Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum News

Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum News


Dec 4, 2024

Vanderbilt director on designer-inspired Candlelight Tours: 'The mansion feels really bright and alive'

For the first time, the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport has invited a professional designer to deck the halls for its annual Candlelight Tours, scheduled this year for Saturday, Dec. 7 and 14, from 5 to 8 p.m.

Oct 11, 2024

Eagen on celestial classes at Vanderbilt Planetarium: 'I like to think of out-of-the-box ways to practice yoga'

For those whose exercise routine is in a rut, the Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium in Centerport has a possible boredom buster with a program that adds a celestial element to yoga.

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Investors Throw Millions at Suffolk

The sale of $350 million in Tax Anticipation Notes at 2.94% and $46.4 million in Refunding Serial Bonds at 2.66% was reported by Comptroller John Kennedy. He attributes the impressive number of bidders to the county’s improved credit ratings which resulted in healthy competition, and significant cost savings for the residents of Suffolk County.


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History Comes Alive at Military Museum

The museum is the dream of the nearby Rocky Point VFW Post 6249 membership, whose stories are befitting of the many heroes depicted in the gallery’s hallowed halls. There’s museum advisor Joe Cognitore, the post’s commander, whose Army service in Vietnam earned him a Bronze Star with a “V” for Valor.


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Fort Sumter Pilgrimage Explores Family’s Civil War Legacy

Following the War of 1812 with Britain, President Andrew Jackson realized the need to strengthen the new nation’s coastal defenses, especially to protect the Atlantic entrance to Charleston, the south’s busiest port. Millions of tons of Massachusetts granite created an island at the confluence of the Ashley and the Cooper rivers where none had been before