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The first Museum Challenge for the Town of Huntington was a historic treasure hunt, in which visitors could purchase the map, shown above, for $5.    They could then follow the map to see eight different historic buildings, and each participant, completing the hunt, received a free family membership in each of the historical preservation organizations which owned the buildings.  The photo at the left shows Marie Failey, at the Huntington Historical Society's Conklin Farmhouse Museum, placing the eighth stamp on the map for Brooke Preslano and Maurine Failey.

The David Conklin Farmhouse (#3), shown on the right was acquired by the Huntington Historical Society in 1911, and became one of the first museums on Long Island.
In the Challenge, participants learned that George Washington used a chair now located in one of the Conklin House bedrooms.

At the Kissam House (#5), located at 434 Park Avenue in Huntington, participants toured the house and saw the newly restored mid-ninetieth century kitchen and outside bake oven

The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial building (#4), a memorial to Huntingtonians who died in the Civil war and the first Huntington Library, at 228 Mail Street in Huntington, served as the Challenge coordination site.  It houses a display of military memorabilia. 

At the Whaling Museum (#2), on Main Street in Cold Spring Harbor, participants in the Challenge saw a nineteenth century whaleboat and an extensive collection of scrimshaw.

The Suydam House (#7), located on Fort Salonga Road in Centerport, is owned by the Centerport-Greenlawn  Historical Society.  The house has been restored to its 1720 appearance.

The Henry Lloyd Manor House (#1), at 41 Lloyd Lane, Lloyd Harbor, was the birthplace of Jupiter Hammon, the first African American poet published in America.

The Northport Historical Society Museum (#8), at 254 Main Street in Northport was built in 1914 as a Carnegie Library.  The recently refurbished exhibit space features displays on the history of the Northport area.

The John Gardiner Farmhouse and Barn (#6), located at 900 Park Avenue in Greenlawn, is owned by the Centerport-Greenlawn Historical Society.  This is the newest museum property to be opened to the public.