Our popular virtual series Taproom Tastings is back for its fifth season!

Join co-hosts KTM&HC Chief Curator Catherine Prescott and Hendrick I. Lott House Executive Director Mary Tsaltas-Ottomanelli each month for a lively discussion of historic trends in food, drink, and culture. 

In November, Catherine and Mary will discuss kitchen tools. From improvements to the basic knife to adapting to new technologies like electricity, cooks have invented a wide array of tools to help them in the kitchen. From multi-purpose tools that can do every job to the one-hit wonder, join Catherine and Mary as they discover some of the innovative—and sometimes strange—tools found in kitchens throughout the ages.

Registration for Taproom Tastings is free, with a suggested donation of $10/person. Register for individual events or for the entire series.

Join us for our monthly clean-up at the Hendrick I. Lott House on Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 10am!

Volunteers are needed for general cleanup, raking, and weeding of the historic grounds and street trees. Walk-ons are welcomed, and groups too! Service credit is available. Wear comfortable clothing that you don't mind getting dirty and closed shoes. Dress for the weather.

Learn more and sign up for our monthly clean ups here.

Join us for a delightful afternoon of creativity and togetherness at our Wreath-Making Workshop! Participants will be guided by wild forager Aly Stoffo, the Glam Gardener NYC, to learn about the many plants on the Lott House lawn that are perfect for crafting their seasonal wreaths. After foraging, Aly will lead everyone through the art of making a wreath from scratch using wild plants, dried flowers, and natural materials.

This workshop is for everyone. No prior crafting experience is necessary—just a willingness to have fun! Attendees will be provided with all the materials to craft a wreath and take one home as part of this workshop.

Tickets are $12. Registration is required.

Join us for a virtual walk through the historic Lott House, one of the oldest buildings in Brooklyn, temporarily closed to the public for restoration!

Tour Highlights:

• Peek inside the ‘closet within a closet’ in the attic - the Lott House served as a stop on the Underground Railroad, and family oral history speaks about a room at the top of the stairs that hid freedom seekers on their journey

• View objects from the home's collection, including farm tools used by the Lott family from the 18th and 19th centuries, newly acquired pieces from Lott family descendants

• Get an up-close look at the architectural and design elements from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries

• Hear expert insights from Alyssa Loorya, President of the Hendrick I. Lott House Preservation Association, and Mary Tsaltas-Ottomanelli, Executive Director of the Hendrick I. Lott House

Please note: this virtual tour is free for all Untapped Cities members at the Fan tier or higher

Join us at the Lott House for a SPOOK-tacular Halloween! We’ll be handing out candy from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., and there will be a costume contest and a chance to take some spooky pictures on the lawn! More details to come!

Please note the interior of the house is not accessible to the public.

Join us at the Lott House for the Marine Park Community Association’s 38th annual Fall Festival on Saturday, October 19, 2024 from 12:00pm to 3:00pm.

Join us at the Lott House for a children’s program about foraging in our backyard with Aly Stoffo, the Glam Gardener NYC! Aly will guide the children around the ¾ acres of the Lott House to learn about the many wild edible plants that grow right in our backyard! After foraging, the group will dive into a wildcrafting activity and make their own fall-inspired broom wreath with the plants they harvested!

This is a free event and requires registration. As a gentle reminder, this workshop is intended exclusively for children, and adults' participation is limited to chaperoning roles only. Please only register for the amount of children participating in this workshop.

This event is supported by public funds from the NYS Office of Family Services in partnership with Assemblymember Jamie Williams.

ABOUT ALY FROM GLAM GARDENER NYC:

Aly Stoffo is a wild-foods forager, outdoor and sustainability educator, herbal product maker, and owner of Glam Gardener NYC: a business offering healing herbal products, art, and eco-education.

She’s taught thousands of kids and adults through Glam Gardener NYC about foraging, the outdoors, and wildcrafting.

Aly has been a lover of nature for a lifetime! Growing up and residing in Staten Island, NYC, she brings outdoor education to the city, showing folks that we can rejoice in the outdoors no matter how urban our environment is.

Aly has a background and education in Sustainability Solutions from Arizona State University. She can identify over 200 regional wild-growing edible and medicinal plants. Glam Gardener NYC is an outdoor education partner for the NYC Department of  Transportation and a variety of museums and nonprofits across NYC.

