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Deputy Director/Director of Collections & Interpretation Joshua Ruff describes the history of the Hawkins Mount Homestead
Deputy Director/Director of Collections & Interpretation Joshua Ruff describes the history of the Hawkins Mount Homestead
Musicians Brian Chabza and Johnny Cuomo provided the perfect musical accompaniment throughout the evening.
Former Mount House resident Dale Whitsit and his wife Jeanne
Neil Watson, executive director of the LIM, addresses the crowd
LIM Curator Jonathan Olly shares a detail from a painting of the Hawkins Mount House to help orient his guests at the start of their tour.
LIM Curator Jonathan Olly takes a group of LIM supporters through the house during the evening’s second tour.
From left, Robert Coughlan with 80th Anniversary Committee Member Michael Lubinsky, and former LIM Board Chair Dick Russell
Music, food, cocktails and tours were part of the festivities
Artist Doug Reina’s original plein air painting, ‘Stony Brook Creek’ was raffled off during the event. Linda Margolin, Chair of LIM’s Board of Trustees was the lucky winner of this gorgeous piece.
The Hawkins-Mount House

In celebration of its 80th anniversary, The Long Island Museum hosted a Mount House Summer Soirée at the Hawkins-Mount House in Stony Brook on June 28. The Americana-themed party featured signature cocktails dinner, live music and tours of artist William Sidney Mount’s childhood home, which had been closed to the public for three decades. 

Photos by Karen Romanelli

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