Click here to view and print the Friends Of Garvies Point Museum and Preserve Membership ApplicationDid you visit Garvies Point Museum as a child? Last week? Not yet?2007 marks the 40th anniversary of Garvies Point Museum.
Why not make this year the year you join the newly-formed Friends of Garvies Point Museum and Preserve?
Who are the Friends of Garvies Point Museum and Preserve?
The Friends of Garvies Point Museum and Preserve is a newly formed 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, chartered by the New York State Board of Regents with the express mission of promoting Garvies Point Museum and Preserve and assisting the staff of the Museum in maintaining and enhancing the collections, exhibits and interpretive programming of the museum, as well as the woodlands, shoreline, meadows, ponds and thickets of the Preserve. Whether we visit Garvies Point frequently or only when we have guests from out of town, we share a common interest in preserving every aspect of this Long Island "gem" of a spot.
What are some of the things we want to accomplish?
- Seek funds through grants and donations to contribute to the upgrading of museum exhibits
- Assist with the installation of Museum exhibits in public libraries
- Host receptions for special exhibits in the Museum
- Serve as volunteers for Museum School Programs & Workshops, trail maintenance, habitat restoration and special events
- Coordinate the annual shoreline cleanup with the American Littoral Society
- Present off-site promotional talks about Garvies Point to civic groups
- Friends of Garvies Point Museum and Preserve Gift Shop
- Support Sculpture and Jewelry/Lapidary Workshops
International Beach Clean Up Day. This year International Beach Clean Up Day is September 15th at Garvies Point Beach at 8:30am. Call 623-7826 to sign up.
Giftshop at Garvies.
