The East Hampton Library’s Long Island Collection will present a free talk, titled Ruth Benjamin Finds Her “Home, Sweet Home” on Thursday, June 29, at 5:30 PM. The program will be presented by Andrea Meyer, Head of the East Hampton Library’s Long Island Collection and East Hampton Historian Hugh King, the Historic Site Director in charge of the Home, Sweet Home Museum.
The program will cover the life of Ruth Benjamin (1882-1957), who served as the first director of the Home, Sweet Home Museum, starting immediately after East Hampton Village bought the building in 1927. In the presentation, the Long Island Collection’s Andrea Meyer will discuss Benjamin’s life before her tenure at Home, Sweet Home and historian Hugh King will focus on Benjamin’s life after her stewardship of the museum began. “Ruth’s life story is fascinating, as a military wife who came from “away” she devoted her life to East Hampton Village’s Home, Sweet Home Museum, working as its main tour guide, curator, promoter, fund-raiser, and event planner for 27 years,” said Andrea Meyer.
Register online via EventBrite, by phone at (631) 324-0222 x4 or by email: andrea@easthamptonlibrary.org