You can learn more about Aly, the wild foods forager behind Glam Gardener NYC, in her New York Times feature “How An Urban Forager Spends Her Sundays” and explore the Glam Gardener NYC website.

Join us for our monthly clean-up at the Hendrick I. Lott House on Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 10am!

Volunteers are needed for general cleanup, raking, and weeding of the historic grounds and street trees. Walk-ons are welcomed, and groups too! Service credit is available. Wear comfortable clothing that you don't mind getting dirty and closed shoes. Dress for the weather.

Learn more and sign up for our monthly clean ups here.

Join us for a children’s tea party at the Lott House! This hands-on workshop promises an exciting journey into the world of wild plants and herbal tea crafting. Guided by Aly Stoffo, the Glam Gardener NYC, children will explore the art of herbal tea crafting, learning how to create, brew, and enjoy their personalized herbal infusions. After we forage for wild plants and learn about some of their uses, children will be guided through the process of making individualized tea blends with wild plants and common herbal plants like chamomile, hibiscus, and mint. As a group, we will craft a wild pesto with plants that we harvest, and attendees will finish the workshop by enjoying a personalized cup of wild tea and a bite of wild pesto!

This is a free event, but registration is required. As a gentle reminder, this workshop is intended exclusively for children, and adults' participation is limited to chaperoning roles only. Please register for the number of children participating in this workshop.

This event is supported by public funds from the NYS Office of Family Services in partnership with Assemblymember Jamie Williams.

ABOUT ALY FROM GLAM GARDENER NYC:

Aly Stoffo is a wild-foods forager, outdoor and sustainability educator, herbal product maker, and owner of Glam Gardener NYC: a business offering healing herbal products, art, and eco-education.

She’s taught thousands of kids and adults through Glam Gardener NYC about foraging, the outdoors, and wildcrafting.

Aly has been a lover of nature for a lifetime! Growing up and residing in Staten Island, NYC, she brings outdoor education to the city, showing folks that we can rejoice in the outdoors no matter how urban our environment is.

Aly has a background and education in Sustainability Solutions from Arizona State University. She can identify over 200 regional wild-growing edible and medicinal plants. Glam Gardener NYC is an outdoor education partner for the NYC Department of  Transportation and a variety of museums and nonprofits across NYC.

You can learn more about Aly, the wild foods forager behind Glam Gardener NYC, in her New York Times feature “How An Urban Forager Spends Her Sundays” and explore the Glam Gardener NYC website.

Join Historic House Trust to explore four historic sites across Brooklyn with Dutch roots. Travel by shuttle to four historic sites, enjoying crafts, activities, and delicious treats along the way. Learn about the lives of the people that lived and worked in these places including the Lenape, Dutch settlers, and enslaved Africans.

Shuttles will be operating on a rotating schedule from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, stopping at the participating sites below. You can choose your own adventure, hopping off the shuttle to explore and grab a bite, and hopping back on to check out another site and neighborhood.

1 | Old Stone House & Washington Park | 1699 & 1934 | Park Slope

2 | Lefferts Historic House | 1783 | Flatbush

3 | Wyckoff House Museum | 1652 | East Flatbush

4 | Hendrick I. Lott House | 1720 | Marine Park

Join us at the Hendrick I. Lott House Museum for a children's program about foraging in our backyard with Aly Stoffo, AKA the Glam Gardener, wild food forager and owner of Glam Gardener NYC! Aly will guide the children around the 3/4 acres at the Lott House to learn about 5+ wild edible plants that grow in Brooklyn!

After foraging wild plants and learning about their uses, the children will get into a wildcrafting activity to learn how to make something with our harvested plants. For this wildcrafting activity, we'll be crafting natural salves that can be used as lip balms, healing lotions, and natural bug repellent!

Aly will guide the children through the process of making a natural salve with wild plants, essential oils, local beeswax, and natural oils. All attendees will leave with one personal salve they customize at the workshop and then take it home.

Please note this workshop involves using a camping stove to craft salves, so a chaperone must always accompany their children.

This is a free event and requires registration. As a gentle reminder, this workshop is intended exclusively for children, and adults' participation is limited to chaperoning roles only. Please only register for the amount of children participating in this workshop.

