Alice Austen House Museum

Rosebank, Staten Island

Credit: Courtesy of Floto + Warner

Enjoy a guided tour of Clear Comfort, a charming waterfront Victorian Gothic cottage that serves as the Alice Austen House museum. Located in a lovely park on the shore of Staten Island near the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge with sweeping views of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan, the museum is dedicated to the life and work of trailblazing lesbian photographer Alice Austen.  The Alice Austen House staff offers house tours with a lens focused on LGBTQ+ and Women’s History. Visitors will also be able to view “Jean Weisinger: Progress Towards Freedom and Love.”  One of the first retrospectives of seminal photographer Jean Weisinger a California-based photographer with a deep-rooted passion for capturing the essence of people.  Tours are offered hourly, first-come, first-served (max 15), or explore on your own throughout the museum’s open hours.

Enjoy a guided tour of Clear Comfort, a charming waterfront Victorian Gothic cottage that serves as the Alice Austen House museum. Located in a lovely park on the shore of Staten Island near the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge with sweeping views of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan, the museum is dedicated to the life and work of trailblazing lesbian photographer Alice Austen. 

The Alice Austen House staff offers house tours with a lens focused on LGBTQ+ and Women’s History. Visitors will also be able to view “Jean Weisinger: Progress Towards Freedom and Love.”  One of the first retrospectives of seminal photographer Jean Weisinger a California-based photographer with a deep-rooted passion for capturing the essence of people. 

Tours are offered hourly, first-come, first-served (max 15), or explore on your own throughout the museum’s open hours.

1690

2 Hylan Blvd
Staten Island, NY 10305