May 13, 2009 - December 03, 2009
The New-York Historical Society, which holds all 435 dazzling preparatory watercolors for John James Audubon's The Birds of America (1827-38), continues to showcase...
May 09, 2009 - November 01, 2009
Luman Reed (1785-1836) is best known for his pioneering patronage of the American painters Asher B. Durand, Thomas Cole, William Sidney Mount and George Whiting Flagg....
July 13, 2009 - October 11, 2009
The New-York Historical Society, which holds all 435 dazzling preparatory watercolors for John James Audubon’s The Birds of America (1827-38), continues to...
February 12, 2009 - July 12, 2009
A draft of the epoch-making “House Divided” speech, stirring notes for an address against slavery, a telegram encouraging General Ulysses S. Grant at a turning...
April 30, 2009 - July 12, 2009
Spanning nearly four decades of physical and social transformation in a neighborhood that is fabled around the world, the exhibition Harlem 1970–2009: Photographs...
April 30, 2009 - July 12, 2009
An exhibition of 83 photographs documenting some of the most significant buildings and public parks in New York City will be on view at The New-York Historical Society from...
April 17, 2009 - July 12, 2009
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,...
January 16, 2009 - May 25, 2009
In honor of the forthcoming presidential inauguration on January 20, 2009, Taking the Oath will revisit the United States’ momentous first presidential...
December 13, 2008 - May 03, 2009
Presented in collaborations with the FDR Library in Hyde Park, this exhibition marks the 75th anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt’s first inauguration and the beginning...
February 13, 2009 - April 05, 2009
Audubon's Aviary: Some Things Old, Some Things Borrowed, but Most Things New is the final exhibition in a five-part annual Audubon series mounted by the New-York...