• 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

    The Alice Austen House will be closed to the public starting on December 23, 2018. We will re-open on May 22, 2019. 

    If you'd like to schedule an appointment to visit the house during this time period, please call 718-816-4506.

     

     

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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 Pinhole Camera Making Workshop at Staten Island Makerspace April 23, 2019

Join us at Makerspace to learn how to make your own pinhole camera. Details here.

exhibitions Education Showcase

On view from September 15th to December 23rd.

events 19th Annual Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day at Staten Island Makerspace

Sunday, April 28, 2019. For details click here.

 

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 23-May 22, 2019. 

$5 suggested admission. 

The grounds are open every day until dusk. 

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

 

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

 

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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