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Winter/Spring 2012

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Dear Members & Friends, It is difficult to be anything but amazed at the astonishing evolution of our venerable institution, from the time a small group of historically-minded citizens gathered at New York’s old City Hall on November 20, 1804 to found the city’s first cultural institution to the moment of our grand reopening on November 11, 2011, when we reintroduced ourselves to the public as New York’s destination for American history and art. Our great New-York Historical Society has grown in importance and usefulness over these more than two hundred years, with hundreds of thousands of annual exhibition visitors and an abundance of riches for our public programs devotees. This spring continues the marvelous tradition, refined over the past six years by our talented Vice President for Public Programs, Dale Gregory, and her colleagues Nick Mancini and Alexander Kassl, of tying together special exhibitions with related public programs. A new show on the history of Beer in New York, set to open in our Smith Gallery on May 25, will anchor the summer public program “Beer Appreciation Night: The History and Renaissance of American Brewing,” featuring experts Garrett Oliver and Steve Hindy from the Brooklyn Brewery, with a beer tasting to follow. Beer in New York curators Debra Schmidt Bach and Nina Nazionale will be on hand that night to join the conversation. Space is limited so get your tickets now! Beer has been brewed in our city and state since the days of its earliest European settlement, and the new exhibition will take visitors from the brewery and tavern established by the Dutch West India Company in New Amsterdam in the early 1640s to micro-brewing and home-brewing today. Our Bernard and Irene Schwartz Distinguished Speaker Series, the heart of our public programs, will again offer a broad array of discussions on history and current events, together with the Harold and Ruth Newman World Beyond Tomorrow Series, which this spring focuses on technology, featuring the great biographer Walter Isaacson on the prescience of Steve Jobs. I thank our wonderful trustee Carl Menges for his special support which now allows us to augment our public programs offerings in the early American period. I look forward to seeing you soon in our beautiful new Robert H. Smith Auditorium!

George Ehret’s Hell Gate Brewery, established 1866 Color Lithograph, by Trautmann, Bailey & Blampey, N.Y., Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera New-York Historical

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Exhibitions New York Story Film Experience Ongoing

This film is made possible by a generous gift from Bernard and Irene Schwartz.

New York Story is the New-York Historical Society’s 18-minute long panoramic film experience. Narrated by award-winning actor and native New Yorker Liev Schreiber, New York Story shows New York’s rise from remote outpost to city at the center of the world, through the thrilling use of immersive video projection, moving scenic elements, theatrical lighting and surround sound, set in our new state-of-the-art theater. It was produced by Donna Lawrence Productions. The overall vista expands from 25' to 73' wide high-resolution images over the course of the show.

Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn November 11, 2011–April 15, 2012

A landmark exhibition rich with objects, documents, maps and works of art that explores how the 18th-century American, French and Haitian revolutions shaped our modern ideas of liberty and set the world on a new course of action evident in the revolutions erupting around the globe today. Linking the attack on monarchism and aristocracy to the struggle against slavery, Revolution! shows how freedom, equality and the sovereignty of the people became universal goals. Activists in these conflicts invented the notions of human rights that still fire the desire for justice everywhere. Made possible by grant funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the U.S. Department of Education Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural (URR) program, Saunders Endowment for History Exhibitions, the Ford Foundation, The Nathan Cummings Foundation and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

Making American Taste: Narrative Art for a New Democracy November 11, 2011–September 9, 2012

Narrative paintings and sculptures from the New-York Historical Society’s 19thcentury collections, including Louis Lang’s newly conserved Civil War masterpiece: The Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment, 1862, cast new light on the formation of American cultural ideals. The exhibition and publication are made possible by the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, the Walter and Lucille Rubin Foundation, Richard Gilder and Lois Chiles, the Joanne Witty & Eugene Keilin Fund at the New York Community Trust and many generous individuals. 4

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Beer in New York

May 25, 2012–September 2, 2012 This exhibition traces the fascinating yet largely unknown legacy and cultural history of beer in New York, from colonial times, when beer was a vital source of nourishment as well as tax revenue, to the current artisanal revolution. Topics such as the importance of upstate hops to city brewers and the influence of temperance, immigration and technological innovations will be highlighted through historical objects and documents. The exhibition is made possible by generous support from General Atlantic, the Brooklyn Brewery and the Heartland Brewery.

Beauties of the Gilded Age: Peter Marié’s Miniatures of Society Women

Rotation One: November 11, 2011–March 11, 2012; Rotation Two: March 13, 2012–July 8, 2012

Between 1889 and 1903, New York socialite Peter Marié (1825-1903) commissioned nearly 300 portrait miniatures of women whom he believed epitomized female beauty. These jewel-like miniatures will be exhibited fifteen at a time in four-month rotations in a special new gallery designed for intimate viewing.

BE SAFE! BE SURE! GET VACCINATED! Smallpox, Civil Liberties and Vaccination in New York, 1689-2008 May 18, 2012–September 2, 2012

The eradication of smallpox is one of the great triumphs of modern medicine. Get Vaccinated! traces the history of vaccination, the conflict between managing disease and the rights of individuals, the effectiveness of public relations campaigns in public health initiatives, bioterrorism and the impact of all epidemics in the city, including cholera, yellow fever and AIDS.

Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New York

May 4, 2012–September 2, 2012

This showcase of magnificent silver, culled from the New-York Historical Society’s trove of over 2,500 objects, examines the cultural significance of more than 150 compelling pieces, ranging from family heirlooms to powerful artifacts linked to significant moments in the history of New York and the United States. The exhibition and publication are made possible by generous support from the Tiffany & Co. Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and Paul Guarner. Visit nyh istor y.org/ex h ibitions for t he latest in for mation

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Calendar

Winter/Spring 2012

Lectures & Conversations February

April

Tuesday, February 7, 6:30pm Women and the White House, Part II Kati Marton, Cokie Roberts, Gil Troy, Lesley Stahl

Tuesday, April 3, 6:30pm The Table Comes First Adam Gopnik

Thursday, February 16, 6:30pm The Battle for Civil Rights David Levering Lewis, Khalil Gibran Muhammad Tuesday, February 21, 6:30pm Will China Take Over the World? Sebastian Mallaby, Steven Rattner, Byron R. Wien

Thursday, April 12, 6:30pm The Invisible Line Daniel J. Sharfstein, Brent Staples Wednesday, April 18, 6:30pm When General Grant Expelled the Jews Jonathan Sarna, Rabbi Marc D. Angel Tuesday, April 24, 6:30pm The Civil War and the American Constitution Mark E. Neely, Jr., Harold Holzer

