• Alice Austen House

    The Alice Austen House fosters creative expression, explores personal identity, and educates and inspires the public through the interpretation of the photographs, life and historic home of pioneering American photographer, Alice Austen (1866-1952).

     

    Original photograph featuring Alice Austen on the front porch of Clear Comfort, possibly printed in upstairs darkroom.  Enlarge

  • Museum Hours

    Tuesday-Friday: 1pm-5pm

    Saturday-Sunday: 11am–5pm

    2 Hylan Blvd.

    Staten Island, NY 10305

    We are undergoing FEMA repairs and during construction, will only have accessible parking available in our parking lot. 

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  • Nicholas Muellner In Most Tides an Island

    Come view this image-text series that journeys through the shifting tableaux of exile and solitude in the digital age. 

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  • Fine Bright Day

    See the new show of Alice Austen's work at The LGBT Center now through August 31st!

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  • Austen's Story

    Alice Austen House now designated a national site of LGBTQ history! 

     

     

     

     

    Alice Austen with her bicycle, she was an early advocate for women cyclists  Enlarge

  • Austen's Work

    Alice Austen was one of the first women photographers in this country to work outside the confines of a studio. She is best known as a documentary photographer - a style of photography unusual until the 20th century. With a natural instinct for photojournalism some 40 years before that word was coined, she saw the world with a clear eye and photographed the people and places in it, as they actually appeared.

    Hester Street, Egg stand group. Thursday, April 18, 1895.  Enlarge

  • Site Rentals

    Celebrate your special event on the historic, waterfront grounds of the Alice Austen House. Weddings, private dinners, cocktail parties, and more!

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    Alberto Lama for Unveiled Weddings  Enlarge
events Yoga on the lawn at Clear Comfort!

Join us for Gentle Flow yoga on the lawn led by Be Yoga and Dance. Upcoming dates: August 11 and August 25 10:00 AM

exhibitions Nicholas Muellner: In Most Tides an Island

On view until September 2, 2018.

news Fine, Bright Day

See the new show of Alice Austen's work at The LGBT Center now through August 31st!

Support Support the Alice Austen House!

Help support the only museum in the country devoted to a female photographer. Click to donate!

Plan Your Visit

HOURS AND ADMISSION

Please note that our hours have changed:

Tuesday-Friday: 1pm-5pm

Saturday-Sunday: 11am–5pm

Closed Mondays, Thanksgiving, the Friday after Thanksgiving, and December 24-February 28. 

$5 suggested admission. 

The grounds are open every day until dusk. 

Groups of 10 or more must book their visit in advance.

 

LOCATION

2 Hylan Blvd at Edgewater Street, Staten Island - located two miles south of the Staten Island Ferry terminal and one mile north of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge.

 

CONTACT

718 816 4506 x 10 or info@aliceausten.org

 

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