Garvies Point Museum & Preserve

“Garvies Point Museum & Preserve was a lovely place to visit on a rainy weekend. The museum is the entirety of the main floor, but although it is a cozy space, it was definitely worth seeing. As someone who loves nature, this museum pays homage to the wonders of the natural world and Native American culture and archaeology. I particularly enjoyed the seashell display cases, which carried more seashells than I ever imagined possible. There were so many shapes and colors and textures, and it was also really cool to see the miniature carvings from different Native American cultures as well. The museum also has installations that are interactive, which makes this a family friendly place. Overall, I'm glad I got to visit. The staff were friendly and the atmosphere was wonderful. Since it was raining I couldn't walk the trails of the preserve but I look forward to coming back during the warmer weather to do so. Side Notes: There are restrooms and a coat room on the main floor. You enter via the gift shop which has a lot of ecologically wonderful gifts. I recommend purchasing tickets up front, there was no line and it cost $5.00 per person. There was plenty of parking when I visited on a Saturday afternoon.”

“I am surprised that I loved this museum so much. There were so many interesting exhibits. From subjects like geology to the history of long island, there is an impressive breadth of information. It goes into great detail about how long island natives used to live and how long island was formed geologically. I love that there are a lot of interactive exhibits as well. We easily spent more than an hour here looking at the exhibits. I definitely recommend visiting if you are in the area. Great museum for children and adults.”

“We have been to the quaint little museum several times, today was our first walk on the trails. We followed the loop trail from AllTrails. Lovely family home under 2 miles - made interesting by all the ups and downs involved. Took is about an hour. Clean trails, easy to follow. We had the AllTrails app running as there were many other trails cross crossing our chosen path, easy to go off track. Great use of an hour on a sunny weekend!”

“Garvies Museum and Preserve should score the high points with most visitors. Well curated museum with exhibits of interest to both kids and adults. Impressive number of trails are packed into 62 acres of property. Took me under an hour to hike most of them. Don’t miss the cemetery appendix trail. Bluff trail and shoreline path are more picturesque than others. Ample parking lot.”