SUFFOLK COUNTY VANDERBILT MUSEUM

What they do

"THE SUFFOLK COUNTY VANDERBILT MUSEUM - A UNIQUE COMBINATION of MANSION, MARINE and NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, PLANETARIUM and PARK - is DEDICATED to THE EDUCATION and ENJOYMENT of THE PEOPLE of LONG ISLAND and BEYOND. THIS MISSION SHALL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE THOUGHTFUL PRESERVATION, INTERPRETATION and ENHANCEMENT of THE EAGLES NEST ESTATE AS AN INFORMAL EDUCATIONAL FACILITY. MANY EXHIBITION and PROGRAM THEMES FOCUS UPON LONG ISLANDS GOLD COAST ERA. PROGRAMS ALSO CONCENTRATE ON WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT IIS DESIRE THAT HIS MARINE, NATURAL HISTORY, and ETHNOGRAPHIC COLLECTIONS PROMOTE APPRECIATION and UNDERSTANDING of THE MARVELOUS DIVERSITY of LIFE, OTHER CULTURES, and SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. PLANETARIUM PROGRAMMING, MORE SPECIFICALLY, FOCUSES ON SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE and SEEKS to CAPTURE MR. VANDERBILTS SENSE of ADVENTURE and EXPLORATION THROUGH STATE-OF-THE-ART ENTERTAINMENT."