March Tuesday, March 6, 6:30pm Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson

May

Thursday, March 15, 6:30pm The Draft Riots, Part II Edna Greene Medford, Carla Peterson, Barnet Schecter, Harold Holzer Thursday, March 29, 6:30pm Conquered into Liberty Eliot A. Cohen, Josiah Bunting III

Thursday, May 3, 6:30pm Politics and Power: Elections 2012 Beverly Gage, Lesley Stahl Thursday, May 10, 6:30pm Greenwich Village: The First Bohemia Barry Lewis

Gallery & Walking Tours Thursday, May 17, 6:30pm The True Gold Standard James Grant, Lewis E. Lehrman, Edward Chancellor Thursday, May 24, 6:30pm Prohibition New York: Art Deco of the 1920s Barry Lewis Thursday, May 31, 6:30pm Lincoln and Davis: Commanders-in-Chief James M. McPherson, William C. Davis, Harold Holzer

March Monday, March 5, 11am Making American Taste: Gallery Tour Linda Ferber

April Sunday, April 1, 11am George Washington’s New York: Walking Tour of Lower Manhattan Barnet Schecter Saturday, April 21, 9am April Bird Walk Alan Messer

Thursday, June 7, 6:30pm Private Empire Steve Coll, Kati Marton Thursday, June 21, 6:30pm As Texas Goes... Gail Collins

June

Saturday, May 5, 9am The Trees of Central Park: Spring Walk Leslie Day, Trudy Smoke

Saturday, June 2, 11am From the Revolution to 1812: Lower Manhattan, Governors Island and the Forts of New York Cal Snyder, Lucy Oakley

Saturday, May 12, 9am May Bird Walk Alan Messer

July Tuesday, July 10, 6:30pm Beer Appreciation Night Steve Hindy, Garrett Oliver, Gabrielle Langholtz, Debra Schmidt Bach, Nina Nazionale

February

March

Saturday, February 4, 10am–5pm 4th New York Regiment

Saturday, March 3, 10am–5pm 4th Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers

Sunday, February 5, 11am–5pm 1st Rhode Island Regiment Saturday, February 11, 10am–5pm 35th Regiment of Foot Saturday, February 18, 10am–5pm Mott’s Artillery

April

May

Special March Story Hour: Meet the Author Tonya Bolden Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl Sunday, March 18, 11:30am–12:30pm

Sunday Scholars Sundays, April 1, 15, 22, 29, 1–3:30pm

Sunday Scholars Sunday, May 6, 1–3:30pm

Sunday, February 19, 11am–5pm 1st Rhode Island Regiment

Ongoing

Saturday, February 25, 10am–5pm 42nd Royal Highland Regiment

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May

Artistic Detectives 1st Saturday every month, 11am

Monday, June 4, 11am Beer in New York: Gallery Tour Debra Schmidt Bach, Nina Nazionale

Living History Days

March

Sunday Scholars Sunday, March 25, 1–3:30pm

Saturday, May 19, 11am Washington, Lafayette and the Maryland 400 Cal Snyder, Lucy Oakley

June

Family Programs

History Days Family Vacation Week April 6–13

Sunday, April 29, 11am The Civil War Draft Riots Walking Tour Barnet Schecter

Sunday, March 4, 11am–5pm Heard’s Brigade Saturday, March 10, 10am–5pm 42nd Royal Highland Regiment Sunday, March 11, 11am–5pm 1st Rhode Island Regiment Saturday, March 17, 10am–5pm 35th Regiment of Foot Sunday, March 18, 11am–5pm Heard’s Brigade

Saturday, March 31, 10am–5pm 3rd New Jersey Regiment

April Saturday, April 7, 10am–5pm 11th Pennsylvania Regiment Saturday, April 14, 10am–5pm Captain John Lamb’s New York Artillery Company

July Wednesday, July 4, 10am–5pm July 4th Celebration: 2nd New York Provincial Battalion Benjamin and Deborah Franklin

Saturday, March 24, 10am–5pm 2nd New Jersey Regiment

Sunday Story Hour Sundays, 11:30am–12:30pm

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The Battle for Civil Rights Thursday, February 16, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12)

Distinguished Speakers Series

In this powerful program, two experts reflect on the successes and setbacks in the struggle for civil rights and the changing ways in which the story of the Civil Rights Movement is told, from early writers and activists like W.E.B. DuBois, to the turbulent years of the 1950s and ’60s, to the present. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Freedom Now: Photographs by Platon.

Women and the White House, Part II Tuesday, February 7, 6:30 pm | Program $28 (members $14) Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets

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Continuing the conversation from last year’s program, we look back at the many influential and important women in the history of America’s highest elected office and discuss the impact women are having on the 2012 election. Although America has yet to elect a woman to the presidency, many women have played important parts in shaping previous presidential administrations and in changing the roles and the perceptions of women in politics. Lesley Stahl (moderator) has been a correspondent for “60 Minutes” since 1991 and is a former CBS News White House correspondent. Kati Marton is an award-winning journalist and the author of seven books, including Hidden Power and Enemies of the People: My Family’s Journey to America. Cokie Roberts is a political commentator for ABC News, senior news analyst for National Public Radio and the author of Ladies of Liberty. Gil Troy is Professor of History at McGill University in Montreal and the author of Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents and Hillary Rodham Clinton: Polarizing First Lady.

David Levering Lewis is Julius Silver University Professor and Professor of History at NYU. He won two Pulitzer Prizes for his two-part biography of W.E.B. DuBois and is a recipient of the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. Khalil Gibran Muhammad (moderator) is Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.

A collaboration with: The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

The Byron Wien Series on Financial History Will China Take Over the World? Tuesday, February 21, 6:30 pm | Program $28 (members $14) Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets Armed with the world’s largest population and stunning economic and technological growth, China’s emergence as a world superpower has been one of the most dramatic developments of our time. Is China poised to replace the United States as the world’s most influential nation? Is that change inevitable? Or has it already happened? Experts discuss China’s continued rise and how America’s role in world affairs will change. Sebastian Mallaby is director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the author of the best seller More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite. Steven Rattner, popularly known as the Obama Administration’s “Car Czar,” is the author of Overhaul: An Insider’s Account of the Obama Administration’s Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry. Byron R. Wien (moderator) is Vice Chairman of Blackstone Advisory Partners.

