William Kissam Vanderbilt II’s Centerport mansion has gotten a colorful exterior face-lift just in time for summertime visitors — and the result is something of which the businessman, sportsman and ...

As the sun beat down, Luana Halili, 33, of North Bellmore, rocked steadily to the calypso beat of the reggae tune drifting through the hilly, open lawns of the Vanderbilt Museum. “It’s a beautiful day ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eagle's Nest at the Vanderbilt Museum.Gabbi Shaw/Business Insider The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum is a must-see for any ...

STEVEN GITTELMAN, author of “Willie K. Vanderbilt II: A Biography,” spent roughly five years researching his subject. A good deal of that was at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport, ...

CENTERPORT, N.Y. -- It's surely the only house on Long Island with a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy reposing in the guest wing and a 238-seat planetarium in the back yard. But rare relics from ancient ...

Their family name is synonymous with Long Island’s Gold Coast and the bygone era of lavish parties, Art Deco and homes fit for royalty. The Gilded Age saw the Vanderbilt family rise to prominence in ...

The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum’s Planetarium has been renamed The Charles and Helen Reichert Planetarium following the philanthropic Fort Salonga couple’s recent $850,000 donation—a move that ...

World Wide Security, a Garden City, N.Y.-based alarm company, was awarded the contract of bringing a decade old security and life-safety system into working order. The property was the summer home, ...