Southold Indian Museum

Our museum is dedicated to study and education surrounding archaeology and natural history. It is owned and operated by the Incorporated Long Island Chapter of the New York State Archaeological Association.

The Museum has the largest collection of Algonquin ceramic pottery that exists as well as an impressive collection of earlier pots and bowls carved out of soapstone. The projectile points on display include a large quantity of spear heads and arrowheads shaped for hunting many different animals, birds, and fish.

Worthy of special note are the displays of knife blades, hoe blades, hammers, gouges, drills and other tools. One exhibit places a modern tool next to the stone or bone tool that was shaped and used for a similar task.

Other displays include children's games and toys, fishing methods with a full showing of tackle, foods that were available to Indians on Long Island, mortars and pestles, and clothing.

While 90 to 95% of the exhibits consist of artifacts and relics of local Long Island Algonquin Indians, there are noteworthy examples of the handiwork of middle and far Western Indians and even tribes of Central and South America.

We are open on Sundays from 1:30 to 4:30 PM (Saturdays are added in summer) and at other times by appointment.