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The Byron Wien Series on Financial History

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Tuesday, March 6, 6:30 pm | Program $28 (members $14) Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets

Patrice Gilbert

Walter Isaacson tells the riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searing, intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, Steve Jobs stood as an icon of inventiveness and imagination. This program is part of a special series, conceived by Harold Newman, examining where we’ve been, where we are and the complexities and possibilities of the world beyond tomorrow.

Thursday, March 29, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12) Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets For more than two centuries, beginning in the 1600s, five peoples — the British, French, Americans, Canadians and Native Americans — fought a series of fierce, bloody battles over the key to the North American continent: the corridor running from Albany to Montreal, dominated by the Champlain valley. Eliot A. Cohen and Josiah Bunting III tell the story of how woodland skirmishes and massacres, frontal assaults and shadowy covert actions shaped America’s approach to geopolitics and war.

Kaveh Sardari

Steve Jobs

Conquered into Liberty

Eliot A. Cohen is the Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University and founding director of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies. He is the author of Conquered into Liberty. Josiah Bunting III (moderator) is president of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, former superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute and the author of Ulysses S. Grant.

Walter Isaacson is the CEO of the Aspen Institute and a former chairman of CNN and managing editor of Time magazine. He is author of Steve Jobs.

The Table Comes First: Family, France and the Meaning of Food Tuesday, April 3, 6:30 pm | Program $28 (members $14)

The Civil War: 150 years

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Don Pollard

Don Pollard

Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets In the summer of 1863, in the simmering cauldron of New York City, tensions over the new Union draft law boiled over into a vicious, bloody, racially-motivated riot, the secondlargest civil insurrection in American history after the Civil War itself. Experts examine the causes of the conflict, its sickening violence and the enduring legacy it left on New York.

Edna Greene Medford is Professor of History at Howard University and the editor of Historical Perspectives of the African Burial Ground Project: New York Blacks and the Diaspora. Carla Peterson is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Maryland. Her latest book is Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City. Barnet Schecter is an historian and the author of several books, including The Devil’s Own Work: The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct America. Harold Holzer (moderator) is a winner of the National Humanities Medal and the author, coauthor or editor of 42 books on Lincoln and the Civil War era. His latest book is Emancipating Lincoln.

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Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets Never before have we cared so much about food. With inimitable charm and learning, Adam Gopnik takes us on a beguiling journey that begins in 18th-century France — the birthplace of our modern tastes and, by no coincidence, of the restaurant — telling the story of French gastronome Jean Anthelme BrillatSavarin, who fled to New York during the French Revolution. Mr. Gopnik surveys the history of the table and seeks to understand why so many apparently live to eat.

Brigitte Lacombe

Thursday, March 15, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12)

Paul Schuster

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The Draft Riots, Part II

Adam Gopnik has been writing for The New Yorker since 1986. He is a threetime winner of the National Magazine Award and the author of the new book The Table Comes First: Family, France and the Meaning of Food.

Revolution!

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The Harold and Ruth Newman ... Series

The Harold and Ruth Newman World Beyond Tomorrow Series

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In America, race is a riddle. With the widespread availability of DNA testing and the boom in genealogical research, it has become even harder to view that riddle neatly in black or white. Daniel J. Sharfstein, in conversation with Brent Staples, unravels the stories of three families who represent the complexity of race in America and force us to rethink our basic assumptions about who we are. Daniel J. Sharfstein is an associate professor of law at Vanderbilt University and the author of The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White. Brent Staples (moderator) has been a member of the editorial board of The New York Times since 1990 and is the author of Parallel Time, which won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.

When General Grant Expelled the Jews Wednesday, April 18, 6:30 pm | Program $28 (members $14) Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets

The Civil War placed unprecedented — and to this day still unmatched — strain on the U.S. Constitution. Conflicts raged over civil liberties, executive power and the largest questions of nationhood. In this program, two eminent Civil War scholars illuminate how the U.S. Constitution not only survived its greatest test, but emerged stronger after the war, at a time when the nation’s very existence was threatened.

Mark E. Neely, Jr., is McCabe-Greer Professor of Civil War History at Pennsylvania State University and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. His latest book is Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation: Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War. Harold Holzer (moderator) is a winner of the National Humanities Medal and the author, coauthor or editor of 42 books on Lincoln and the Civil War era. His latest book is Emancipating Lincoln.

The Civil War: 150 years

Politics and Power: Elections 2012 Thursday, May 3, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12) Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets

In December 1862, General Ulysses S. Grant issued General Order Number 11, which expelled all Jews from his military district of Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi in one of the most blatant incidents of officially sanctioned antiSemitism in U.S. history. What were the reasons for Grant’s Order? What was its effect and why does this event in Civil War history remain relatively unknown?

Every presidential campaign is a fight for America’s future, and the 2012 Election promises to be just as dramatic, contentious and emotional as we have come to expect from our national politics. Reprising her program from 2008, Lesley Stahl returns to discuss the candidates and key issues of the 2012 Election with special guest Beverly Gage.

The Civil War: 150 years

Jonathan Sarna is the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University and chief historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History. Rabbi Marc D. Angel (opening remarks) is Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel and Founder and Director of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals.

Beverly Gage is a professor of 20th-century U.S. history and is the author of The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in its First Age of Terror. She often appears on “PBS NewsHour” discussing politics. Lesley Stahl (moderator) has been a correspondent for “60 Minutes” since 1991. Prior to joining “60 Minutes,” she served as CBS News White House correspondent and has actively covered national political conventions and election nights since 1974.

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Joseph Wertheim

Don Pollard

Rusty Russell

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Tuesday, April 24, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12) Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets

Henry Balone

Thursday, April 12, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12)

The Civil War and the American Constitution

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Bernard And Irene Schwartz Distinguished Speakers Series

Bernard And Irene Schwartz Distinguished Speakers Series

The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White

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Barry Lewis is an architectural historian and the host a popular series of walking tours on PBS. He teaches at Cooper Union Forum and the New York School of Interior Design.

The True Gold Standard

Thursday, May 17, 6:30 pm | Program $28 (members $14)

Sigrid Estrada

Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets From the time of Alexander Hamilton to Richard Nixon (with a time out for the Civil War), every American dollar was backed by gold and/or silver. In this program, three economists discuss the history of the Gold Standard and weigh the potential benefits and drawbacks that would come with its reinstatement. Why did America abandon it in 1971? And what would need to happen for America to return to a gold-based monetary system? James Grant is the founder and editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer and the author of Mr. Speaker! The Life and Times of Thomas B. Reed—The Man Who Broke The Filibuster. Lewis E. Lehrman is senior partner of the investment firm L. E. Lehrman & Co. and the author of several books, including The True Gold Standard. Edward Chancellor (moderator) is a member of GMO’s asset allocation team and focuses on capital market research. He has worked as a financial commentator and has written for The Wall Street Journal and New York Times, among others.

