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New-York Historical Society

Feb 12

Meet the Girl Who Is Visiting Every Museum in New York City

Since February 2021, she has visited and documented over 50 museums on her TikTok.
By Hannah Docter-Loeb
Nov 16

City Hall Thomas Jefferson Statue Is Going to the New York Historical Society

Jefferson "really draws attention to the distance between our founding ideals and the reality of our nation," Louise Mirrer said.
By Helen Holmes
Oct 18

New York’s City Council May Remove Its Thomas Jefferson Statue

"For him to be canonized in a statue is incredible — incredibly racist," Assemblyman Charles Barron told the Times.
By Helen Holmes
Sep 8

Winold Reiss in New York: What Does it Mean to Be Modern?

By Anne Wallentine
Mar 20

Top 10 Art Exhibitions Opening Around the World This Spring

By Margaret Carrigan
Laura Owens, Untitled, 2000. Acrylic, oil and graphite on canvas, 72 x 66 1/2 in. Collezione Giuseppe Iannaccone, Milan.
Nov 10

5 Must-See Art Exhibitions at NYC Museums This Winter

By Margaret Carrigan
The Ripley Scroll, on view in 'Harry Potter: A History of Magic' at the British Public Library.
Oct 20

Start Your Magical Education at the British Library’s New Harry Potter Exhibition

By Margaret Carrigan
Ace Harlyn, Charlie Wagner tattooing Millie Hull, 1939.
Feb 6

How Tattooing Left a Permanent Mark on New York That’s More Than Skin Deep

By Alanna Martinez
People stick a Post-It note to participate in the art piece 'Subway Therapy' at the Union Square subway station in New York on November 17, 2016 "Subway Therapy" allows people to express their thoughts with the public, and began after the November 8, 2016 US presidential election.
Dec 20

Subway Post-It Art Finds a New Home, Activists Attacked After Leaving NY Gallery

By Alanna Martinez
A view of the Statue of Liberty is seen as the Staten Island Ferry.
Nov 10

Liberty Island Museum Approved, Exec Offers $25K for Own Parents’ Ashes…And More

By Guelda Voien
Thomas Sully Rebecca Gratz, 1831 Oil on panel.
Nov 1

Colonial Jews, Who Knew?

By Daniel Asa Rose
Alec Baldwin.
Oct 18

Art Collector Allegedly Swindled By Professor, ISIS Sold Art to Mafia … And More

By Guelda Voien
Cocktails.
Sep 21

To Do This Week: Atlantic Antic and Wolf Blitzer

By Jennifer Ashley Wright
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 28: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) presents the 2013 National Medal of Arts to Architect Billie Tsien (L) and Tod Williams (2nd L) during an East Room ceremony July 28, 2014 at the White House in Washington, DC. Tsien and Williams were honored for their contributions to architecture and arts education.
Jul 1

Architects Named for Obama Library, Sotheby’s Auctioneer Stands Behind London Market

By Alanna Martinez
Alexander Hamilton's likeness on the ten dollar bill.
May 18

NY Museum Plans ‘Summer of Hamilton,’ Sharing Photos of Art May Raise Property Values

By Alanna Martinez
Al Hirschfeld photographed by Jill Krementz on December 4th, 1971, playing the piano in his living room. The house features a large section of Hirschfeld-designed wallpaper. (Photo: © Jill Krementz)
Feb 10

Al Hirschfeld’s Pink Townhouse ‘Mural’ Turns Out to Be Wallpaper

By Alanna Martinez
Original cover art for Iron Man (no. 1, May 1968). (Image: Collection of David H. Mandel)
Jan 20

‘Superheroes of Gotham’ Exhibit Batphones It In

By Brady Dale
Francis Guy's painting of Tontine Coffee House (Wall Street), 1797. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Oct 14

Museums Lend Paintings to Gracie Mansion, How to Make Viral Internet Art, and More

By Alanna Martinez
A MTA train in Grand Central Station. (Photo: Timothy Clary/Getty Images)
Oct 12

Afternoon Bulletin: MTA Reveals Capital Plan, Brooklyn Booze Makers and More

By Amanda Manning
New-York Historical society announces a new director today (Photo: LW Yang/flickr).
Jul 20

New York Historical Society Museum Names New Director

By Hailey Cunningham
Al Hirschfeld photographed by Jill Krementz on December 4th, 1971, playing the piano in his living room. The house, with mural intact, was sold by his widow after she married Mr. Cullman and moved to Park Avenue. (Photo: © Jill Krementz)
Apr 28

Cartoonist Al Hirschfeld’s Pink UES Townhouse for Sale With Original Mural Inside

By Alanna Martinez
Low family portrait, ca. 1961. Courtesy of Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection.
Feb 19

A Pair of NYC Exhibitions Examine Chinese American History, Past and Present

By Alanna Martinez
(Photo: New York Historical Society)
Oct 9

Another Underwhelming New York Time Capsule Is Opened

By Vanessa Haughton
Subway token (photo credit: Christian Hansen, Courtesy of New York Transit Museum)
Sep 24

New York City Summed Up in 101 Objects

By Alexandra Villarreal
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