Van Cortlandt House Museum and Collections Committee

The Van Cortlandt House Museum (VCHM), built in 1748 for Frederick Van Cortlandt, and located inside Van Cortlandt Park at Broadway and West 246th Street in the Bronx, has been under the stewardship to the NSCDNY since 1896 through a license agreement with the City of New York. The NSCDNY is responsible for preserving and restoring the interiors and grounds surrounding the Museum, providing and caring for the collections, offering educational opportunities to school children and other groups throughout NYC, liaising with the surrounding community and assuring that the doors to the Museum are open to visitors six days a week all year round.

The VCHM Committee meets with the Museum Director monthly in the Library at headquarters between September and May on a Thursday morning from 9-10:30 a.m. to discuss all aspects of Museum operations and plans. Members of the VCHM Committee may participate in committee meetings by conference telephone.

The VCHM Committee hosts an annual Mardi Gras Masquerade at headquarters on the Friday evening before Mardi Gras Tuesday each year to benefit the VCHM as well as a fall event at Headquarters.

In addition, the VCHM Committee supports events at the museum in Van Cortlandt Park including the History & Cultural Fair in September, the holiday events at the Museum in December and the annual summer picnic associated with the concert in the park and fireworks in June.  There are also “done in a day” events from time to time at the Museum such as gardening days.