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Barry Lewis is an architectural historian and the host a popular series of walking tours on PBS. He teaches at Cooper Union Forum and the New York School of Interior Design.

Dianne Arndt

Art Deco was the signature style of the boom times we call the Jazz Age. In New York, it coincided with the emergence of a new society that was breaking down Victorian mores and kicking up its heels. Then it all came to a sudden halt in 1929 when the stock market crashed. Join us to see New York’s first self-conscious embrace of the “new,” the last time “modernism” had fun.

Lincoln and Davis: Commanders-in-Chief Thursday, May 31, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12) Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets One president was a West Point-trained Mexican War veteran and a former Secretary of War. The other had virtually no military training except in a bloodless Indian war, yet emerged as the far greater commander-in-chief during the Civil War. Why the experienced Jefferson Davis faltered, while the untested Abraham Lincoln triumphed, remains one of the great mysteries of American history — as explored by this expert panel.

James M. McPherson is the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History Emeritus at Princeton University and the author of numerous books on the Civil War, including Battle Cry of Freedom, which won the Pulitzer Prize. William C. Davis is the author of Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour, as well as the on-camera senior consultant for 52 episodes of the Arts & Entertainment Network/History Channel series “Civil War Journal.” Harold Holzer (moderator) is a winner of the National Humanities Medal and the author, coauthor or editor of 42 books on Lincoln and the Civil War era. His latest book is Emancipating Lincoln.

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Don Pollard

New York’s first Bohemian neighborhood was Greenwich Village in the 1910s, when everyone from Edna St. Vincent Millay to John Sloan made “the Village” their hangout. It became so hip that by the 1920s the Bohemian era was over, due to rising rents and new luxury apartment buildings...until the next disaffected generation took up the Village’s mantra of non-conformism. Join us for this lecture and slide show — back by popular demand — with architectural historian Barry Lewis.

Thursday, May 24, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12) Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets

Glenn Comeau

Dianne Arndt

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Prohibition New York: Art Deco of the 1920s

David K. Crow

Thursday, May 10, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12)

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Bernard And Irene Schwartz Distinguished Speakers Series

Bernard And Irene Schwartz Distinguished Speakers Series

Greenwich Village: The First Bohemia

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Lauren Shay Lavin

As the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas company, ExxonMobil’s annual revenues are greater than the economic activity of most countries, equivalent to the GDP of Norway. In many of the countries where it conducts business, the company’s sway over politics and security is greater than that of the United States embassy. Steve Coll acutely sheds light on ExxonMobil and the larger-than-life characters who have contributed to its colossal story. Steve Coll is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and writer. He is president of New America Foundation and the author of the new book Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power. Kati Marton (moderator) is an award-winning journalist and the author of seven books, including Hidden Power and Enemies of the People: My Family’s Journey to America.

As Texas Goes… Thursday, June 21, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12)

The New York Times

Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets Not until she visited Texas, that proud state of big oil and bigger ambitions, did Gail Collins realize that she had missed the place that matters most in America’s political landscape. Through its vigorous support of banking deregulation, tax cuts, gun ownership and more, she argues that Texas has become the bellwether of a far-reaching national movement that continues to have profound social and economic implications for us all.

Tuesday, July 10, 6:30 pm | Program & Beer Tasting combined ticket $49 (Members $37) Program only $24 (members $12) Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets A century ago, New York City was a major brewing center, home to more than 100 breweries. The last of those great breweries, Schaefer and Rheingold, closed their doors in 1976, leaving the city without a brewery for the first time since the early 1600s. Today, there are five craft breweries in the city that are part of a national movement based on the brewing traditions founded in Europe. Ironically, the European brewers are now looking to America for their inspiration.

Brooklyn Brewery

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Brooklyn Brewery

Thursday, June 7, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12)

Beer Appreciation Night: The History and Renaissance of American Brewing

Garrett Oliver is brewmaster for Brooklyn Brewery and editor-in-chief of The Oxford Companion to Beer. Steve Hindy, an expert on New York brewing, is cofounder of Brooklyn Brewery and coauthor of Beer School: Bottling Success at the Brooklyn Brewery. Gabrielle Langholtz (moderator) is editor of the magazines Edible Brooklyn and Edible Manhattan. She fell in love with Brooklyn while at college in Virginia, where her local bar had Brooklyn Brewery Stout on tap.

Beer in New York A special tasting of Brooklyn Brewery beers will follow the program. See ticket pricing above.

Debra Schmidt Bach and Nina Nazionale, curators of the exhibition Beer in New York, join the conversation. Also, don’t miss their curatorial gallery tour on June 4 (see page 21).

Gail Collins is a national columnist for The New York Times and the author of the new book As Texas Goes…

Jacob Ruppert Beer-Ale Metal bar tray, 1900-1920 Gift of Bella C. Landauer New-York Historical Society

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Bernard And Irene Schwartz Distinguished Speakers Series

Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power

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George Washington’s New York: Walking Tour of Lower Manhattan

Don Pollard

Sunday, April 1, 11 am | Program $24 (members $12)

Revolution!

Among the maps that George Washington owned was British military engineer John Montresor’s A Plan of the City of New-York, surveyed in 1766, which provided him with detailed information as he fortified the city against a British assault in 1776. Using Montresor’s map, Barnet Schecter leads a walking tour of key sites of the city Washington considered the key to victory in the American Revolution. Walking tours are limited to 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance. Barnet Schecter is the author of George Washington’s America: A Biography Through His Maps and The Devil’s Own Work: The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct America.

The Civil War Draft Riots Walking Tour

Don Pollard

Sunday, April 29, 11 am | Program $24 (members $12)

The Civil War: 150 years

In July 1863, several months after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and signed the nation’s first federal draft law, New York City was nearly destroyed in a four-day cataclysm of arson, looting and lynching. Join historian Barnet Schecter for an in-depth look at the festering racial and class conflicts that produced the deadliest riots in American history. Walking tours are limited to 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance.

