The two-week-long event was held to defray the cost of rebuilding the course and help raise money for educational programs at the Vanderbilt Museum.

At the Vanderbilt Museum: July 6-July 29: "Hamlet."

One Man's Treasures," the current exhibition at the Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport.

Despite rumors circulating for years that the Vanderbilt Museum is experiencing financial duress, many new additions and renovations are underway.

The Vanderbilt Museum also consists of a main house, a Normandy-style boathouse, a planetarium and gardens.

Arena even has a third stage: 80 seats in the Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport (billed as being "for more experimental work," whatever that means.)

"We have the papers to prove it," Jo Wainer of the Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport said.

He joined Jennifer, Michael and as diverse a crowd as one will see on a weekend night at the Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport.

Jo Wainer of the Vanderbilt Museum was elegant in her beige linen, but then she did have a Vanderbilt to represent.

Eight years ago it took up permanent residence at the Vanderbilt Museum for its two-play season.