Town of Babylon History Museum at Old Town Hall

Exhibits related to Town of Babylon history are displayed on three floors of the Town of Babylon History Museum at Old Town Hall. Included in the exhibit are the jail cells of the former Babylon Police Department, the old Town Courtroom and an exhibit room with an interactive multimedia table.

Old Town Hall, opened in 1918, was the first Town Hall constructed by the Town of Babylon, and it served as its seat of government for 40 years. A National Register of Historic Places listing was added to the building in 2005. A decade after undergoing extensive restoration, Babylon's Old Town Hall was rededicated on June 11, 2010, as the Town of Babylon History Museum at Old Town Hall.

At a ribbon-cutting ceremony and museum unveiling on June 11, 2010, Sen. Owen H. Johnson joined Babylon Village Mayor Ralph Scordino and Babylon Town Supervisor Steve Bellone, among many others, for the official opening of the Town of Babylon History Museum at the newly restored Old Town Hall. 

New exhibits will feature the city of Babylon's brand new Town of Babylon History Museum at Old Town Hall, the town's first museum, and its exhibits will celebrate the 100th and 175th anniversary of the electric trolleys and Long Island Rail Road respectively.  There is an interactive media table with hundreds of historic photos and oral history videos as well as old jail cells from the old Town of Babylon Police Department in the Museum.  You are invited to join all museum tours free of charge.  

Town of Babylon was founded on August 18, 1872. All business was conducted at Babylon Town Board meetings, held in hotels on a regular basis and occasionally at the homes of members of the Town Board. In a rented office in his community, the town clerk handled mail and kept records.

Most of the town's population in those days resided in Amityville, Babylon, and Breslau (now Lindenhurst), but has since spread to the surrounding areas. The homesteads were primarily isolated from the town and comprised a sparse population. It provided the administration of civic duties, including the positions of supervisor, councilman, town clerk, tax assessor, highway supervisor, constables and judges. Most local officials use their homes as their offices.

It was Babylon's first town hall when it was opened in 1918, and it was used for 40 years as the town's seat of government.

A National Register of Historic Places listing was added to the building in 2005.


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