The Trees of Central Park: Spring Walk Saturday, May 5, 9 am | Program $24 (members $12) Home to over 100 species of trees, Central Park is a superb place to observe specimens both native and transplant alike. Journey through the park and learn how to identify some of the trees that call it home. Apple, cherry, dogwood and magnolia are among the many specimens we will see reawakening from their winter hibernation. Walking tours are limited to 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance. Leslie Day is a biology and life-science teacher at The Elisabeth Morrow School. She developed the City Naturalists Summer Institute with the Central Park Conservancy and is the author of Field Guide to the Street Trees of New York City illustrated by Trudy Smoke, who has studied botanical illustration at the New York Botanical Garden since 2004. She is Professor of English at Hunter College.

Washington, Lafayette and the Maryland 400: A Walking Tour Saturday, May 19, 11 am | Program $24 (members $12) The Colonial Army first met the British in today’s Prospect Park. Walk the battlefield with Cal Snyder and Lucy Oakley, starting at Battle Pass, then find Stanford White’s striking but little-known memorial to the Maryland 400; see Daniel Chester French’s surpassing tribute to Lafayette and the Old Stone House. Other sites of tribute will be seen, including the statue “Angel of Death” and Grand Army Plaza. Walking tours are limited to 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance.

Barnet Schecter is the author of George Washington’s America: A Biography Through His Maps and The Devil’s Own Work: The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct America.

Revolution!

From the Revolution to 1812: Lower Manhattan, Governors Island and the Forts of New York Saturday, June 2, 11 am | Program $24 (members $12) In America’s infancy, New York City was at the center of two major wars: the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Join us as we explore the city’s role in these conflicts. We will visit Washington’s statue at Federal Hall, a tribute to patriot Marinus Willett and learn the history of the forts of New York Harbor. The tour will conclude with a visit to Fort Jay and Castle William on Governors Island. Walking tours are limited to 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance. Cal Snyder is the author of Out of Fire and Valor: The War Memorials of New York City from the Revolution to 9/11. Lucy Oakley is Head of Education and Programs at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery.

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In the heart of New York City’s bustling metropolis, Central Park’s 38-acre Ramble is a bird watcher’s paradise, where more than 270 species have been spotted in a single year. With New York being located along one of North America’s busiest migratory routes, the spring months are an ideal time to spot the city’s avian visitors on their trip north. Journey with wildlife artist and illustrator Alan Messer to some of the most magical places in Central Park’s wooded Ramble, discovering along the way both resident and migrating birds. Walks are limited to 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance.

April Bird Walk Saturday, April 21, 9 am | Program $24 (members $12) During the April walk through Central Park’s Ramble, we will search for resident, late winter and early migrants, including common birds at feeders. Chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers, finches and sparrows may be seen at this time.

Gallery Tours Making American Taste: Gallery Tour Monday, March 5, 11 am | Program $24 (members $12) Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets In the 19th century, the place of the arts in a democracy was a hotly debated topic in the United States. The exhibition Making American Taste: Narrative Art for a New Democracy integrates the broad range of styles and narrative themes — from history, literary and religious subjects to the more familiar rural and domestic genres — through which Americans were expected to attain cultural refinement. Join Senior Art Historian Linda S. Ferber for an intimate tour of the exhibition, featuring 55 works from the New-York Historical Society’s collection. Gallery tours are limited to 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance. Linda S. Ferber is Vice President and Senior Art Historian at the New-York Historical Society.

Beer in New York: Gallery Tour Monday, June 4, 11 am | Program $24 (members $12)

Saturday, May 12, 9 am | Program $24 (members $12) During the spring migration in May, delight in the colorful warblers, hummingbirds, tanagers and thrushes. Alan Messer is a wildlife artist and illustrator of books, field guides and periodicals. He is a former president of the Linnaean Society of New York. His paintings may be viewed at alanmesser.net.

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In the past three decades, New York City has become an important center of craft brewing, marking the resurgence of an important trade practiced in New York City and State since the days of its earliest European settlement. Explore this fascinating yet largely unknown legacy with a special tour of the exhibition Beer in New York, led by curators Nina Nazionale and Debra Schmidt Bach. Gallery tours are limited to 35 guests per tour. Please buy tickets in advance.

Glenn Castellano

May Bird Walk

Joan A Katz

Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets

Debra Schmidt Bach is Associate Curator of Decorative Arts at the New-York Historical Society and the former Tiffany & Co. Foundation Research Fellow in American Silver. Nina Nazionale is Director of Library Operations at the NewYork Historical Society, where she has worked since 1999. They are co-curators of the exhibition Beer in New York.

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Spring Migration Walks in the Ramble

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Public Programs Podcast Highlights Did you miss one of the exciting evening public programs at the New-York Historical Society? Audio recordings of these and other programs are now available at www.nyhistory.org as streaming audio and downloadable podcasts. A selection of New-York Historical’s podcasts is also available on iTunesU. Log onto nyhistory.org/iTunesU, download your selections to your MP3 player and listen anywhere.

Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View 5/31/11 With Associate Justice Stephen Breyer

Dangerous Ambition: Rebecca West and Dorothy Thompson 11/16/11 With Susan Hertog

American and Haitian Revolutions and the Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade 11/17/11 With David Brion Davis, Peter P. Hinks, Richard J. M. Blackett and David W. Blight

A Contest for Supremacy 11/28/11 With Aaron L. Friedberg

The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States 11/29/11 With Gordon S. Wood and Richard Brookhiser

American Revolution Living History Days Fun for Kids and Their Parents!

History comes alive for the whole family with Living History Days at the New-York Historical Society! Do you want to know what life was like in the 18th century? Please join us as re-enactment troops and Living History actors recreate the world of Revolutionary America. Living History Days will feature appearances by troops of the Continental, Loyalist, British and Hessian armies.

Every Saturday and Select Sundays through April 15

Join us from 10am-5pm on Saturdays and 11am-5pm on select Sundays. For a full list of dates, appearances, troops and Living History actors, and for updated information and biographies, please visit www.nyhistory.org. Free with Museum Admission!

Celebratory Living History Days include: Sundays, February 5 and 19, 2012 Celebrate Black History Month and meet soldiers from the 1st Rhode Island Regiment, one of the earliest American military units to actively enlist African Americans.

Independence Day, Wednesday, July 4, 2012 Join us as we celebrate our nation’s independence. Meet Benjamin and Deborah Franklin as well as Continental troops.

Civilization: The West and the Rest 12/8/11 With Niall Ferguson

Civil War at Sea 12/13/11 With James M. McPherson, Craig L. Symonds and Harold Holzer

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New York Cool: Friday Night Music Presented by Bank of America New-York Historical Society is grateful to Bank of America for underwriting New York Cool.

