November 28, 2007 - February 10, 2008
The New-York Historical Society will host Life's Pleasures: The Ashcan Artists' Brush With Leisure, 1895–1925, an exhibition of about 80 paintings organized by...
September 11, 2007 - December 13, 2007
The materials of September 11—a voice describing unforgettable memories, twisted girders, a melted safe deposit box, and a messenger's bicycle adorned with flowers—...
October 18, 2007 - October 24, 2007
The New-York Historical Society will project building-sized images of the genocide in Darfur onto the Museum's exterior walls to make a dramatic statement about the need for...
August 26, 2006 - October 07, 2007
Chelsea Jeans, a retail store turned September 11th artifact and shrine, closed forever on October 26, 2002. Owner David Cohen entrusted the New-York Historical Society with...
April 13, 2007 - September 30, 2007
This exhibition of landscape and portrait paintings, drawings, and prints will showcase the New-York Historical Society's Durand holdings—the largest in the world...
January 26, 2007 - September 03, 2007
Drawing upon the extensive Civil War collections of the New-York Historical Society, Carry Me Home: Dispatches from the Civil War will explore the ways in which those in the...
November 17, 2006 - September 03, 2007
New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War is the final exhibition in the New-York Historical Society's groundbreaking series on slavery and its impact on the people...
June 16, 2006 - January 07, 2007
A generation of critically acclaimed contemporary artists has thought deeply about how America's history of racially based slavery has shaped our society. Legacies ...
September 19, 2006 - December 31, 2006
As storms of controversy swirl around the role of a free press in the modern world, the need to understand and define the responsibilities of the media has become of...
May 05, 2006 - September 17, 2006
This exhibition explores the evolution of American images, with 90 spectacular works ranging from colonial era masterpieces to souvenir tintypes and daguerreotypes. Group...
