Exhibits

Black and Women’s History at the

North Shore Historical Museum

Exhibit Open Through June 10

The North Shore Historical Museum proudly presents its combined 2026 Black History and Women’s History Months exhibit, a celebration of the achievements, creativity, and enduring impact of Black leaders, innovators, and community builders. This season’s installation highlights stories of resilience and brilliance—from national trailblazers who shaped American history to local figures whose contributions strengthened the North Shore.

 

Through photographs, artifacts, oral histories, and newly curated interpretive panels, visitors will encounter narratives of leadership in the arts, sciences, civic life, and social justice. The exhibit invites audiences of all ages to reflect on the many ways Black Americans have expanded opportunity, advanced democracy, and enriched the cultural fabric of our region.

 

This special exhibition is part of NSHM’s ongoing commitment to inclusive storytelling and community-centered history. We welcome visitors to explore, learn, and honor the legacies that continue to inspire progress today.

Previous Exhibits

-Matinecock Quaker Meetinghouse Celebrates 300 Years

-Revealing F. Edwin Church, American Impressionist

-Celebrating Italian Immigration

-North Shore Ship Wrecks

-The Pratt Family & Dosoris Park

-Nature Nurtures: A Photographic Journey

-The Automobile and the Gold Coast

-Harlem Renaissance

-All Aboard! Trains & Trolleys on the North Shore

-Art of the Tiffany Foundation

-100 Years of Children’s Books
-Morgan Park Summer Music Festival
-Treasures from the Glen Cove Mansions with Rick Smith
-The Harlem Hellfighters
-Art from the Coast Guard Foundation
-The Story of Glen Cove in 35 Objects
-Gold Coast Classrooms
-The Old Ball Game
-New York Woman Suffrage Centennial Celebration
-The North Shore Goes to the Polls
-The North Shore Worships: Diversity and Acceptance
-George Gach and the Gold Coast
-The Life of the Civil War Soldier
-Long Island at Work and Play
-World War I
-Arthur Leipzig

On Permanent Exhibit

Main Floor

  • Judges’ Chambers
  • The Harlem Hellfighter Tribute Room and the World of 1918

Basement

  • Jail Cell

Second Floor

  • Paintings & Sculptures of George Gách (1909-1996)
  • Butch the Bum
  • Glen Cove Shops: featuring Charles of Glen Cove
  • Maps and local ephemera from our permanent collection
  • Stroppels