Free Friday Night Music Friday evenings, 6:30–7:30 pm April 20, 27 May 4, 11, 18, 25 June 1, 8 The New-York Historical Society presents a free concert series highlighting New York’s musical history-makers, past and present. This eight concert series features hip, well known and emerging names in music from across the spectrum of classical, jazz and popular musical genres. First come, first served. Refreshments are available for purchase.

Highlights from this series include: The London Souls

Missy Modell (April 20), the Leonhart family, featuring Jay Leonhart (April 27); The London Souls (May 4); and Ted Rosenthal Quintet (June 1). For full program information visit www.nyhistory.org or call (212) 873-3400, ext 363.

The American Musicals Project Annual Gala Benefit

Monday, March 26, 6–9:30 pm Join us for our 14th annual gala concert, Making History with American Music, featuring top Broadway talent and an elegant dinner by Stephen Starr Events — all in support of the American Musicals Project (AMP). An innovative education program, AMP combines American musical theater with primary source materials from the New-York Historical Society’s renowned collection to engage young learners in the study of history. AMP has been bringing history to life in hundreds of classrooms around our city and beyond for the last 14 years, and your support will help us continue our mission. Dine in our beautiful galleries surrounded by magnificent works of art followed by a concert in our new state-of-the-art auditorium — or choose to attend the concert followed by a champagne toast at its conclusion. We look forward to having you join us for this most special evening! For more information, to purchase tickets or to make a donation, please contact us at [email protected] or (212) 485-9217.

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Take Your Seat in History At New York's Front Row On History

The Robert H. Smith Auditorium, our brand new, state-of-the-art theater, can accommodate an expanded schedule of the New-York Historical Society's evening lectures, performances, special events and educational programs, in addition to a multimedia cinematic experience for museum visitors of all ages. To learn more about how you can “Take Your Seat in History," please visit www.nyhistory.org/takeyourseat or call (212) 485-9217.

Funders In addition to the generous support of individual donors, the New-York Historical Society would like to thank the following corporations, foundations and government agencies for their support:

Corporate

42nd Street Development Corporation American Express Foundation Arnold & Porter LLP Bank of America The Blackstone Group LP Bloomberg Cablevision Cauldwell Wingate Construction Company Consolidated Edison, Inc. Credit Suisse Donna Lawrence Productions Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. General Atlantic Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Graham Windham Investment Technology Group, Inc. JPMorgan Chase & Co. Knight Capital Group, Inc. Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Kynikos Associates LP Mizuho Securities USA Morgan Stanley Nelson Air Device The New York Foundling The New York Stock Exchange Pfizer Platt Byard Dovell White Architects LLP Porterfield & Lowenthal, LLC United Healthcare Services, Inc. Verizon Watchtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Ziff Brothers Investments

Foundation

The Achelis and Bodman Foundations Anonymous Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Barker Welfare Foundation The Barrie A. and Deedee Wigmore Foundation Bloomberg Philanthropies Children’s Aid Society The Coby Foundation The Felicia Fund The Ford Foundation Furthermore: a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History The Hearst Foundations The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The H.W. Wilson Foundation, Inc. The Hyde and Watson Foundation Kurt Weill Foundation for Music The Leon Levy Foundation The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust The Marc Haas Foundation May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, Inc. The Nathan Cummings Foundation

The New York Community Trust Peck Stacpoole Foundation The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation The Pinkerton Foundation Pine Tree Foundation The Pritzker Foundation Rice Family Foundation Robertson Foundation Sansom Foundation The Starr Foundation Terra Foundation for American Art The Vidda Foundation Walter and Lucille Rubin Foundation

Government

Institute of Museum and Library Services National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities National Historical Publications and Records Commission New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council New York Council for the Humanities New York State Council on the Arts New York State Education Department U.S. Department of Education Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program

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family Programs Sunday Story Hour Every Sunday at 11:30 am

From the 17th century to the 21st, through fiction and through fact, hear tales of New York City and the people who made it great. Visit www.nyhistory.org for a schedule of themes, authors, illustrators and storytellers. Please Note:

Sunday Story Hour programs free with Museum Admission

Special March Story Hour: Meet the Author Tonya Bolden Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl Sunday, March 18, 11:30 am Meet Tonya Bolden and hear her read excerpts from her book Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl. It tells the true story of a young black girl who was born free and raised in New York City during the middle of the 19th century.

About the DiMenna Children’s History Museum At the New-York Historical Society, we believe that knowing where we came from helps us understand who we are now. That goes for kids too, which is why we created the DiMenna Children’s History Museum, the first-ever museum bringing American history to life through the eyes of children. Families use a broad selection of games, museum objects, maps and interactives to build their understanding of events and eras of the past.

Historic Figure Pavilions:

Discover the past through these six pavilions and experience what life was like for:

4  Cornelia van Varick, a Dutch girl who lived in New Amsterdam around 1700; 4  Alexander Hamilton, a teenager from the West Indies who would become the secretary of the treasury;

4  James McCune Smith, an abolitionist and America’s first African American doctor;

4  Esteban Bellán, a Cuban immigrant and the first Latino to play professional

Family Learning Programs

For Adults and Their Children, Ages 5–12 Please Note:

Artistic Detectives program $4 per child

Artistic Detectives First Saturday of every month at 11 am Look, imagine, draw and create! Each month families explore history through artmaking in this educator-led gallery and studio program.

Please Note:

History Days Family Vacation Week programs free with Museum Admission

History Days Family Vacation Week April 6–13, 2012 Show off your history skills at our daily family quiz show; drop in for some art making or join our history scavenger hunt. Visit www.nyhistory.org for a schedule of programs.

Sunday Scholars

Sundays, March 25, April 1, 15, 22, 29, and May 6, 1–3:30 pm Historians and Art Historians regularly come to the New-York Historical Society to conduct research. Now, budding scholars will have the chance to do the same. High school students from the New York City metropolitan area are invited to spend six Sunday afternoons examining art, artifacts and documents. Together, they will choose and research a topic in American History and create a video guide to the museum’s collections for New-York Historical Society’s website.

baseball;

4  Orphan Train Riders, New York City children placed with families across the nation;

4  Newsies, children who provided the news for all New Yorkers at the turn of the century and who led a successful labor strike.

History Detectives:

Our History Detectives pavilion introduces the kinds of questions that historians ask every day. How can we draw meaning from the surviving remnants of earlier times? How do we know what we know about the past? Practice your history detective clues and questions throughout the whole museum.

Historical Viewfinder:

Use the viewfinders to see how New York City’s neighborhoods have changed over time.

