• 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

    WINTER HOURS

    The Alice Austen House will be closed to the public from Monday, December 23, 2019 until March 2, 2020. 

    We will re-open on Tuesday, March 3rd at 1:00 PM

    Tours are available by appointment by calling 718-816-4506, Ext. 10.

     

     

     

     

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  • Honoring Edwina Martin and Patricia Salmon

    Wednesday, April 22, 2019 8:00 AM The Staaten. Tickets.

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  • Book Party and Reading for Lisa Rhoades' The Long Grass

    More information HERE.

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  • Powerful and Dangerous: The Words and Images of Audre Lorde Opening Reception Sunday, March 22, 2020 2-5 PM

    More information HERE

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  • 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

  • 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
exhibitions Powerful and Dangerous: The Words and Images of Audre Lorde

Click Here for Details

events Book Party and Reading for Lisa Rhoades' The Long Grass

Saturday, March 21st 2PM

events Community Impact & Preservation Awards
The Alice Austen House Invites you to a breakfast honoring Edwina Martin and Patricia Salmon on Wednesday, April 22, 2020.
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HOURS AND ADMISSION

WINTER HOURS

The museum will be closed to the public from Monday, December 23, 2019 until Monday, March 2, 2020. 

We will re-open on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.

Tours are available by appointment by calling 718-816-4506, Ext. 10

$5.00  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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