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WWII & NYC
Oct 5 2012May 27 2013Start and end dates: Fri, 10/05/2012 - Mon, 05/27/2013Irving Boyer, Prospect Park, ca. 1942–1944. Oil on academy board. The New-York Historical Society, Gift of Selwyn L. Boyer,...
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Swing Time: Reginald Marsh and Thirties New York
Jun 21 2013Sep 1 2013Start and end dates: Fri, 06/21/2013 - Sun, 09/01/2013Reginald Marsh (1898-1954), Twenty Cent Movie, 1936. Egg tempera on composition board, 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm). Whitney...
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Nature and the American Vision: The Hudson River School
Sep 21 2012Feb 20 2013Start and end dates: Fri, 09/21/2012 - Wed, 02/20/2013Thomas Cole (1801–1848), Catskill Creek, NY, 1845. Oil on canvas. New-York Historical Society, The Robert L. Stuart...
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Beauties of the Gilded Age: Peter Marié's Miniatures of Society Women
Nov 11 2011Sep 9 2012Start and end dates: Fri, 11/11/2011 - Sun, 09/09/2012Fernand Paillet (1850-1918), Lina de Trobriand Post (1867-1951), 1890. Watercolor on ivory. New-York Historical Society, Gift...
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Beer Here: Brewing New York's History
May 25 2012Sep 2 2012Start and end dates: Fri, 05/25/2012 - Sun, 09/02/2012Bar tray, 1900–1930. The New-York Historical Society, Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 2002.1.3205In the past three decades, New...
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The Landmarks of New York
Dec 14 2012Feb 18 2013Start and end dates: Fri, 12/14/2012 - Mon, 02/18/2013William Field and Son (firm active late-19th century), New York and Long Island Coignet Stone Company Building, 1872–1873....
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Petropolis: A Social History of Urban Animal Companions
Jul 15 2003Nov 2 2005Start and end dates: Tue, 07/15/2003 - Wed, 11/02/2005Seymour Joseph Guy (1824-1910), Girl and Kitten, ca. 1862. Oil on canvas. New-York Historical Society, The Robert L. Stuart...
View ArticleThe Day Line: Holiday on The Hudson
Jul 1 2005Oct 16 2005Start and end dates: Fri, 07/01/2005 - Sun, 10/16/2005Exhibition interval: Fri, 07/01/2005 - Sun, 10/16/2005
View ArticleRemembering The Forgotten Ones: The Photographs of Milton Rogovin
Jun 17 2003Oct 12 2005Start and end dates: Tue, 06/17/2003 - Wed, 10/12/2005Milton Rogovin (b. 1909) is one of this nation's most accomplished and important social documentary photographers, although...
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Impressions Of New York: Prints From The New-York Historical Society
Nov 4 2004Mar 20 2005Start and end dates: Thu, 11/04/2004 - Sun, 03/20/2005Nathaniel Currier, First Appearance of Jenny Lind in America, 1850. Hand-colored lithograph. New-York Historical...
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Portraits of the City
Nov 11 2011May 28 2013Start and end dates: Fri, 11/11/2011 - Tue, 05/28/2013Victor Perelli (1899-1986), Empire State Building, N.Y.C., 1940. Oil on canvas. Gift of the Federal Works Agency, Works...
View ArticleFrom Abyssinian To Zion: Photographs Of Manhattan's Houses Of Worship By...
Jun 22 2004Oct 24 2004Start and end dates: Tue, 06/22/2004 - Sun, 10/24/2004The exhibition will also highlight images from the Historical Society's own collection, especially the marvelous and...
View ArticleNew York: In The Light Of Memory
Jun 29 2003Aug 23 2004Start and end dates: Sun, 06/29/2003 - Mon, 08/23/2004Exhibition interval: Sun, 06/29/2003 - Mon, 08/23/2004
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George Washington’s New York: Walking Tour of Lower Manhattan
Speaker: Barnet Schecter Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 11:00amSun, November 14th, 2010 | 11:00 amAmong the maps that George Washington owned was British military engineer John Montresor's A Plan of the...
