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New-York Historical Society

Posted inBooks

How Artists Saw New York City Throughout the 20th Century

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford March 1, 2022March 1, 2022

New York hasn’t just housed generations of artists; it’s also been their muse.

Posted inNews

The Troublesome History of America’s Public Monuments

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu February 1, 2022February 8, 2022

A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society revises the assumption that the current debate about controversial public monuments is in any way new.

Posted inNews

American LGBTQ+ Museum Gets New Home in New-York Historical Society

by Sarah Rose Sharp July 13, 2021July 13, 2021

This will be the city’s first museum dedicated to LGBTQ+ history and culture.

Posted inArt

The Trove of Hanukkah Treasures In New York City’s Public Collections

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia December 11, 2020December 15, 2020

A bright pink silicon menorah in the Jewish Museum, a pair of Hanukkah hymns from a medieval prayer book in the New York Public Library, and other gems.

Posted inArt

The Women Photojournalists Who Blazed Trails in the 1940s and ’50s

Avatar photo by Abbey Bender August 2, 2019September 16, 2020

An exhibition at the New-York Historical Society presents the work of six female photographers who worked for LIFE magazine during its golden age.

Posted inHistory

How New York Women, from Village Bohemians to Suffragettes, Won the Right to Vote

by Elena Goukassian March 22, 2018March 24, 2018

In 1917, female New Yorkers were finally invited to the polling booths. An exhibition at the New-York Historical Society argues this victory was largely due to the local activism of the bohemians of Greenwich Village.

Posted inArt

Bergdorf Goodman’s Holiday Windows Celebrate NYC Cultural Institutions

Avatar photo by Allison Meier November 29, 2017

The 2017 Bergdorf Goodman holiday windows celebrate the American Museum of Natural History, New-York Historical Society, New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and other local cultural institutions.

Posted inArt

A Redesigned Floor at the New-York Historical Society Helps Illuminate the City’s Past

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 28, 2017April 28, 2017

On April 29, the museum will reopen its fourth floor with a Gallery of Tiffany Lamps, Center for Women’s History, and new space for permanent collection highlights.

Posted inNews

New York-Historical Society Offers Workshops for US Residents Seeking Citizenship

by Claire Voon April 18, 2017

The New-York Historical Society will launch the Citizenship Project, a major initiative to offer green card holders free civics and American history workshops led by the museum’s educators.

Posted inArt

The History of Tattoos in New York, from Bowery Sensation to Banned Art

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 6, 2017April 6, 2017

The New-York Historical Society explores three centuries of Gotham’s relationship to the tattoo through vintage images, electric pens, and live demonstrations.

Posted inArt

Revisiting the First American Folk Art Museum, Founded by a Modernist Sculptor

Avatar photo by Allison Meier May 20, 2016May 22, 2016

The rough finishes and loose poses of Elie Nadelman’s sculptures of circus performers, pianists, and dancers were influenced by his incredible collection of folk art.

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The Majesty of a Restored and Reunited Early Renaissance Triptych

by John Goodrich March 10, 2016March 10, 2016

Until March 20, visitors to the New-York Historical Society can absorb a unique example of Gaddi’s work: a small but exquisite panel from c. 1330–34 depicting the Maestà.

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