Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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This wooden building is the only surviving Dutch farmhouse in the city.
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Neighborhood: Upper Manhattan (Uptown)
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- Inwood – 207th St • 4 min walk
- Dyckman St • 6 min walk
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Evan I
Brooklyn, NY503 contributions
Feb 2013 • Couples
This Dutch farmhouse is a jewel in New York City history. The farmhouse was originally built in 1784 and reflect that period. There are at least seven rooms that are well worth the visit especially the main parlor, kitchen (cellar level), two bedrooms, and the museum artifact room. Be prepared to walk stairs and keep low as the ceilings are low in certain spots. The staff is well prepared to answer your questions and my only negative criticism is that admission is $1. per person which is too little considering what the upkeep of this farmhouse is. They do accept additional donations if you feel inclined as I did. Dyckman Farmhouse is open Friday-Sunday 11am-5pm currently. In the warmer weather add additional time to stop and sit in the spacious garden out back.
Written February 26, 2013
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AEP77
Forest Hills, NY426 contributions
Jul 2018 • Couples
This charming farmhouse museum is a surprising delight in the bustling and now very Latino neighborhood of Inwood in northern Manhattan. While I live in Queens, I wanted to visit the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum because I used to live in the neighborhood, but it was not open during my residency there; and I also recently read The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto about the original Dutch colony on Manhattan. Plaques at the museum are very informative. The gardens are very pretty, if a little overgrown, and cool, as there are many trees. Staff are helpful but not intrusive. They seem to offer lots of different programming too: children's groups on weekend mornings and concerts on the back lawn in the summer... It is not a big museum and only requires about 30 minutes to an hour to explore the whole place. Also, beware the low ceilings and uneven floors! Dyckman Farmhouse Museum doesn't seem to be ADA accessible. I would recommend making a day of your visit to Inwood and combining the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum with a trip to Fort Tryon Park and The Cloisters. There are a lot of new cafes and bars that popped up since I left the neighborhood and it would be fun to stop at one for a bite to eat and a drink...
Written July 8, 2018
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arissalovesart
192 contributions
May 2018 • Solo
Seeing the Dutch Farmhouse (one of the oldest structures in the city) on the hill in Inwood is super cool. It looks so out of place and yet it makes you think about how different the city used to be. The home is small but informative. I took a self guided tour although the lady working there was helpful and offered to answer any questions I may have. The main floor, part of the upstairs, and basement (winter kitchen) are open to the public. The little garden outside is very charming, I would definitely go back and participate in one of their events.
Written May 9, 2018
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Jo R
Elwood99 contributions
Apr 2018 • Couples
I love history, so I had to see this hidden part of NYC. It is very far up in northern Manhattan, but by subway was easy to get there. There is a lot to see, but again I am glad I went.
Written May 1, 2018
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Justin W
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ5,997 contributions
Aug 2017 • Solo
The Dyckman Farmhouse Museum is probably one of the oldest buildings in NYC and one of its most historical sites on the island. The house admittedly is not kept up the way it should and is small but when you look on how old it is and its use, it is interesting to see how well its kept up.
Really look around the house and yard and you will see the role it played in Manhattan's agricultural past. It is interesting that it sits in the same spot it has and the city has grown around it. It looks over the neighborhood like it has for the last two hundred years. It just shows how the past is still part of this ever changing neighborhood.
While you are there, walk around Inwood Park and see the Cloisters in Fort Trion Park and eat at one of the Dominican restaurants that in a few years will no longer be there with the current gentrification of the neighborhood. There is a treasure trove of historical places to visit in Inwood.
Really look around the house and yard and you will see the role it played in Manhattan's agricultural past. It is interesting that it sits in the same spot it has and the city has grown around it. It looks over the neighborhood like it has for the last two hundred years. It just shows how the past is still part of this ever changing neighborhood.
While you are there, walk around Inwood Park and see the Cloisters in Fort Trion Park and eat at one of the Dominican restaurants that in a few years will no longer be there with the current gentrification of the neighborhood. There is a treasure trove of historical places to visit in Inwood.
Written August 6, 2017
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bsandrs
Portsmouth, UK22,659 contributions
Nov 2015 • Couples
Having travelled up the A Line to visit The Cloisters, we were checking on TripAdvisor for other nearby attractions and discovered the Dyckman. The museum provides a fascinating look backwards to an earlier, and simpler, era. Well presented, with a wealth of detail and reminders of a life style now gone. After a visit to The Cloisters, and walk down the Main Street with excellent options for lunch, the Dyckman provided a good balance for a day at the top end of the A Line, the final station at 207th is nearby. Recommended.