This event is supported by public funds from the NYS Office of Family Services in partnership with Assemblymember Jamie Williams.

ABOUT ALY FROM GLAM GARDENER NYC:

Aly Stoffo is a wild-foods forager, outdoor and sustainability educator, herbal product maker, and owner of Glam Gardener NYC: a business offering healing herbal products, art, and eco-education.

She’s taught thousands of kids and adults through Glam Gardener NYC about foraging, the outdoors, and wildcrafting.

Aly has been a lover of nature for a lifetime! Growing up and residing in Staten Island, NYC, she brings outdoor education to the city, showing folks that we can rejoice in the outdoors no matter how urban our environment is.

Aly has a background and education in Sustainability Solutions from Arizona State University. She can identify over 200 regional wild-growing edible and medicinal plants. Glam Gardener NYC is an outdoor education partner for the NYC Department of  Transportation and a variety of museums and nonprofits across NYC.

You can learn more about Aly, the wild foods forager behind Glam Gardener NYC, in her New York Times feature “How An Urban Forager Spends Her Sundays” and explore the Glam Gardener NYC website.

Join us for our monthly clean-up at the Hendrick I. Lott House on Sunday, August 11, 2024 at 10am!

Volunteers are needed for general cleanup, raking, and weeding of the historic grounds and street trees. Walk-ons are welcomed, and groups too! Service credit is available. Wear comfortable clothing that you don't mind getting dirty and closed shoes. Dress for the weather.

Learn more and sign up for our monthly clean ups here.

July is National Ice Cream month! Celebrate America’s favorite dessert with an interactive ice cream workshop the Hendrick I. Lott House Museum!

Celebrate National Ice Cream Month at the Lott House for a make-your-own ice cream event on the lawn! This immersive, family-friendly event will include:

🍨 Museum educator, Megan Lynch, guiding guests through a DIY ice-cream-making workshop, inspired by a Lott family recipe!

🍦 Marine Park’s own We Got the Scoop, handig out contemporary favorites!

📜 Samples of the actual Lott Family ice cream recipe for tasting!

🧁 History & trivia facts sprinkled throughout the program!

🎯 Play lawn games and trivia!

🧺 Bring a picnic blanket to relax and enjoy ice cream on the lawn!

THIS IS A FREE EVENT; REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED:

• Ice Cream Workshops will occur in 30 minute intervals

• To ensure enough ingredients for all, please register the for the total number of children who will be making ice cream

• A non dairy DIY products are available upon request

This event is supported by public funds from the NYS Office of Family Services in partnership with Assembly member Jamie Williams.

Join us for our monthly clean-up at the Hendrick I. Lott House on Sunday, July 14, 2024 at 10am!

Volunteers are needed for general cleanup, raking, and weeding of the historic grounds and street trees. Walk-ons are welcomed, and groups too! Service credit is available. Wear comfortable clothing that you don't mind getting dirty and closed shoes. Dress for the weather.

Learn more and sign up for our monthly clean ups here.

Join us on the lawn to celebrate Flag Day! Walk the grounds, donate a flag, learn more about the Lott House, and take home a Design Your Own Flag activity!

The interior of the house is not open to the public.

Join us for our monthly clean-up at the Hendrick I. Lott House on June 1, 2024 at 10am!

Volunteers are needed for general cleanup, raking, and weeding of the historic grounds and street trees. Walk-ons are welcomed, and groups too! Service credit is available. Wear comfortable clothing that you don't mind getting dirty and closed shoes. Dress for the weather.

Join KTM&HC Chief Curator Catherine Prescott and Hendrick I. Lott House Board Member Mary Tsaltas-Ottomanelli as they investigate historic food and drink cultures. Their relaxed, conversational style is an engaging way to get unique and entertaining insights into our culinary histories and learn how food and drink have long been central to building and maintaining community and cultural identity.

Episode 6, Season 4: Catherine and Mary discuss food innovation.

Taproom Tastings programs are free for all, with a suggested donation of $10/program.

Join us for the opening of Pathways and Shadows by Diana Naccarato

at the Hendrick I. Lott House on Saturday, May 4, 2024!

