11am and 1pm: 1820s Village Life Tour 1820s Village Life Tour focuses on the early 19th century on Staten Island when the young nation was rapidly expanding and grappling with the American democratic experiment. Discover the role taverns played in local society as a gathering and polling place; learn about the trades industrious Staten Islanders who worked at the Basket Maker's house and the Kruser-Finley House Broom Shop; and explore an 1820s kitchen in the Guyon-Lake-Tysen House, where enslaved and emancipated Africans labored.

12pm and 2pm: Two Centuries Tour The Two Centuries Tour is a survey of Staten Island through time—beginning with an encounter of the Native Encampment, depicting the 1640s contact period; followed by the Voorlezer’s House, interpreting the early colony of Cocclestown; the Christopher House, circa 1720, which witnessed the divided loyalties of Staten Island in the Revolution; and the Guyon Lake Tysen House, which reveals the story of slavery and emancipation in 1820s New York.

This tour covers uneven ground, and includes walking across busy streets, and walking and standing for short periods of time.

Children are welcome, accompanied by an adult. All persons attending, including children, must have a ticket.