Welcome to
The Alice Austen
House Museum
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 trailblazing American photographer, Alice Austen (1866-1952).
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Interested in volunteering?
Volunteers and interns are a truly important part of our organization, helping in our Victorian gardens, assisting with annual clean up events as well as all of our community programs and research.
Volunteer opportunities
Please note: We will be closed on Thanksgiving and Black Friday
Current Exhibition
Powerful and Dangerous explores the intersection between language, activism and photographic messaging. The exhibition holds up a lens to the contemporary women’s, LGBTQ+, and Black Lives Matter movements and considers how Lorde’s words resonate today.
Due to COVID-19 the exhibition has been extended with online programs until 2021.
More Information | NEW: Tour the Exhibition Online
Museum Hours
Visits are limited to socially distanced tours of parties of 5 or less from the same bubble Tuesday – Friday, 1 group per hour between 12-4pm.
The tours will be a maximum of 20 minutes and consist of viewing the Audre Lorde exhibition Powerful and Dangerous and our permanent exhibition galleries.
Bookings will be processed via this form.
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Powerful and Dangerous: The Legacy of Audre Lorde Panel Discussion
Last month, a panel was formed by Victoria Munro, Executive Director of the Alice Austen House in collaboration with Audre Lorde’s life long friends and Sister Comrades, Clare Coss and Blanche Wiesen Cook.
The panelists included: Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins, Jewelle Gomez, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Cheryl Clarke, Clare Coss and Blanche Wiesen Cook.
Alice Austen House Exhibiting In Photoville 2020
The Alice Austen House is partnering with Photoville NYC for its 9th year. Photoville is an annual outdoor photography festival that has expanded in 2020 to include outdoor installations in every single borough.
Exhibition Collateral Archive
The Alice Austen House has been the home to the work of contemporary photographers since it became a museum. Here you can view the archive of postcards and collateral for
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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 trailblazing American photographer
