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Visit Historic Richmond Town to honor Juneteenth, featuring a day of special programs, including demonstrations of hearth cooking, discussions of social history, and historical reenactment. Learn about the history and origins of this holiday celebrating the end of American chattel slavery.
Located in the heart of Staten Island, Historic Richmond Town is a 15-minute drive from all bridges and a 30-45 minute ride from the Staten Island ferry on the S74 bus. We have FREE parking.
Historic Richmond Town interprets and restores a living history village, operates a historical museum, and collects and preserves material culture to inspire engagement with and understanding of the diverse histories of Staten Island.
Historic Richmond Town is an authentic town and farm museum complex in the neighborhood of Richmondtown, Staten Island, in New York City. It is located near the geographical center of the island, at the junction of Richmond Road and Arthur Kill Road.
Explore where history lives. Historic Structures & Sites. Site history. The area that is now Historic Richmond Town's main site served for nearly two centuries as the government center of Staten Island (Richmond County).
In the early 1950s, the City of New York acquired the 100-acre Richmond Town site, which was designated Richmondtown Restoration and set aside for preservation. Today this site, with 30 historic structures, serves as the largest of the four sites that make up Historic Richmond Town.
Dec 9, 2019 · Historic Richmond Town honors the everyday. This living history museum, tucked near La Tourette Park in central Staten Island, re-creates life as lived by ordinary people in the 19th century—if not accurate to the last tiny detail then certainly, as one of the tradespeople says, “in the spirit of.”. Many of the buildings have been on this ...
