S
pend the summer immersed in history at
the houses and barns of the Smithtown
Historical Society. Visit the Epenetus
SMITHTOWN
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Smith Tavern, Judge J. Lawrence Smith
Homestead, and Franklin Arthur Farm and
explore our lush 20-acre grounds. Our
historic traditions to life through games, crafts,
and unique hands- on educational experiences.
HALF DAY PROGRAMS
*FULL DAY OPTIONS*
Weeks 1-9
AM CLASSES RUN FROM 9:30-12pm
Weeks 4,5,6
PM CLASSES RUN FROM 12:30-3pm
BRING A BAG LUNCH FOR FULL DAYS
M,W,F (3 Day programs): $75/$150 full
T,TH (2 Day programs): $50/$100 full
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Purchase a Family Membership
Receive a 10% discount on programs!
Yearly family memberships are $45
Visa and MasterCard Accepted
Please make checks to
Smithtown Historical Society
Refunds will be made with
one weeks notice.
Programs begin at the Frank Brush Barn
Smithtown Historical Society, West Entrance
211 Middle Country Road, Smithtown
P O R T A L S
T O
T H E
P A S T
Each week features a new theme for fun and learning !
Choose from multiple sessions!
M-W-F , T-H, or Full Week Sessions for each theme.
See back page for full session descriptions!
Activities are appropriate for all ages unless otherwise indicated, and
campers will be grouped with others in their age range of 6-9 or 9-12
Week 1, June 7– July 1: Summer Chefs Week: Kick off summer by making
some yummy treats for you and your family to enjoy!
Registration Information
You may also send your registration
requests to:
[email protected]
or call (631) 265-6768
AM Sessions
Weeks 1-9
9:30 – 12:00pm
PM Sessions
Weeks 4, 5, & 6 only
12:30-3:00pm
programs offer you the opportunity to bring
Pre-registration and pre-payment
are required for all programs.
To register online visit the
Education Page at
www.smithtownhistorical.org
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PORTALS
T O
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P A S T
Summer Programs
for
Children
Week 2, July 5– 8: Crafts Week : Not your usual camp crafts! Create fun and
easy crafts. They make great gifts too!
Week 3, July 11-15: Spa Week: Did you know that the spa luxuries we enjoy
today are not much different than those necessities from the past? This week
you will make your own bath salts, soap, oils, candles sachets and more!
Week 4, July 18-22: Life on the Farm Week & Fiber Art Fun: Discover life
on a farm and take care of the animals and garden at the Arthur Farm. Learn
how to use products from farm animals and plants for felting, fiber arts, natural
dyes, tie dye, and more. Morning & Afternoon sessions.
Week 5, July 25- July 29: Life on the Farm Week & Homegrown Goodies:
Discover how life was like growing up on a farm, take care of the animals and
garden at the Arthur Farm, and cook sweet and savory treats from scratch!
Morning & Afternoon sessions.
Week 6, August 1-5: Garden Discovery Week & Garden Party! Be a gardener for
the week and enjoy your bountiful harvest by cooking with herbs and veggies,
and creating crafts from the garden and nature. Morning & Afternoon Sessions.
Week 7, August 8-12: Fine & Living Art: Let your creativity soar this week! Use
various media to unleash your inner artist and create unique art and sculpture.
Week 8, August 15-19: Long Island Kids, Then, Now, & Later On! Have fun
exploring how children lived on Long Island throughout history, create hands-on
projects from the past and present, and predict how life on LI will be in the
future. We end the week with a “Rock & Roll” ice cream social!
Week 9, August 22-26: Baseball Camp: We end our summer camp with SHS’s
home team, for a week of practice and scrimmage. Boys and girls ages 6-12 of
any skill level will have fun playing and learning from the pros!
Week One: Summer Chefs Week!
DESCRIPTIONS
Kick off summer by making some yummy treats for you & your family to enjoy!
M-W-F Session: Make cheese and bread from scratch, learn about icings, decorate
cupcakes and make your own ice cream and other treats!
T-Th Session: Make pasta from scratch to take home and cook for your family, and
make and decorate candy for dessert too!
Week Two: Crafts Week
Not your usual camp crafts! Create fun & easy crafts- they make great gifts too!
