Museum Events/Exhibitions
From Home to Home: Jewish Immigration to America
The exhibition enhances the study of immigration, American history, and diversity through child oriented entry points and captivating problem solving activities. It uses Jewish immigration to exemplif...
From Tent to Temple: Life in the Ancient Near East
All children will benefit from a visit to this vibrant exhibition that integrates science, geography, art and archaeology with social, ethical, and psychological issues. The exhibition animates and co...
LAST DAY OF THE MYRTLE AVENUE EL: PHOTOGRAPHS BY THERESA KING
Opening in 1888, the Myrtle Avenue el ran from downtown Brooklyn to Queens, passing through Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick, Ridgewood, and Middle Village. After eighty years, ...
Light on New Netherland
New Netherland - the Dutch province that stretched from today's New York State to parts of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut - existed for 55 years and its legacy lives on. Just two ...
Lincoln and New York
Abraham Lincoln—the quintessential westerner—owed much of his national political success to his impact on the eastern state of New York—and, in turn, New York's impact on him. This exhibition of...
NATURE AND THE AMERICAN VISION: THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL AT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The New-York Historical Society continues to showcase together more than 100 famous paintings by artists of the Hudson River School, including Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand, John F. Kensett, Jasper F. ...
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PETER STUYVESANT TELEPHONE TOUR
PETER STUYVESANT'S GHOST TELEPHONE TOUR linked pay telephones throughout the footprint of Peter Stuyvesant's original farm with a central telephone server, which hosted 'messages' of up to 1 minute cr...
Special Events
Celebrate 75 Years of Alligators in NYC Sewers
February 9, 2010, marks 75th anniversary of the birth of one of New York’s greatest urban legends – the discovery of alligators in the NYC sewer system! I’m marking the milestone with a press co...
Walking Tours
Lower East Side History Project - Chinatown/Five Points
Chinatown/Five Points Walking Tour: New York's legendary slum, a story of Irish, Italians, Africans, Germans, Jews and Chinese, their struggles, their cultures; gangs of New York to the tongs of China...
New York TV & Movie Tour
The New York TV & Movie Tour takes you through the history of the most filmed city in the world. Go On Location to sites from your favorite movies and tv shows, from the classics to today....
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