Staten Island Museum

Bird and Nature Walk: Wolfe’s Pond Park
2024-10-30 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Wolfe’s Pond Park, 420 Cornelia Ave., Staten Island, NY, 10312, United States
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on guided walks through the borough of parks.
The diversity of habitats (freshwater pond, woodlands, Raritan Bay) should yield a good mix of migrants and winter residents.
Meet in the parking lot near the Parks Dept. buildings.

Crafternoons: Winter Wreaths
2024-11-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Saturday, November 9 1:00pm-3:00pm
$35/$30 members. Includes museum admission. All materials provided.
Give the gift of homemade with this craft-based workshop just in time for the holiday season. Make one of a kind creations for loved ones or decorate your own home and treat yourself! Enjoy coffee and tea while getting creative with your community.

Bird and Nature Walk: Silver Lake Park
2024-11-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Silver Lake Park, 700 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, New York, 10301
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on guided walks through the borough of parks.
We will check the reservoirs for migrating waterfowl, and the plantings around the park for late migrant/winter resident songbirds.
Meet on Victory Blvd., across from the last cemetery on the right. (Vicinity of Parks Dept greenhouse)

Bird and Nature Walk: Field of Dreams (Latourette Park)
2024-11-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Latourette Park, Forest Hill & London Rds, Rockland Ave, Staten Island, NY, 10306, United States
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on guided walks through the borough of parks.
We will be looking for late fall migrants and winter resident songbirds in the thickets and woods, and raptors in the open areas. Meet in the Parks Dept. parking lot across Forest Hill Road from Costco.

Bird and Nature Walk: Blue Heron Park
2024-12-04 10:00 - 12:00 | Blue Heron Park, 222 Poillon Ave, Staten Island, NY, 10312
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on guided walks through the borough of parks.
The feeders behind the nature center will be the highlight here, in addition to walking the woodland trails in search of wintering birds. Meet in the parking lot at the Visitor’s Center.

Edible Island + Holiday Card Making
2024-12-07 11:00 - 16:00 | Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, Staten Island, NY, 10301, United States
Part of Holiday Hop at Snug Harbor
Free/Donations Welcome
“Mmm!” your way through a market full of delicious local and regional treats to give this holiday season. This delectable fair is filled with specialty items and artisanal goods expertly curated by Staten Island Advance Food Editor, Pamela Silvestri.
Guests to the museum can also enjoy a free holiday card making workshop. Personalize your gift giving with a homemade card and let them know how much you care.
This Year’s Vendors are as follows:
Always Eat Good Food
Belli Baci Bakery
Beezy Beez Honey
Botanga’s Best Coffee
Butter Me Up
Caldino’s Italian Cuisine
Castleton Farm to Bagel
Hazel’s 423
Isn’t That Nuts
Sol Raelle Specialty Lemonade
La Tortuga Kitchen
Lebanese Eatery
Maddie’s Sweet Treats
Sweet Obsessions by JAM
Whimsical by Mily

Bird and Nature Walk: Ocean Breeze Park
2024-12-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Ocean Breeze Park, Quintard St. and Olympia Blvd., Staten Island, NY, 10305, United States
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on guided walks through the borough of parks.
We will be looking for wintering raptors overhead, as well as waterfowl in the wet spots and sparrows and other small songbirds in the thickets.

Meet at the side of the park at Olympia Blvd. and Quintard St.

Bird and Nature Walk: Great Kills Park
2025-01-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Great Kills Park
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on guided walks through the borough of parks.
We will be looking around the waterfront for waterfowl, as well as checking the area around the parking lot for horned lark and perched raptors. Meet in the first large parking lot.

Bird and Nature Walk: Wolfe’s Pond Park
2025-01-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Wolfe’s Pond Park, 420 Cornelia Ave., Staten Island, NY, 10312, United States
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on guided walks through the borough of parks.
Wolfe’s Pond Park offers a diverse variety of habitats to search, including the pond, thickets, woodlands and the waters of Raritan Bay.
Meet in the parking lot near the Parks Dept. buildings.

Breakdown: The Promise of Decay Members and Private Opening
2025-01-23 18:00 - 20:00 | NY
Registration by invitation only.
For more information about registration or how to become a member, please contact the Development Office at 718-483-7117.
Become a member to attend the preview of Breakdown: The Promise of Decay
Curated by Rylee Eterginoso and Colleen Evans
Breakdown examines the vibrancy of decay. This interdisciplinary exhibition explores notions of time, waste, and the in-between. Breakdown shines a light on the dark corners of the life cycle recognizing the oft-overlooked workhorses of the ecosystem. From mycelium to microplastics, this exhibition focuses on what breaks down and what does not. It asks visitors to value a world they cannot see in order to protect the one we can. Breakdown features contemporary artwork, objects from the museum’s collection, and scientific innovations in the curious world of decomposition.
Featured Artists: Selin Balci, Jade Doskow, Tamara Kostianovsky, Phyllis Ma, Antonia A. Perez, and Lisa Ann Schonberg
With contributions by Dr. Martin Melosi, Louis Vassar Semanchik and Michael Falco

