King Manor Museum on Jamaica Avenue has a full Saturday planned for November 7. The museum is hosting the Queens Fiber Arts Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the same afternoon it closes three exhibitions that have been on view since September, two of them with closing receptions.

King Manor, in Rufus King Park, was home to three generations of the King family, from Rufus King to his granddaughter Cornelia, who lived on the property for 91 years. The house has been open to the public since 1900. It is owned by the City of New York and run by the King Manor Association of Long Island.

The Queens Fiber Arts Festival

The festival runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on November 7. Fiber work has been a thread through the museum's fall programming: in October it hosted a weaving session with the artist Sari Nordman. The museum's events page and its Eventbrite page carry the latest details on the festival.

Three exhibitions close the same day

Bangladesh Not "Bhaangadesh." A free exhibition of printed artworks by Bangladeshi artists, handcrafted tools and related media, curated by Arufa Hossain, a Bangladeshi native who lives in Jamaica, Queens. The museum describes it as a space to learn, reflect, discuss and heal, mixing personal stories with wider community perspectives. Its closing reception is from noon to 4 p.m. on November 7.

The Bicentennial Revisited: The Spirit of '76? This show looks at how Americans pictured the country's founding during the 1976 bicentennial, through the things people bought and made that year: printed fabrics, commemorative plates, beer cans, magazines, school yearbooks, underground prints and protest posters. It is on view through 4 p.m. on November 7.

Talisman for the Perfect Stranger. Fifteen talismans made by twelve local residents during a community workshop at King Manor that drew on Korean talisman traditions. Each maker put a personal intention into a piece meant for someone they will never meet, a wish for protection, safe passage or good fortune. The closing reception is at 2 p.m. in the museum's Parlor.

The talismans are being sold by silent auction through November 7, and all of the proceeds go to a local organization that helps migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in New York City. Bids are placed by emailing artofcraftcollective@gmail.com.

Before that: Halloween at the museum

On Saturday, October 31, from noon to 4 p.m., King Manor holds Boo-seum, its Halloween family afternoon at the house.

Plan around the winter break

The museum is open Thursday through Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. It is closed on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, and from Thanksgiving, November 26, through November 30. Its annual winter reset closes the house from December 13 until February 2, 2027, so the weeks after the November 7 closings are the last stretch to visit this year.

How to go

King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, Queens, inside Rufus King Park. The nearest subway stop is Jamaica Center-York College on the E, J and Z lines. The museum's phone number is 718-206-0545 and its email is contact@kingmanor.org.

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