King Manor Museum
Hands On History: King of the Jungle!
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaAugust 10th is National Lion Day! Join us for a scavenger hunt to find all the lions in King Manor. National Lion Day! Founding Father Rufus King loved lions so much that he made his family crest a lion's…
Streamline (Through December 21st)
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaThis exhibit uses works by contemporary local artists in conjunction with historical artifacts, maps, and data to explore the relationship between waterways and urban development over time and make suggestions for the future. The exhibit is a dynamic way to…
Streamline (Through December 21st)
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaThis exhibit uses works by contemporary local artists in conjunction with historical artifacts, maps, and data to explore the relationship between waterways and urban development over time and make suggestions for the future. The exhibit is a dynamic way to…
Streamline (Through December 21st)
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaThis exhibit uses works by contemporary local artists in conjunction with historical artifacts, maps, and data to explore the relationship between waterways and urban development over time and make suggestions for the future. The exhibit is a dynamic way to…
Hands-on History: Pet Alligators!
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaDid President John Quincy Adams REALLY have a pet alligator?? Rufus King was good friends with the 6th president of the United States and antislavery advocate, John Quincy Adams. He even visited Rufus and stayed in the guest room!…
Streamline (Through December 21st)
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaThis exhibit uses works by contemporary local artists in conjunction with historical artifacts, maps, and data to explore the relationship between waterways and urban development over time and make suggestions for the future. The exhibit is a dynamic way to…
Hands-on History: Colonial Seed Art
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaBy early-July, our garden should be budding with all sorts of flowers, herbs, and vegetables. Enjoy an afternoon near our garden and make your own environmentally-friendly work of art using real seeds! Hands on History is a FREE family program…
We The People Civics Fair
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaKing Manor is excited to be participating in this year’s Civic Season programming! Our Civics Fair will include booths with activities from local organizations including NAACP, South Queens Womens’ March, G!rl Be Heard, and Abuela Neighborhood Maintenance. We will also…
Celebrate Culture Fest ’23
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaOur inaugural Celebrate Culture Fest will feature local restaurants curated by Queens Together, a Create & Chat workshop with artist Julia D. Shaw, a workshop dedicated to the planning of our classroom mural facilitated by artist Mx. Enigma, and a…
Hands On History: Happy Birthday, Joey Ramone!
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaPunk legend Joey Ramone of the Ramones was born on May 19th, 1951. As a Queens native (Forest Hills), we are honoring his legacy by making our own guitar picks and learning some basic punk chords on electric guitar! We…
Site: Yizkor/King Manor
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaSite: Yizkor/King Manor is a site-specific performance installation created by visual artist Maya Ciarrocchi with music direction by Andrew Conklin. Comprised of music and dance in an immersive projected environment, Site: Yizkor examines individual and collective experiences of displacement and…
Hands on History: Queens Hip-Hop
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaOur second event dedicated to Queens hip-hop coincides with the release of RUN DMC's classic third studio album (May 15th, 1986) with iconic tracks such as "It's Tricky" and "Walk This Way!" We will once again be joined by A…
Site: Yizkor Workshop
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaThe public is invited to attend a writing workshop led by Maya Ciarrocchi on the grounds of the King Manor Museum. During workshops, participants are prompted to respond to the following questions, "describe a vanished place of personal importance" and…
Hands On History: Jackie in Queens
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaApril 15th marks the 76th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking Major League Baseball’s racial barrier by making his game debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first black male athlete to do so. Although he was a Brooklyn Dodger, he…
Migrations (Through March 25th)
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), Jamaica“I will be displaying my solo exhibition, Migrations, at King Manor Museum using two period rooms (bedroom, parlor and adjacent hallway). I will be using the themes of roses and weaving. These works will communicate visually and metaphorically within the…
Hands On History: Construction at the Manor!
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaAre you interested in construction work? March is Women’s History Month! Several women worked at King Manor in the 19th century. Their jobs did not just include cooking and cleaning as was often the case with female workers in this…
Migrations (Through March 25th)
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), Jamaica“I will be displaying my solo exhibition, Migrations, at King Manor Museum using two period rooms (bedroom, parlor and adjacent hallway). I will be using the themes of roses and weaving. These works will communicate visually and metaphorically within the…
Migrations (Through March 25th)
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), Jamaica“I will be displaying my solo exhibition, Migrations, at King Manor Museum using two period rooms (bedroom, parlor and adjacent hallway). I will be using the themes of roses and weaving. These works will communicate visually and metaphorically within the…
Migrations (Through March 25th)
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), Jamaica“I will be displaying my solo exhibition, Migrations, at King Manor Museum using two period rooms (bedroom, parlor and adjacent hallway). I will be using the themes of roses and weaving. These works will communicate visually and metaphorically within the…
Museum Workers Create (Through March 7th)
King Manor Museum 150-03 Jamaica Avenue (Rufus King Park), JamaicaThe exhibition Museum Workers Create will be open to the public free of charge starting November 11th, 2022 at King Manor Museum in Jamaica, New York. The exhibition displays selected artwork from museum workers from all over the tri-state area…