Cast Your Vote and First President:

Families discover what it feels like to participate in a democracy at these pavilions, where they can recite the presidential oath of office, take their picture as George Washington or play a game that shows how voting rights have changed over time.

Barbara K. Lipman Children’s History Library:

In the library children explore the printed world of New York. Digital images of rare texts are on display, as well as an interactive atlas, maps of old New York, books and drawers full of artifacts. Plus, every Sunday at 11:30 am there is a free story hour, where kids can hear the stories of New York.

Free with Family Membership or $125 per student for Non-Members. RSVP to [email protected].

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Unlimited free admission to the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library and DiMenna Children’s History Museum for two adults at the same residence and children under the age of 18 Complimentary ticket to one family program of your choosing Invitation to our family-friendly Thanksgiving Eve event and to select family programs throughout the year Family membership level required to host a birthday party in the DiMenna Children’s History Museum

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All the benefits of Individual membership, plus: • Exclusive events for young professionals, including

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curator-led behind-thescenes tours Participation in Young Friends walking tours of historical sites in New York City Invitations to Historic Happy Hours, Young Friend Trivia Nights and Movie Nights

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(Tax-deductible: $200) All the benefits of Family membership, plus: • Two complimentary tickets to a public or family program of your choice, with concierge reservation services through the Membership Office • Invitations to additional members-only receptions

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All the benefits of Friend and Family membership, plus: • Four complimentary tickets to a public or family program of your choice, with concierge reservation services through the Membership Office • Private tour with a Museum Docent (by appointment through the Membership Office) • Personal shopping experience at the Museum Store (by appointment through the Membership Office) • Two guest passes for admission to the Museum, to share with friends, family or colleagues

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All the benefits of Patron Family membership, plus: • Private tour with a Museum curator (by appointment through the Membership Office) • One Family membership to give as a gift • Invitations to two exclusive behind-the-scenes, hands-on family programs on American history • Listing in the Historical Society Annual Report

Gotham Fellow $2,500 (Tax-deductible: $2,300)

All the benefits of Benefactor membership, plus: • Four guest passes for admission to the Museum, to share with friends, family or colleagues • Lunch with Historical Society Senior Historian Kenneth Jackson or Vice President and Senior Art Historian Linda Ferber

Frederick Douglass Council Members of the Frederick Douglass Council enjoy special access to our new Civil Rights Gallery along with other exhibitions and programs. For more information call (212) 485-9279 or email [email protected]

DiMenna Children’s History Museum Leadership Council The DiMenna Children’s History Museum offers children an enchanting introduction to the world of history. Leadership Council members receive special benefits and exclusive access to a variety of programs for children ages 4-13. Parents also receive special benefits. For more information, please call (212) 485-9240 or email [email protected]

Chairman’s Council The Chairman’s Council is dedicated to securing the New-York Historical Society’s future as preeminent in American history. Members participate in numerous exclusive events, including the annual Weekend with History. For more information, please call (212) 485-9221 or email [email protected]

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General Information Museum & Store Hours

Tuesday to Thursday & Saturday, 10 am–6 pm, Friday, 10 am–8 pm, Sunday, 11 am–5 pm

Museum Admission

$15 Adults, $12 Seniors (65+)/Educators/Active Military, $10 Students, $5 Kids (7-13), Children under 7 are free. Friday nights from 6 – 8 pm admission is “Pay-as-you-wish.”

Program Admission

Unless noted: $24 (members $12)

Library Hours

Tuesday to Friday, 9 am–3 pm, Saturday 10 am–1 pm (additional hours by appointment). Closed Sunday and Monday. The Library is closed on Saturdays from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Use of the Library is free. Please use our 2 West 77th Street entrance if arriving prior to 10 am.

Free Daily Guided Tours

Trained docents give one-hour tours of the Robert H. and Clarice Smith New York Gallery of American History at 2 pm.

Download Our Free App (iPhone/iPad/ Android)

To help you navigate and learn more about the New York and the Nation installations in the Robert H. and Clarice Smith New York Gallery of American History, the New-York Historical Society’s inaugural app features videos with curators and historians as well as high-resolution images and audio descriptions for more than 150 objects on display. To download the app, visit nyhistory.org/visit/audio-tours.

Restaurant

The New-York Historical Society is proud to announce the opening of Caffè Storico located on our first floor. Restaurant hours are Monday to Thursday 11 am–10 pm, Friday and Saturday 11 am–11 pm, Sunday 11 am–10 pm.

Directions

Subway: B or C train to 81st Street and Central Park West Bus: M10 to 77th Street, M79 to 81st Street and Central Park West Public Parking Garages: (all are located between Broadway and Amsterdam) Wilfred Street Garage, 203 West 77th Street, (212) 362-2308; Tri-Star Parking, 207 West 76th Street, (212) 496-8553; Carousel Parking, 201 West 75th Street, (212) 874-0581

E-mail Notices

To receive e-mail notices and updates for upcoming events, activities and programs, please e-mail us at [email protected] with “e-mail announcements” in the subject line.

Services for Visitors with Mobility Impairments

N-YHS facilities, galleries and auditorium are wheelchair accessible. A wheelchair accessible entrance is located at 2 West 77th Street. Wheelchairs are available to visitors free of charge. It is advisable to reserve in advance by calling (212) 485-9200 or (212) 873-7489 (TTY). Please ask security for assistance when you arrive.

Services for Visitors Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Most exhibition audio and video including all media in the DiMenna Children’s History Museum is accessible to t-coil hearing aid users. T-coil compatible audio guides are available for Revolution! and are free with admission. Headsets and neckloops are also available. Please inquire at the admissions desk.

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The Auditorium is equipped with an infrared assistive listening system. Headsets and neckloops are available. Please ask a staff member at the rear of the auditorium for assistance. All New-York Historical Society exhibition films are open captioned. American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters are available (by appointment) to accompany scheduled docent or educator led group tours. To schedule an ASL group visit, please contact [email protected] or call (212) 485-9232.

Services for Visitors Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

Verbal-description audio tours exist for selected exhibitions. Ask about the verbal-description tour at the admissions desk. Verbal-description docent-guided tours for select exhibitions are available by appointment and are free with museum admission. Please call (212) 485-9232 to make an appointment. Text for all exhibitions is available in Large Print, please pick up a copy either at the admissions desk, near the exhibition entrances or download them from nyhistory.org/visit/accessibility-amenities. If you need more information about accessibility. Please either email your questions to [email protected] or you can call (212) 485-9232 or (212) 873-7489 (TTY).

