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THE GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The Greater Astoria Historical Society, chartered in 1985, is a non-profit cultural and community oriented organization dedicated to preserving the past and promoting Long Island City's future. The Society hosts field trips, walking tours, slide presentations, and guest lectures to schools and the public.

Regular meetings are usually held the first Monday of the month at 7:00 PM in Quinn's Gallery, 35-20 Broadway, Long Island City. Contact the Society for more information and for other events.

Our Creed:
History is the most powerful tool that a society processes. It tells us why the things we value are the things we should value, and it tells us the things that should be ignored. That is true power, a profound power -- the power to define a whole society.

Our Mission Statement:
The purposes for which this society has been organized are as follows:

1. To discover, procure, and preserve whatever may relate to the natural, civil, literary, and ecclesiatical history of the United States and the State of New York, in general, and to the Greater Astoria area in particular, and to establish and maintain collections in art and archaeology; and

   
   
   

2. To display, present, and exhibit historical data and structures as well as artifacts of personal property for public exhibition and to conduct tours, etc. for public information and educational purposes to people of all ages, but primarily for esthetic or informative values and purposes; and

   
   
   

3. To accept,hold, administer/ and collect funds and property, both real and personal, to be used for the foregoing purposes and to apply all of the earnings and assets of the society to the purposes above described, and to take all steps necessary to implement the purposes of the society, and to mortgage, purchase, rent or lease real or personal property; and/or any equipment necessary to carry out the society's purposes.