Lunch and Learn

Join the Curator of Women of the Nation Arise! for a look at the arguments suffragists made in favor of women’s participation in government.

During a time when women in science were rare, Elizabeth Knight Britton was an expert in bryology, the study of mosses. Learn about Elizabeth’s influence on science in Staten Island and New York City and what makes a moss, a moss!

Olive Earle was a children’s book writer and illustrator whose work centered on the natural world. Take a closer look at her work and discuss her time spent on Staten Island.

Did you know that the third Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr, spent the final months of his life living in a Port Richmond hotel?

1933 was one of the most active Atlantic hurricane seasons, falling third after 2005 and 2020. Learn what a chance find in the collection can tell us about why it was so active and what we can learn.

Take a closer look at invasive species and unintended consequences with wildlife biologist Danielle Belleny.

Learn more about the borough’s place in the complicated history of the Wild West through an item found in the museum’s collection.