Breakdown: The Promise of Decay Public Opening Reception
2025-01-25 14:00 - 16:00 | NY
Free with Museum Admission
Curated by Rylee Eterginoso and Colleen Evans
Breakdown examines the vibrancy of decay. This interdisciplinary exhibition explores notions of time, waste, and the in-between. Breakdown shines a light on the dark corners of the life cycle recognizing the oft-overlooked workhorses of the ecosystem. From mycelium to microplastics, this exhibition focuses on what breaks down and what does not. It asks visitors to value a world they cannot see in order to protect the one we can. Breakdown features contemporary artwork, objects from the museum’s collection, and scientific innovations in the curious world of decomposition.
Featured Artists: Selin Balci, Jade Doskow, Tamara Kostianovsky, Phyllis Ma, Antonia A. Perez, and Lisa Ann Schonberg
With contributions by Dr. Martin Melosi, Louis Vassar Semanchik and Michael Falco

Bird and Nature Walk: South Beach/Fort Wadsworth
2025-02-05 10:30 - 12:30 | NY
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on guided walks through the borough of parks.
In addition to the usual (and maybe unusual) species of waterfowl and gulls that winter here, we will also be on the lookout for harbor seals. Meet in the parking lot off Capodanno Blvd, opposite Sand Lane.

Romare Bearden Family Collage Workshop
2025-02-08 14:00 - 16:00 | NY
Explore the art of collage and learn about artist Romare Bearden in this hands-on workshop. Participants of all ages will use a variety of materials to create collages inspired by Bearden’s Homage to Mary Lou (Piano Lesson), an artwork in the museum’s collection. Romare Bearden is regarded as one of the most creative and original visual artists of the twentieth century and is best known for his richly textured collages.
All Ages. Free with museum admission. All materials provided.

Bird and Nature Walk: Brookfield Park
2025-02-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Brooklfield Park, Arthur Kill Rd. bet. Richmond Ave. and New Vale Ave., Staten Island, 10308, United States
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on guided walks through the borough of parks.
The wide open skies of Brookfield Park make it the ideal place to search for wintering raptors, while the creeks hold a variety of waterfowl.
Meet in parking lot off Arthur Kill Road.

New York International Children’s Film Festival: Celebrating Black Stories
2025-02-22 14:00 - 15:30 | NY
Celebrating Black Stories spotlights shorts from throughout the New York International Children’s Film Festival and around the world that embrace the joy, resilience, and complexity of being young and Black.

Bird and Nature Walk: Wolfe's Pond Park
2025-03-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Wolfe’s Pond Park, 420 Cornelia Ave., Staten Island, NY, 10312, United States
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on guided walks through the borough of parks.
Note: This Bird and Nature Walk has been changed from Silver Lake Park to Wolfe’s Pond Park. We will meet in the parking lot near the Parks Department buildings.

Women in Science Spotlight: Elizabeth Knight Britton
2025-03-08 14:00 - 15:00 | NY
$5 ticket. Includes museum admission.
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! Join Colleen Evans, Director of Natural Science to learn more.

NYC Teen Arts Week
2025-03-12 11:00 - 2025-03-16 17:00 | NY
From Wednesday, March 12th through Sunday, March 16th students with school ID receive Free admission to the Museum.

NYC Teen Arts Week programming includes:
Teen Tour + Activity
Teen Drawing Workshop

Teen Tour + Activity
2025-03-15 13:00 - 15:00 | NY
Join Bloomberg Arts Intern Latifa Labdouni for an exhibition tour and activity – for teens, by teens!

Teen Drawing Workshop
2025-03-16 14:00 - 16:00 | NY
Free admission for students with ID.
Coffee/tea and snacks included.
Develop your skills or start from scratch in this hands-on drawing workshop. Participants will work from a dynamic still life installation including taxidermy, fungi, and other specimens from the museum’s natural science collection.

Bird and Nature Walk: Mount Loretto Unique Area
2025-03-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Mount Loretto Unique Area, 20 Kenny Road, Staten Island, NY, 10309, United States
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on guided walks through the borough of parks.
We will be searching the fields, woodlands and waterfront for wintering songbirds, raptors and waterfowl, and maybe some early spring migrants.
Meet in the parking lot off Hylan Blvd.

Bird and Nature Walk: Freshkills-North Park
2025-04-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Freshkills North Park, 350 Wild Ave., Staten Island, NY, 10314, United States
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on guided walks through the borough of parks.
We should get a nice variety of raptors and migrating waterfowl & landbirds.
Meet in the parking lot at the end of Wild Ave.

