The Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
can be found sitting high above the corner of Broadway at 204th Street in Inwood. The Dutch Colonial style farmhouse was built on this site c. 1784. It was home to the Dyckman family for almost a century. It opened as a museum in 1916 and continues to serve the community in a half-acre park. It is an extraordinary reminder of early Manhattan and an important part of its diverse Inwood neighborhood.
OUR MISSION
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, the last farmhouse in Manhattan, is a vital cultural asset in New York City. The mission of DFMA is to support the preservation of the historic site, to be a catalyst for engaging, adventuresome programming and to be a good neighbor and a dynamic resource for the community.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Maria Asteinza | Adele Bartlett | Laura Bedrossian | Juan Brizuela | Juan Camilo | Amy Dyckman | Emily Dyckman | John Mignone | Maria Osorio | Daniel Patterson |Jennifer Vasquez
EX OFFICIO
Giulietta Fiore | Donald Rice | Tricia Shimamura
DIRECTOR EMERITUS
Edwin Burrows
STAFF
Melissa Kiewiet
Executive Director
Megan Good
Collections Specialist
Sophia Hall
Development and Strategic Communications Coordinator
Natalia Mercedes Rodriguez
Digital Content and Programs Coordinator
Ava Ulmer
Education and Community Engagement Coordinator
INDIGENOUS LAND AND TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Dyckman Farmhouse Museum recognizes and acknowledges the land on which the farmhouse stands. Dutch colonists removed the Munsee Lenape people from the unceded land, not far from Fort Tryon Park where tribal groups lived until the late 17th Century. While forcefully removed from their land, indigenous people are active in our community today. We are also on land that enslaved Africans worked against their will for the betterment of local Dutch farmers. We acknowledge that our institution formed by the Dyckman family was founded upon exclusions and erasures of many Indigenous, African descendants, and other peoples. These people built much of this country under brutal conditions without pay or recognition. We name the original stewards of this land as a way to recognize the complete history of our nation, both the harm of colonization and the potential for repair.
We ask you to join us in acknowledging the broader Lenape community, their elders both past and present, as well as future generations.DFMA pledges to begin the process of dismantling the ongoing legacies of colonialism within the museum.DFMA recognizes the privilege that has allowed the Dyckman family to prosper and the colonialist narrative to thrive over the past 238 years. Today, DFMA is committed to fostering further research into these underrepresented narratives, engaging with marginalized groups and incorporating their voices into the comprehensive narrative of Inwood’s history, and bringing the complete history to our community through engaging and dynamic programming.
