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The Best “What I Did This Summer” stories start here!

Individualized sessions in the Historic Trades are conducted in small groups of less than five apprentices as students work with an experienced Artisan to create one-of-a-kind, hand crafted items.

New this year are experiential Maker-based programs that leverage the natural environment of Richmondtown and the Richmond Town archives.

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  • Mystery After Dark Tours

    Mystery After Dark Tours

    All summer long!

    Every Wednesday through Saturday night! How many of the different candlelit houses do you dare to enter? Hear century-old stories and discover the hidden histories of the families that one lived and died within it's walls!

    Information and Tickets

  • J. Guyon Tavern Terrace Concert Series

    J. Guyon Tavern Terrace Concert Series

    All summer long!

    Join Corner House BBQ and The Flagship Brewery for the Tavern Terrace Concert Series at Staten Island's biggest backyard summer celebration every Saturday night!

    Information and Tickets

  • Richmond County Fair

    Richmond County Fair

    September 1, 2, 3 

    Live the oohs, aahs, and oinks at one of New York City’s biggest, longest-running and well-attended outdoor festivals while supporting American History.

    Information and Tickets

  • Old Home Day

    Old Home Day

    October 22

    Join us as we bring back an awesome autumn event that makes you fall in love with great American Traditions, Crafts, Trades, and some new surprises.

    Information Coming Soon

The Artisans of Historic Richmond Town

Cheyney McKnight | Living Historian and Researcher

Cheyney McKnight is a living historian and material culture researcher who has focused her studies on the African-American experience in the 18th and 19th centuries, with an emphasis on the daily lives of African-American women. Cheyney was trained by the National Association of Interpretation,...

Annie Wickersty | Tinsmithing

Tinsmith Artisan Annie Wickersty has been involved with Historic Richmond Town since she started as a tinsmith shop apprentice in the mid-90's. Her favorite thing about tinsmithing is the opportunity to learn about everyday life in the past through studying and making common household objects of...

Norm Pederson | Carpentry

Carpentry Artisan Norm Pederson has one rule in his carpentry shop: everything must be hand-crafted with tools that existed before 1860. The 1836 building is furnished as a rural shop at it would have appeared sometime before 1860. Norm crafts the typical items produced in shops like this,...