Today, OHS maintains seven historically-significant buildings located in the heart of Orient, New York’s landmark historic district; cares for 8½ acres of grounds, including Poquatuck Park, a cherished community gathering spot.
Several of OHS’s historic buildings are open to the public on a regular basis during the summer months: Village House is period-furnished with noteworthy pieces from the OHS collection and shown as a late 19th century boarding house, demonstrating a significant chapter in its history. Upstairs, the one-time bedrooms have been converted into six exhibition galleries, which are changed-out every year.
The 18th-century Webb House is also period-furnished and contains a permanent Maritime exhibition on the 2nd floor.
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The Old Point Schoolhouse’s Janet T. Swanson Exhibition Gallery is the venue for an annual summer exhibition drawn from OHS’s collections (temporarily closed).
The 19th century Red Barn was built originally as a grain storage shed located on the Orient wharf and subsequently moved 750 feet to its present location on the OHS campus. In 2024 it was revitalized and repurposed as a new exhibition space devoted to a permanent multi-media exhibition focusing on the storied farming and fishing history of Long Island’s North Fork.