Written November 15, 2015
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asb55
Brooksville, Florida, Usa24 contributions
Sep 2014 • Solo
When I spotted the Dyckman farmhouse in the National Register of Historic places I just had to make the long trip from E 24th street to 207th St, the location of the farmhouse. A building that traces it's origins to a Dutchman who came to the Americas in 1660. The farmhouse was built later in the 1700's by his descendants who owned 250 acres of Manhattan at one time. I have no idea if any of that prime real estate is in the possession of current descendants...but what a legacy!
It was very cool to be in that old farmhouse which has been restored to it's original plan. Just surreal to stand on the farmhouse steps and watch the buses and cars on the street...over a hundred years ago there were horses and carriages on the very same street.
Some of the exhibits I found interesting were Delft tiles dating back to the era.The family kitchen in the basement and the small bedrooms were also interesting.
The farmhouse is very well connected by subway as the whole round trip was under $6. The place is only open weekends...check their website. The farmhouse is a shorter walk if you get off at the 207th st station instead of the Dyckman st station. There is food and coffee closeby.
It was very cool to be in that old farmhouse which has been restored to it's original plan. Just surreal to stand on the farmhouse steps and watch the buses and cars on the street...over a hundred years ago there were horses and carriages on the very same street.
Some of the exhibits I found interesting were Delft tiles dating back to the era.The family kitchen in the basement and the small bedrooms were also interesting.
The farmhouse is very well connected by subway as the whole round trip was under $6. The place is only open weekends...check their website. The farmhouse is a shorter walk if you get off at the 207th st station instead of the Dyckman st station. There is food and coffee closeby.
Written September 7, 2014
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Dave S
Hebron, lsrael169 contributions
Aug 2013 • Solo
The Dyckman Farmhouse is the last remaining 18th century farmhouse in Manhattan. It's located in Inwood, Manhattan's northernmost neighborhood. The house is lovingly preserved, & shows what much of Manhattan once was like. It is a long subway ride, or an even longer bus ride, from anywhere in Manhattan, but very worthwhile. (Best of all is to walk everywhere in Manhattan, even here!) The entry fee is next to nothing.
Written December 27, 2013
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Dead_Skyline
Montville, CT47 contributions
Jun 2013 • Couples
I stumbled across this museum on my way to the nearby park, and was surprised such a place even existed. It is a well-preserved farmhouse from the eighteenth century, with wide floorbeams and a garden and well out back. The maps on display in the front room tell the story of a now-vanished rural Manhattan, and the genealogical display introduces you to the families who owned the house. You can even visit the basement and see the bedrock on which the house is built. It gave me a feeling of peace to be transported back to this quieter time. A unique feature of the museum is that the upstairs is decorated and furnished not as we now envision an eighteenth-century farmhouse with our current breadth of knowledge, but as the museum's founders envisioned it at the turn of the twentieth century: an unrealistically pampered, genteel, even Victorian idealization of the time period. This interesting curatorial choice is very rare to see, and lends a historiological meta-museum aspect to your visit that you may not get anywhere else.
Written August 24, 2013
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Justin W
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ5,997 contributions
Dec 2019
I have been to the Dyckman Farmhouse many times on self-guided tours and it is a very interesting place. The house has been in the same position since the post Revolutionary War and to survive all this time is fascinating. It is interesting to walk around in the warmer months when everything is in bloom.
The inside had a few decorations for the holidays but not much. The Dutch were not like the Victorians who overdid everything. There was holly and garland all over the house and descriptions of what the house was like when it was lived in by the family.
Make sure to visit all three floors and take a trip to the Winter kitchen in the basement to see how they cooked. Watch your head if you are tall and take your time to walk through all the nicks and crannies of the house.
The house has an interesting part and you should take the time to explore it.
The inside had a few decorations for the holidays but not much. The Dutch were not like the Victorians who overdid everything. There was holly and garland all over the house and descriptions of what the house was like when it was lived in by the family.
Make sure to visit all three floors and take a trip to the Winter kitchen in the basement to see how they cooked. Watch your head if you are tall and take your time to walk through all the nicks and crannies of the house.
The house has an interesting part and you should take the time to explore it.
Written December 28, 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
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