W-F Session (no Monday, Closed for July 4 Holiday): Design unique journal covers
and trinket boxes using the decorative art of metal embossing, and learn how to make
your own paper and make unique stationery and other paper crafts.
T-Th Session: Stamp it up and design your own printing stamp, sponge stamp, and
rubbings, and decorate a trinket box and other items with the decorative art of quilling
(twirling) ribbons of paper into fanciful and fun shapes!
Week Three: Spa Week
Did you know that the spa luxuries we enjoy today are not much different than
those necessities from the past?
M-W-F & T-Th Sessions: Make your own soap, bath salts, oils, sachets, candles and
more! End the week with a Victorian Tea Party!
Week Four: Life on the Farm & Fiber Art Fun Week !
Learn how life was like growing up on a farm by taking care of our animals!
Create everyday items using products made from farm animals and plants.
M-W-F and T-Th Morning Sessions: Fiber Art Fun! This week, campers will dabble in
the fiber arts, learn weaving, drop spinning, felting, and experiment with natural dyes
and more. Tuesday & Thursday campers will make dyes from natural products, and
will bring in a t-shirt or other item to create a tie-dye design.
M-W-F and T-Th Afternoon Sessions: Life on the Farm! Learn how life was like
growing up on a farm by taking care of the animals and garden at the Arthur Farm.
Week Five: Life on the Farm Week & Homegrown Goodies Week!
Learn how life was like growing up on a farm by taking care of our animals. Use
dairy products and crops from the farm to make some sweet and savory treats!
M-W-F Morning Session: Make bread, cheese, and churn butter from scratch, and
make your own ice cream and other delicious treats!
T-Th Morning Session: Enjoy some sweet & sour treats to make and take home! Learn
how to make delicious jam and how to make pickles from our homegrown cucumbers
and herbs.
M-W-F and T-Th Afternoon Sessions: Learn about what life was like growing up on a
farm, by taking care of the animals and garden at the Arthur Farm.
Week Six: Garden Discovery Week & Garden Party!
Be a gardener for the week and enjoy our bountiful harvest by cooking with
herbs and veggies, and creating crafts from the garden and nature.
M-W-F and T-Th Morning Sessions: Help us cultivate and care for our garden,
harvest veggies and herbs for cooking and crafts, and learn sustainable gardening
practices such as composting, rain harvesting and more!
M-W-F and T-Th Afternoon Sessions: Have a Garden Party! This week we will enjoy
the harvest from our garden by making natural crafts and cooking with herbs and
veggies. Make delicious snacks and beverages and create whimsical art of various
forms from objects found in and around the Historical Society’s gardens. End the week
having a Garden Party, with tea and savory treats!
Week Seven: Fine & Living Art
Let your creativity soar this week, with various art and sculpture projects using
different forms of media.
M-W-F Session: During this session, children ages 9-12 will join artist Arline
Goldstein and use their imagination to create unique art. Younger children, ages 6-9
will join our staff to learn drawing techniques, and how to write and draw with a quill
using black walnut ink they have made. All ages will dabble in ‘living’ sculpture and
make a topiary of live plants!
T-Th Session: Create a living sculpture by making a topiary of living plants and
dabble in Colonial-era arts and crafts!
Week Eight: Long Island Kids, Then, Now, & Later On!
Travel through time and learn how children lived on Long Island throughout
history. Campers will brainstorm and create hands-on projects predicting how
life as a child will be on LI in the future.
M-W-F & T-Th Sessions: This week we will have fun exploring how children lived,
learned, played, and even worked on Long Island through out the years, experience
similarities and differences of the past with the present, and engage in projects that
will help us predict what we think the future holds. We end the week with a Rock &
Roll Ice Cream Social, making and enjoying homemade ice cream!
Week Nine: Baseball Camp
We end our summer camp on a high note with SHS’s home team, for a week of
old-time baseball fun!
M-W-F & T-Th Sessions: Join SHS’s home team, the 1864 Brooklyn Atlantics for a
week of practice. Learn how to throw, pitch, catch, hit and run like the pros. We will
end the week with an exciting scrimmage with our home team! Boys and girls, ages
6-12, of any skill level will have fun playing and learning from the pros!