I have helped them with the gardening and events promoting their importance to Flushing!
A beautiful house and they have amazing workshops .... And activities for kids my daughter loved it the back yard the view of the garden its amazing the staff and the tour guide very friendly people and so polite and patient with the kids when it comes to the workshops .... Very interesting history this museum house has !!! We loved it so much that we will becoming back for all the workshops
This is a nice slice of life representation of life in Queens at the the turn of the last century.
Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary and Victorian Garden is the preeminent German American museum in New York City. The is a New York City Landmark located in Murray Hill, Queens. In addition to preserving a German immigrant family’s 1890s home and garden, the Voelker Orth Museum engages audiences through the arts, education, nature, horticulture and local history by offering house tours, temporary exhibitions, concerts, lectures and workshops, cultural festivals, and family and school programs. Its mission is to "preserve and interpret the cultural and horticultural heritage of Flushing, Queens and adjacent communities to engage their ever-changing populations, through the experience of an immigrant family’s 1890s home." Voelker Orth Museum is home to the world-famous "Oktoberfest: Flushing Style," a fusion of the old and the new with loads of sauerkraut, kimchee, Bratwürste, and top-notch ale. This local festival offers an outdoor grill, German-American cuisine served along-side a sampling of Korean-American dishes -- uniting two culinary traditions that feature humble pickled cabbage.
This place is lovely. Staff is very knowledgeable and respectful. I uploaded pictures of our visit only to have them scattered through out and mixed in with the existing pictures. Google should organize the pics. If I could remove my pics I would.
Voelker Orth Museum is a US Museum based in Queens, New York. Voelker Orth Museum is located at 14919 38th Ave, Flushing, NY 11354, USA.
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