 Staten Island", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["society"], "description": "A two-gallery exhibition at Historic Richmond Town titled “Founding Principles: The Declaration of Independence, Civics, and Staten Island.” It is presented by Historic Richmond Town and draws on objects from its collection, such as campaign buttons and items from 1776, alongside local historical examples. The show examines the different levels and branches of government and the ways citizens engage it, and also explores civic assets, public spaces, and forums for civic engagement.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/founding-principals-exhibition-53026/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/557991e175b73c332d322a046f4a0c41cff93bc80412909ad82c33ebcc7f760e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Fort Hancock Museum", "start": "2026-10-31T13:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Ryan Visitor Center", "address": "New York Avenue 210, 10305 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history"], "description": "Fort Hancock Museum is an open museum visit about the military history of Sandy Hook, from the Revolutionary War to the Cold War, with everything from cannons to missiles. It is run by Gateway National Recreation Area of the U.S. National Park Service.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/fort-hancock-museum-55490/", "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=FADA7A66-C2B4-4C6D-FDB9F455FF8F1938", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9b443eb4c0f74b0a81680b8c6a9f92f4648c6514811df000687f5fdd3e7fd99e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Public Walking Tour- Chinatown: A Walk through History", "start": "2026-11-07T11:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T13:00:00-05:00", "place": "Museum of Chinese in America", "address": "Centre Street 215, 10013", "price": "$25/adult, $20/adult 55 & up, $20/student (with valid ID), free for children under 5; $15/MyMOCA mem", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/public-walking-tour-chinatown-a-walk-through-history-tickets-HLD238", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/new-york"], "description": "A guided walking tour through Chinatown, one of New York City's oldest and most culturally diverse neighborhoods. It is offered by the Museum of Chinese in America and shows how everyday buildings and places of historical significance reflect and shape a community, tracing the area from the Native American Lenape village of Werpoes Hill to today's Chinatown. Stops include Chinatown's oldest streets, a bustling neighborhood park and a Catholic church with layered histories, its oldest general store, and a Chinese eatery that served the turn-of-the-century \"bachelor society.\" The tour lasts about ninety minutes, covers one to one and a half miles, leaves from the museum's lobby, is capped at 15 participants, and tickets include museum admission.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/public-walking-tour-chinatown-a-walk-through-history-54049/", "official_url": "https://www.mocanyc.org/event/public-walking-tour-chinatown-a-walk-through-history-14-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/648089b32f776d31f65cfdbb00aed4075522ceaae7a3c3b43094d7cb22ff10b4-2000.webp"}]}