Wyckoff House Museum

Our organization has a dual mission to

1. interpret and operate New York’s oldest building and the surrounding one-and-a-half-acre park as the Wyckoff House Museum. Through innovative educational and farm-based programs we build cultural and agricultural connections within our community, emphasizing immigration, family, food, and community through history;

2. promote and foster the family history and genealogy of Wyckoff family in America, maintain Association archives, collections, and history, and connect descendants through special events and communications, disseminate education materials related to the family and the house.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
-School group field trips
-Teen after school programs
-Creative Homesteading workshops
-Historical tours, experiences, and workshops

GARDEN AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
-Garden Apprentice Program for teens
-Self-Care Protest Garden
-Garden based workshops
-Compost Collection and Educational Program
-Active Production Farm
-Educational and sensory gardens
-Honey Bee hives and education

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
-Weekly Farmers Market
-Farmhouse Family Days
-Community Partnerships
-Artist-in-Residence Program
-Large scale events, including the Breukelen Country Fair
-Summer movie nights
-Fireside Feasts

HISTORY AND HERITAGE
-Annual Wyckoff Family Reunion
-Genealogical Database and workshops
-Collection of archival documents and museum objects
-Annual St. Nicholas Day celebration
-Hosting naturalization ceremonies

The Wyckoff Family Association dates back to 1937. It was incorporated into the Wyckoff House & Association, Inc. with the dual purpose of maintaining the family association and preserving operating their family's historic house, the oldest structure in New York, as a public museum.

The house and park are property of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The Wyckoff House & Association (a.k.a Wyckoff House Museum) has dutifully operated the house as museum since it was restored in 1982. We acquired our first full time staff member in 2001, and quickly built our programs to include school field trips, seasonal events, and a demonstration farm. Many of these programs have run without interruption since 2001. Over the past two decades the organization has steadily grown its programs, its staffing, and its capacity. Today more than 15,000 visitors are welcomed at the house each year, including 6,000 New York City school children.

With a full time staff of the three and several part-time employees, the Wyckoff House Museum is dedicated to growing its programs that serve our local community, our extended Wyckoff family, and all who are interested in exploring our diverse histories.

We are thrilled with the many programs we have built over the years, as described above.

We hope to continue our steady growth. In the next several years we hope to see the construction of a small visitor's center, which will increase our museum's capacity.

In 2021, we have expanded our outdoor educational space which has allowed us to provide pandemic relief to our neighbors and community members by stocking our free food fridge and engaging in a wider network of mutual aid. Despite setbacks of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have continued our virtual programs and provided a outdoor space that is safe for families to engage in social activities.