Shelter Island History Museum
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    • 2025 Events & Programs >
      • April 19 : Spring Farmers Market
      • May 24-August 30: Havens Market
      • June 7: Shelter Island House Tour
      • June 28 - October 11: Generations of Shelter Island Impressionists Exhibit
      • July 2: Sock Puppet Playtime!
      • July 25: ArtSea Art & Science
      • July 28-Aug 15: Summer Children's Theater Program
      • August 13: Basket Weaving Workshop
      • August 14: Children's Basket Weaving Workshop
      • August 19: ArtLab Workshop
      • September 6: 3rd NY Regiment Encampment
      • September 27: Oysters 'R' Here Event
      • October 11: Harvest Festival Market
      • November 29: Holiday Farmers Market
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12. Home of the Shelter Island Historical Society
Members of the Havens family lived in this house until 1913. For a few years, it passed through a succession of owners, and in 1925 was sold to a local couple,  Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Sherman,  and they used it as  a boarding house as well as their family home. In 1966, Mrs. Alice Sherman, by then widowed, agreed to sell the house to the Shelter Island Historical Society for a very reasonable price in order to preserve its history. The sale agreement included life tenancy for Mrs. Sherman, and when she died in 1971, the Historical Society took it over, making critical repairs in order to keep the house from deteriorating. In 2019, the Shelter Island History Center project was completed to shore up the aging Havens House Museum and protect the thousands of irreplaceable documents and artifacts we have collected over the years. The History Center houses the Historical Society’s collections and has spaces for exhibits, offices, meetings, and educational programs. 

(End of tour. Return downstairs.)
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Be sure to visit the Havens Store, which features items created by 
local Shelter Island artisans. You may also visit our store online. 

Anyone interested in learning about a specific topic can make an appointment with our Archivist through our website.

The Historical Society is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit organization. Donations can be made online at shelterislandhistorical.org or by mailing a check to PO Box 847, Shelter Island, NY 11964.

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Leadership
    • Partners
    • Our Timeline
    • Annual Reports
    • The Havens House >
      • Construction
      • Renovation
  • Support
    • Donate Now
    • Proposition 4
    • Elizabeth Pedersen Educational Fund
    • Volunteer
  • Online Exhibits
    • History of Shelter Island
    • A Day in the Life
    • Digital Tapestry
    • "The Lords of Menantic" Companion Exhibit
    • "The Prospect of Summer" Companion Exhibit
    • See Their Names Exhibit
    • This Land is YOUR Land
    • The DNA of Shelter Island
    • Voices from the Vault
    • Then & Now
    • Witness the Manhansett
    • Walter Cole Brigham
    • Alan Shields
    • Helena Hernmarck
    • British Woolworks
    • "Connecting from a Quarantine Kitchen"
    • Havens DIMONscape
  • Havens Store
  • HAVENS FARMERS MARKET
  • PROGRAMS AND EVENTS
  • Education
    • The Shelter Island History Project
    • Race, Ethnicity & Class on SI, 1652-2013
  • Living History Project
  • The Collections
    • Digital Collections
    • New York Heritage Digital Collections
    • Donate to the Collections
    • Finding Aids
    • Film Collection
    • House/Building Registry Project
  • From Our Archives
    • The Soap, The Salesman And The Sailor
    • Historic Women of Shelter Island
  • Calendar
    • 2025 Events & Programs >
      • April 19 : Spring Farmers Market
      • May 24-August 30: Havens Market
      • June 7: Shelter Island House Tour
      • June 28 - October 11: Generations of Shelter Island Impressionists Exhibit
      • July 2: Sock Puppet Playtime!
      • July 25: ArtSea Art & Science
      • July 28-Aug 15: Summer Children's Theater Program
      • August 13: Basket Weaving Workshop
      • August 14: Children's Basket Weaving Workshop
      • August 19: ArtLab Workshop
      • September 6: 3rd NY Regiment Encampment
      • September 27: Oysters 'R' Here Event
      • October 11: Harvest Festival Market
      • November 29: Holiday Farmers Market
  • Contact
  • Directors' Log In