King Manor

What King Manor does

King Manor Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit historic house museum located at 150-03 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York, operating since 1900 as the second longest-running historic house museum in New York City. The museum is owned by the City of New York and operated by the King Manor Association of Long Island, Inc., preserving and interpreting the legacy of Rufus King — a framer and signer of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Senator, and antislavery advocate — through tours of his 160-acre former estate and its collection of family artifacts spanning 1800-1896.

The museum generates revenue through fee-based K-12 and adult group tours ($50-$200 per tour), annual fundraising events such as Constitution & Cocktails ($150-$500 ticket tiers), recurring donations via Patreon and Givebutter, site rentals, and core public funding from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. Programmatic offerings include standards-aligned school programs, traveling educator outreach across Queens, family programming (Hands on History, STEAM Break, Touch Object Tuesday), a calendar of rotating exhibitions (recently including 'Jamaica | Jamaica' and 'Bangladesh Not Bhaangadesh'), and an expanding portfolio of online exhibitions and free online learning resources built on platforms such as Genially and PocketLights. Distribution spans in-person visits, booked school programs, traveling community-site delivery, and a self-serve global digital channel.

The organization's go-to-market is community-led, anchored in deep ties to Jamaica, Queens civic and educational institutions (Queens Public Library, Queens Historical Society, NYC City Council District 27, Culture Lab LIC, Queens Chamber of Commerce), and serves K-12 schools, families, adult groups, and diaspora communities. The museum received the GuideStar Platinum Seal from Candid in 2025 as a best-in-class transparency recognition.

Name

King Manor

Legal name

King Manor Association of Long Island, Inc.

Website

https://kingmanor.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1900

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

King Manor Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit historic house museum in Jamaica, Queens, New York, operating since 1900 to preserve and interpret the legacy of Founding Father Rufus King through K-12 school programs, community exhibitions, traveling educator outreach, and online learning resources.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Historic House Museum

NAICS

Museums (71211), Historical Sites (71212)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

History Museums (THAJADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cultural Heritage & Historic District Tours (THAJAAAB), Art Galleries & Exhibition Spaces (Commercial & Nonprofit) (THAJADAH)

Keywords

• Historic house museum
• Museum educational programs
• Cultural heritage tours
• History exhibitions
• Civic education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Kingsville, Texas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. School & Adult Group Programs: Fee-based educational tours for K-12 schools and adult groups, priced tiered by group size (10 participants: $50, 11-15: $90, 16-24: $150, 25+: $200)
2. Annual Fundraiser (Constitution & Cocktails): Annual cocktail party fundraiser with ticket sales ($150 regular, $200 VIP, $500 for table of 6) and sponsorship opportunities supporting educational programming
3. Donations & Memberships: Tax-deductible donations through Givebutter platform, Patreon monthly supporters, and general fundraising
4. Site Rentals: Venue rental for events, celebrations, and gatherings at the historic site

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

King Manor Museum operates the historic house of Founding Father Rufus King as a public museum, offering guided and self-guided tours of the site Tuesday through Saturday. It sells fee-based K-12 school programs, adult group programs, and traveling off-site educational presentations, alongside free public access, rotating exhibitions, online learning resources, site rentals, and an annual Constitution & Cocktails fundraiser.

Product overview

King Manor Museum is a historic house museum operated by the King Manor Association of Long Island, offering in-person and online educational programs centered on the legacy of Founding Father Rufus King. The museum provides a core offering of guided and self-guided tours of the historic home, supplemented by K-12 school programs, adult group programs, and traveling programs that bring education to sites across Queens. Additional offerings include online learning resources with interactive games, virtual exhibitions, and a diverse calendar of events including the annual Constitution & Cocktails fundraiser. The museum also hosts rotating exhibitions such as 'Jamaica | Jamaica' exploring Jamaican diaspora culture, the Bangladesh Not 'Bhaangadesh' exhibition, and 'The Bicentennial Revisited: The Spirit of '76?' exhibition. Programming series include Hands on History (family crafts), STEAM Break (science activities), and Touch Object Tuesday (community outreach).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Historic House Museum Tours Guided and self-guided tours of King Manor, the historic home of Founding Father Rufus King, offered on the hour Tuesday through Saturday from 12pm to 4pm. Free admission for the general public.
• K-12 School Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• Welcomes over 7,000 schoolchildren annually
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Queens Chamber of CommerceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity partner listed on King Manor website footer. Queens Chamber of Commerce represents and supports businesses in Queens, New York.
• Queens Public LibraryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTouch Object Tuesday program held at Queens Public Library locations, bringing museum collections to community.
• Civics SeasonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for National Youth Takeover Day connecting youth with civic engagement programming.
• District 27 Council MemberminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with local council member for street tree care events and community programs.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum: Bronx 19th-century mansion museum operated by a nonprofit with school programs, public events, and site rentals — a strong structural and operational peer within the NYC house-museum category.
• Dyckman Farmhouse Museum: Manhattan Dutch-colonial farmhouse museum with K-12 education programs, community events, and a comparable small-staff nonprofit structure serving a NYC neighborhood.
• Alice Austen House: Staten Island historic house museum with K-12 educational programming, exhibitions, and community events; comparable in scale, nonprofit model, and reliance on NYC public funding.
• Old Stone House: Brooklyn historic-site museum built on the site of a Revolutionary War battle, offering school programs, family events, and community programming in a small-staff nonprofit model closely mirroring King Manor's operations.
• Wyckoff House Museum: Brooklyn's oldest standing structure and a NYC historic house museum offering school programs, agricultural/heritage interpretation, and community programming — the closest citywide analog in mission and operating model to King Manor.
• Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden: Manhattan historic house museum with school programs, adult group tours, and rotating exhibits aimed at families — a direct peer in NYC house-museum programming and pricing.
• Morris-Jumel Mansion: Manhattan's oldest house museum, focused on Revolutionary-era and early American history with school programs and event rentals — directly comparable in subject matter (Founding-era), programming mix, and revenue streams.
• Lefferts Historic House: Brooklyn Prospect Park historic house museum offering school programs and family programming in a NYC park context — a tightly comparable small historic house museum operation.

Broad incumbents

• Fraunces Tavern Museum: Lower Manhattan historic-site museum with Founding-era interpretation, K-12 programming, and event rentals — comparable in subject area but operating at a larger established scale.
• Queens Historical Society: Borough-wide historical preservation and education organization already partnered with King Manor; serves a broader interpretive role across Queens rather than a single historic property.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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