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Vanderbilt Museum, Mansion & Planetarium
An Estate Looking Toward the Bay
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The Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport combines the Eagle’s Nest mansion with museum collections and a planetarium. William K. Vanderbilt II’s former summer home developed from a small cottage into a Spanish Revival mansion overlooking Northport Bay. Architecture provides one thread through the estate; its collections and astronomy programs offer others.
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Check mansion-tour and planetarium options when planning your visit to Centerport.
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An estate can hold several kinds of curiosity. At Centerport’s Vanderbilt Museum, Spanish Revival architecture shares the story with museum collections and a planetarium, beside the waters of Northport Bay.
Would architecture or astronomy shape your visit?
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