Artist Diana Naccarato’s pieces are influenced by long walks in the coastal areas of Sardinia, Italy, the coastline of southern Brooklyn, and the salt marshes of Marine Park, Brooklyn. As she walks through the coastal areas, she pulls from the movement within the nature around her, like the reeds swaying or the waves crashing, returning to her studio to create abstractions from those sketches and photographs.

Join us for an artist talk with Diana about her work. You'll also get a chance to walk around the Lott House lawn and take a closer look at the artwork. 

This event is free to the public, and registration is required. This event is for 18+ adults.

Click Here to read the press release.

Please note the interior of the Lott House will not be accessible to the public.

This event is made possible through funding from NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, City Councilmember Mercedes Narcisse, and NYS Assemblyperson Jamie Williams. This even is sponsored in part by Millennium Development.

Join KTM&HC Chief Curator Catherine Prescott and Hendrick I. Lott House Board Member Mary Tsaltas-Ottomanelli as they investigate historic food and drink cultures. Their relaxed, conversational style is an engaging way to get unique and entertaining insights into our culinary histories and learn how food and drink have long been central to building and maintaining community and cultural identity.

Episode 5, Season 4: Catherine and Mary discuss the history of gin.

Taproom Tastings programs are free for all, with a suggested donation of $10/program.

Join KTM&HC Chief Curator Catherine Prescott and Hendrick I. Lott House Board Member Mary Tsaltas-Ottomanelli as they investigate historic food and drink cultures. Their relaxed, conversational style is an engaging way to get unique and entertaining insights into our culinary histories and learn how food and drink have long been central to building and maintaining community and cultural identity.

Episode 4, Season 4: Catherine and Mary discuss the history of restaurants.

Taproom Tastings programs are free for all, with a suggested donation of $10/program.

Join KTM&HC Chief Curator Catherine Prescott and Hendrick I. Lott House Board Member Mary Tsaltas-Ottomanelli as they investigate historic food and drink cultures. Their relaxed, conversational style is an engaging way to get unique and entertaining insights into our culinary histories and learn how food and drink have long been central to building and maintaining community and cultural identity.

Episode 3, Season 4: Catherine and Mary discuss the history of dairy.

Taproom Tastings programs are free for all, with a suggested donation of $10/program.

Join KTM&HC Chief Curator Catherine Prescott and Hendrick I. Lott House Board Member Mary Tsaltas-Ottomanelli as they investigate historic food and drink cultures. Their relaxed, conversational style is an engaging way to get unique and entertaining insights into our culinary histories and learn how food and drink have long been central to building and maintaining community and cultural identity.

Episode 2, Season 4: Catherine and Mary discuss immigrant foodways in New York City and Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Taproom Tastings programs are free for all, with a suggested donation of $10/program.

Join us at the Lott House for our annual Tree Lighting and visit from Sinterklaas! This festive event marks the beginning of the holiday season and is an excellent opportunity to gather with friends and family. Enjoy delicious cookies and warm hot cocoa as you welcome Sinterklaas to Marine Park. Don't miss the chance to meet and greet some of the horses from the NYC Mount Auxiliary Unity, who will join us for this special occasion. Together, let's make this holiday season truly memorable!

This event is sponsored in part by Millennium Development. Thank you to Marine Park Civic Association. Thank you to Carlo Gambino for donating the holiday tree.

Join Hendrick I. Lott House Board member, Mary Tsaltas-Ottomanelli, and Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center Chief Curator, Catherine Prescott for a new season of Taproom Tastings, where they investigate historic food and drink cultures. Their relaxed, conversational style is an engaging way to get unique and entertaining insights into our culinary histories and learn how food and drink have long been central to building and maintaining community and cultural identity.

This month they’ll dive into the complex history of spices. This event is free for all.

Looking to take your family photos? Join us at the Lott House for Mini-Sessions with Adriana Feria Photography on Saturday, November 11, 2023. Each mini-session will last for 30 minutes and includes 20-30 photos.

This event is sold out

Looking to take your family photos? Join us at the Lott House for Mini-Sessions with Adriana Feria Photography on Sunday, November 5, 2023. Each mini-session will last for 30 minutes and includes 20-30 photos.

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.

Make sure you stop by the Lott House this Halloween for some trick-or-treat candy and goodies! We’ll be passing out candy beginning at 5 pm.