An Immigrant Story: Who is Pieter Claesen
Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
5816 Clarendon Road
(at East 59th Street)
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Tel: (718) 629-5400
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$180.00 students.
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OngoingHours
Tues – Sun: 10 am – 4 pmNov-March: Tues-Sat 10 am-4 pm
House Tours: Tues-Fri 1 & 3 pm; Sat 11 am, 1 & 3 pm; Sun (May-Oct only) 11 am, 1 & 3 pm
Through storytelling and artifact examination, students learn about Pieter Claesen, a Dutch immigrant who arrived in the New World as an indentured servant and became one of the most prominent landowners of Colonial times. The program includes a choice of one of the following hands-on activities: butter-churning, quill-writing with berry ink, herbal sachet-making, or a look at old-time games and toys.
- Directions: Subway: D or N to 18th Avenue Station. Take the B8 bus northbound toward Rockaway Avenue. Exit at Beverly Road and East 58th Street. Turn right on East 58th Street, walk one block south, cross street, and turn left and walk one block east on Clarendon Road to museum gate. See museum Web site for more transportation directions from other subway stations.
About this Organization
Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumThis wood-shingled Dutch Colonial farmhouse, built about 1652, is probably the oldest home in New York City. It stands on land that is believed to have been purchased in 1636 from the Canarsie Indians by Van Twiller, the first director general of New Netherland. With Dutch ceramic tiles and a period garden, visitors can tour the household of the Dutch settlers in the New World.
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