View ArticleN-YHS Institutional Archive
Teaser: The institutional archive includes records relating to the history of the New-York Historical Society from its beginnings in 1804 up until the present day. The materials include minutes,...
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New York on the Cusp: The City When Carnegie Hall Debuted
Speaker: Barry Lewis Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 6:30pmThu, November 10th, 2011 | 6:30 pmEvent detailsWhen Carnegie Hall opened in 1891, New York was still an intensely Victorian commercial city,...
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Homes of Early New York: Birth of an American Style
Speaker: Barry Lewis Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 6:30pmThu, January 26th, 2012 | 6:30 pmEvent detailsNew York and its environs have a surprising collection of houses from the Colonial period through...
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George Washington’s New York: Walking Tour of Lower Manhattan 2
Speaker: Barnet Schecter Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 11:00amSat, October 15th, 2011 | 12:00 pmNote: This event is sold out. Sold out: Tickets available 0 read more
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New-York Historical Society Grand Re-opening Weekend Celebration (Friday)
Celebrate the New-York Historical Society's Grand Reopening with George Washington, Benjamin and Deborah Franklin, the Marquis de Lafayette, the 1st New York Regiment and the 1st Rhode Island...
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Join the Hunt! (Saturday)
Families team up and head out with just a secret map and lots of surprise clues that take them on a trip around the museum!Saturday, November 12, 2011 - 2:00pmSat, November 12th, 2011 | 2:00 pmEvent...
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The Sidewalks of New York
Highlight: Not promoted Date 1859 Related People :James Henry Cafferty Medium Oil on canvas Credit Line New-York Historical Society, Purchase Object Number 1983.39
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The Pop Shop: Education
Sep 18 2012Jan 13 2013Start and end dates: Tue, 09/18/2012 - Sun, 01/13/2013Keith Haring, Fill Your Head with Fun! Start Reading! Poster. 1988. Keith Haring artwork © Keith Haring FoundationThe latest...
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WWII & NYC
Oct 23 2012Oct 23 2012When war broke out in 1939, New York was a cosmopolitan, heavily immigrant city, whose people had real stakes in the global conflict and strongly held opinions about whether or...
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New York Magic with Matt Wayne
Speaker: Matt Wayne Saturday, March 2, 2013 - 7:00pmSat, March 2nd, 2013 | 7:00 pmNote: This event has been cancelled EVENT DETAILSIn a city where architecture seems to defy gravity and buildings...
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Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s Fight Over World War II
Speaker: Lynne Olson Tom Brokaw (moderator) Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 6:30pmThu, March 28th, 2013 | 6:30 pmNote: This event is sold out. EVENT DETAILSAt the center of the debate over American...
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The Civil War Draft Riots Walking Tour
Speaker: Barnet Schecter Saturday, March 23, 2013 - 11:00amSat, March 23rd, 2013 | 11:00 amNote: This event is sold out. EVENT DETAILSJoin historian Barnet Schecter for an in-depth look at the...
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From Amsterdam to New Amsterdam
Speaker: Russell Shorto Monday, October 28, 2013 - 6:30pmMon, October 28th, 2013 | 6:30 pmNote: This program is sold out EVENT DETAILSAlmost 350 years after the short-lived Dutch rule came to an end...
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“I Live. Send Help.” 100 Years of the American Jewish Joint Distribution...
Jun 13 2014Sep 21 2014Start and end dates: Fri, 06/13/2014 - Sun, 09/21/2014Simchat Torah celebration in Romanian synagogue, Bucharest, 1969.Exhibition interval: Fri, 06/13/2014 - Sun, 09/21/2014
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A Brief History of New York: Selections from A History of New York in 101...
Aug 22 2014Nov 30 2014Start and end dates: Fri, 08/22/2014 - Sun, 11/30/2014Tiffany & Co. (founded 1837), Sterling silver controller handle used to operate the first subway train, 1904. New-York...
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The Hirschfeld Century: An Al Hirschfeld Retrospective
May 22 2015Oct 12 2015Start and end dates: Fri, 05/22/2015 - Mon, 10/12/2015Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003), Ringo Starr in The Magic Christian. 1969, ink on board, Collection of the Al Hirschfeld...
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