Breakdown Exhibition Panel Discussion With Dr. Martin Melosi, Jade Doskow, and Lisa Ann Schonberg
2025-04-03 18:30 - 20:00 | NY
$15 adults/$10 members. Free for students
Join artists Jade Doskow and Lisa A. Schonberg in conversation with exhibition contributor Dr. Martin Melosi around their research and participation in the exhibition Breakdown: The Promise of Decay.
Jade Doskow is the Photographer-in-Residence of Freshkills Park, Staten Island, New York City. She is a New York based architectural and landscape photographer known for her rigorously composed and eerily poetic images that examine the intersection of people, architecture, nature, and time.
Dr. Martin Melosi is one of the nation’s leading scholars in Environmental History. Dr. Melosi is Distinguished University Professor of History and Director of the Center for Public History at the University of Houston. In 2000-2001, he held the Fulbright Chair in American Studies at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense and has been a visiting professor at the University of Paris and the University of Helsinki.
Lisa Ann Schonberg is a composer, percussionist, and ecological sound artist. Informed by her background in ecology, Schonberg composes music with a focus on cryptic sounds of insects and other underappreciated beyond-humans. She documents soundscapes, insects, and habitats through music composition, writing, and multimedia collaboration, engaging the public in listening to prompt heightened consideration of these soundworlds.
Moderated by:
José Ramírez-Garofalo is an Ecologist and serves as the President of Protectors of Pine Oak Woods, an organization focused on open space preservation on Staten Island. His work focuses on documenting changes in the ecological communities in New York City and understanding the coupled dynamics of the human-natural system. He uses cutting-edge methods and natural history information to inform natural resource management decisions and conservation actions, and has conducted collaborative research at Freshkills for ten years.

Mushroom Walk with New York Mycological Society
2025-04-12 14:00 - 16:00 | NY
Ages 7+
This is a free event.
Registration required. Space is limited.
Join the New York Mycological Society on a campus walk to observe, identify and document the surprising diversity of mushrooms hidden in plain sight all around us. Look closely and see what you can find! Magnifying handlenses will be loaned to attendees. In case of inclement weather, the event will take place indoors as a fun and informative introduction to mycology. Beginners and all ages are welcome! Walk led by Ethan Crenson, mycologist and President of NYMS; Co-Leaders: Maya Han and Maren Fossi.
Myco walk: 2-3:00pm
ID table: 3-4:00pm

Bird and Nature Walk: Clove Lakes Park
2025-04-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Clove Lakes Park
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on guided walks through the borough of parks.
The park should provide us with a good variety of spring migrants, including warblers, vireos, thrushes, etc.
We will meet at the Bridge on Martling Avenue

Erasure Poetry Workshop
2025-04-24 18:30 - 20:00 | NY
Free with museum admission.
Doors open at 6:00pm to view Breakdown.
Travel back in time to another land…scape through the pages of Days Afield on Staten Island written by museum founder and renowned naturalist William T. Davis. Reflect on the changes made to this borough’s natural spaces through erasure poetry in this hands-on workshop led by SI Poet Laureate Marguerite Maria Rivas. Participants will create contemporary poems using historic text, constructing a new view of the same SI landscape.
What is an erasure poem? Erasure poetry is a type of found poetry in which the poet takes an existing source text and creates their own poem by erasing, redacting, or otherwise obscuring the words in the original text.

About Marguerite Maria Rivas:
A native New Yorker, Marguerite María Rivas teaches women’s literature and writing at Borough of Manhattan Community College, where she mentors first-generation college students. Much of her creative and scholarly work is based on the history, culture, and environment of Staten Island. Her essays and poetry have been published in anthologies, journals, and periodicals, nationally and internationally, and she is the author of two volumes of poetry. She enjoys welding and doing improvisational spoken word performances with musicians in her spare time. She is the Poet Laureate of Staten Island.

Bird and Nature Walk: Conference House Park
2025-04-30 10:00 - 12:00 | Conference House Park, 298 Satterlee St., Staten Island, NY, 10307
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on guided walks through the borough of parks.
Diverse habitats should produce a good assortment of birds.
Meet in the parking lot near the Visitor’s Center on Satterlee St.

Bird and Nature Walk: Blue Heron Park
2025-05-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Blue Heron Park, 222 Poillon Ave, Staten Island, NY, 10312
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on guided walks through the borough of parks.
Woodlands with a pond and a feeder behind the nature center should be attractive to a variety of migrating birds.
Meet in the parking lot off Poillon Ave.

Bird and Nature Walk: Clove Lakes Park
2025-05-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Clove Lakes Park
Join naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo with Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans on guided walks through the borough of parks.
By mid-May, Clove Lakes Park is usually teeming with migrating birds.
Meet at the corner of Victory Blvd. and Royal Oak Road.

Breakdown Artist Talk: Antonia A. Perez
2025-05-17 13:00 - 14:00 | NY
Free with museum admission.
Join Breakdown artist Antonia A. Perez in the gallery to learn more about her artwork and creative practice. Perez weaves discarded materials, such as plastic bags, into sculptural forms using traditional fiber-work techniques.
“My work depends on the collection of remainders. What is left after we finish using an object? The leftovers of our everyday lives are what excite me. What others might cast off, I collect.”
– Antonia A. Perez
