History at Hallockville Program
The Hallockville Museum Farm re-connects the community with its agricultural heritage. The 28-acre farm preserves nineteen historic houses, barns and outbuildings ranging from the mid-18th century Hallock homestead to the Depression-era Cichanowicz farmhouse. Participants tour the museum’s buildings, gardens and collections; experience real farming in the museum’s fields; and meet Hallockville’s animals. Hallockville serves as an educational resource for all age-groups to raise awareness of Long Island’s agricultural heritage.
Join professional educators, historians, and local experts for a series of workshops devoted to sustainability, traditional crafts, food, and the immigrant experience.
The workshops are open to life long learners (everyone), including teachers and those seeking personal enrichment.
Depending on the requirements of individual school districts, teachers may have the opportunity to earn either professional development hours and/or a ½-credit toward salary increments.
All sessions run from 9 am—12 pm
$50 per session for members; $65 for non-members
Participating instructors include:
- Susan Babkes, retired HS history teacher and professor
- Tom Barry, retired special education teacher and blacksmith
- Marie Fitzgerald (Ph.D.), retired history professor
- Paul Hoffman, museum curator
- MaryAnne Huntington, retired Suffolk Community College Academic Computing, docent
- Connie Klos, retired IT expert, award-winning quilter, needlework teacher
- Lois Leonard, retired speech/language pathologist
- Richard Wines (Ph.D.), writer, historian, retired professor
Session 1 – Saturday, April 2, 2022: Sustainability
Learn about the historic “green” practices used by the Hallock family by walking the Sustainability Trail. Visit the Homestead and the Homestead Barn to see examples of their self-sustaining ways. Participants will discuss the meaning of sustainability and how it plays into today’s world.
Session 3 – Saturday, April 30, 2022: The Immigrant Experience
Participants will join local historians and retired history professors as they present an overview on immigration and the Polish arrival in Riverhead. Visit the Cichanowicz house and the Trubisz house. Discussion of the 1930 Census will follow.