Events

Our Lady of the World’s Fair book signing and lecture

Join us at Kingsland on March 8th for a book talk

Unhired Hands, Book talk with Author/Poet David Mills 

Join us at Kingsland on February 28th for a NEW book about Slavery in Queens!

Celebrate the Year of the Horse at Kingsland Homestead 

In celebration of Chinese New Year, Kingsland Homestead presents performances in dance, music and caligraphy

All Aboard the Annual QHS Holiday House Tour!

For this year’s 38th Annual Holiday Tour, visitors will explore five historic sites in Flushing including the Voelker Orth Museum (1891), the John Bowne House (1661), Kingsland Homestead (1774), the Quaker Meeting House (1694) and the Lewis Latimer House (c.1889) The event will take place on Sunday, December 14th from 12pm until 4pm. 

New Queens Book Presentation: Rural County, Urban Borough

In celebration of the late Jeffrey A. Kroessler’s book Rural County, Urban Borough: A History of Queens (Rutgers U. Press, 2025), his widow, Laura Heim, will present the unique production process and engaging content of this first comprehensive, scholarly, and readable history of the great borough of Queens. The talk will be followed by a discussion with Jason Antos.

The Civil War in Queens

Join us at Kingsland Homestead on November 16th at 2pm for the opening of our latest gallery exhibition, A Call to Arms! Flushing and the Civil War!

Greenpoint Walking Tour

Join us on Saturday November 1st for our Annual Greenpoint Walking Tour

Celebrating Hundreds of Years of the Great Gatsby

It has been 100 years since F. Scott Fitzegerald published The Great Gatsby. A contemporary tale which has since evolved into a work of great historical importance, Gatsby provides us with an intimate yet detailed account of Long Island life in post World War One America.

Eugenics on Long Island

Join us at Kingsland Homestead on September 18th at 7pm for Long Island and the Legacy of Eugenics: Station of Intolerance by Professor Mark Torre who will recount the dark history of the eugenics program developed a century ago on Long Island in Cold Spring Harbor at the Eugenics Record Office (ERO), under the direction of Charles Benedict Davenport from 1910 to 1939.

Naming Gotham with Author Rebecca Bratspies

Join us for a day of Civil War Living History at Queens Historical Society, where you can walk in the footsteps of an 1860s Union soldiers and discover all aspects of their daily lives including how they ate, dressed, fought and endured.

GISMO and QHS present Jack’s Flushing Walking Tour

The signature walking tours at Queens Historical Society return with a morning stroll through Whitestone led by our Museum President and tour guide Jason D. Antos.

History of the Ridgewood Reservoir

Join us for a day of Civil War Living History at Queens Historical Society, where you can walk in the footsteps of an 1860s Union soldiers and discover all aspects of their daily lives including how they ate, dressed, fought and endured.

Celebrating Casa and Su Casa Programs 2025

Celebrating Casa and Su Casa Programs 2024

EXPERIENCE THE CIVIL WAR AT QUEENS HISTORICAL SOCIETY!

Join us for a day of Civil War Living History at Queens Historical Society, where you can walk in the footsteps of an 1860s Union soldiers and discover all aspects of their daily lives including how they ate, dressed, fought and endured.