New-York Historical Society Floor Plan Fourth Floor

The Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Paintings Audubon Portraits of the City Tiffany Glass Furniture Decorative Objects (Silver, Glass and Ceramics) Tools for Home and Trade Sculpture and Folk Art Historic Relics and Artifacts from 9/11 Temporary Exhibitions East Mezzanine: Coins, Military, Firefighting, Urban Archaeology North Mezzanine: Toys, Jewelry Accessories, Textiles Paintings Storage

Second Floor 1 2 3 -5 6 7 8 9

Patricia D. Klingenstein Library Civil Rights Gallery The Luman Reed Galleries Dexter Hall Barbara Knowles Debs Education Center Departments of Prints, Photographs and Architectural Collections (by appointment only) Cabinet Gallery

First Floor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Admissions/Coat Check Orientation Area Robert H. and Clarice Smith New York Gallery of American History Robert H. Smith Auditorium Robert H. and Clarice Smith New York Gallery of American History (South Gallery) West Gallery Museum Store Rotunda Caffè Storico

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New-York Historical Society

Vice Chairs

Board of Trustees 2012 Chairman

Roger Hertog

Vice Chair

Pam B. Schafler

Executive Committee Co-chairs

Richard Gilder Nancy Newcomb

President & CEO Louise Mirrer

Board of Trustees

Helen Appel James Basker William Beekman Norman Benzaquen Judith Roth Berkowitz David Blight Ric Burns James S. Chanos Ravenel B. Curry III Susan Frier Danilow Elizabeth B. Dater Barbara Knowles Debs Joseph A. DiMenna Charles E. Dorkey III Niall Ferguson Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Emanuel E. Geduld James Grant Martin J. Gross Kenneth T. Jackson Lawrence A. Jacobs David M. Kennedy Patricia D. Klingenstein Sidney Lapidus Lewis E. Lehrman Alan P. Levenstein Glen S. Lewy Ira A. Lipman Tarky Lombardi, Jr. Carl B. Menges John Monsky Sarah E. Nash The Honorable George E. Pataki Russell P. Pennoyer Stuart J. Rabin Richard Reiss Charles M. Royce Thomas A. Saunders III Benno Schmidt Bernard L. Schwartz Michelle Smith Ernest Tollerson Ira Unschuld Sue Ann Weinberg Byron R. Wien Michael Weisberg

Honorary Trustee Patricia Altschul

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Chairman’s Council Chair

Pam B. Schafler

Co-chairs

Helen and Robert Appel Judy and Howard Berkowitz Franci Blassberg and Joe Rice James S. Chanos Lois Chiles and Richard Gilder Sonya and Dev Chodry Beth and Ravenel B. Curry Susan and Greg Danilow Elizabeth B. Dater and Wm. Mitchell Jennings Jr. Diana and Joe DiMenna Lawrence N. Field Caroline Fitzgibbons and Tad Smith Victoria and Buzzy Geduld / Cougar Foundation Kristin R. Gervasio and Stuart J. Rabin Ahuva and Martin J. Gross Susan and Roger Hertog Hannah and Lon Jacobs Patricia and John Klingenstein Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Lehrman Ruth and David Levine Mr. and Mrs. Ira A. Lipman Cordelia and Carl Menges Jennifer and John Monsky Ruth and Harold Newman Park Tower Group Helen and Russell Pennoyer Bonnie and Richard Reiss Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Royce Carol and Lawrence Saper Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Saunders III Irene and Bernard L. Schwartz Paul Singer Michelle Smith Alice and Thomas Tisch Leah and Michael Weisberg Anita and Byron Wien

List as of December 23, 2011

Norman S. Benzaquen Charles Cahn Suzanne and Rich Clary Barbara and Richard Debs John R. Doss Patricia Dunnington The Everett Foundation Mary Ann Fribourg Lucy and William Friedman Marjorie and Gurnee Hart Helen and Edward Hintz Charlene Wang Howe and David S. Howe Lyn and Seth Kaller Kate Kelly and George F. Schweitzer Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kimmelman Seth A. Klarman Ruth and Sidney Lapidus Cheryl and Glen Lewy Vivien Liu and Alan D. Hilliker The Caroline M. Lowndes Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin Marc O. Mayer Sandy Mintz Alex Munroe and Robert Rosenkranz Nancy Newcomb and John Hargraves Mary Jo Otsea and Richard H. Brown Patti and James Piereson Joan and Fred Pittman Shaiza Rizavi and Jonathan Friedland Ali and Lew Sanders Donna and Marvin Schwartz Fay and William Shutzer Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Smith Nancy and Burt Staniar Joan and Michael Steinberg Judy and Michael Steinhardt Harriet and Warren Stephens Laurie and Sy Sternberg Nicki and Harold Tanner Billie Tisch The Honorable Merryl H. Tisch and James S. Tisch Ira L. Unschuld Melissa Vail and Norman Selby Barbara Vogelstein Rosalind P. Walter Sue Ann Weinberg Barbara and David Zalaznick

Members

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Space Rental contact:

To request an informational brochure, please contact our Meetings and Events Department at (212) 485-9294 or specialevents@ nyhistory.org

The New-York Historical Society is a striking and sophisticated setting for events of all kinds. Our beautiful landmark building is the perfect venue for intimate client dinners for 20 guests or as many as 250 guests for a formal wedding. You and your guests will enjoy the best of New York and the nation’s history at your unique and unforgettable New-York Historical Society event.

Program Registration The New-York Historical Society is proud to announce that tickets for all public programs can now be purchased by calling our new in-house call center at (212) 485-9268 or online at nyhistory.org/programs/upcoming-public-programs. Advance tickets may also be purchased on site at the admissions desk. (Tickets are no longer available through SmartTix.) Program admission unless noted: $24 (members $12)

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TO ORDER ONLINE: nyhistory.org/programs/upcoming-public-programs. BY TELEPHONE: (212) 485-9268 to charge your order, 9 am–5 pm, daily.

Explore the Store Contact:

(212) 485-9203, museumstore@ nyhistory.org

Shop for New York gifts, Audubon prints, books and catalogues, jewelry, apparel, cards and more at the New-York Historical Society Museum Store. Become a member and receive a 10% discount on store purchases. Proceeds from the sale of all merchandise are used to support the museum and library.

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check payable to the New-York Historical Society and return to: New-York Historical Society, Program Tickets 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024. Please include a daytime phone number and e-mail. Unless otherwise noted evening programs begin at 6:30 pm.

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50+ Club For more information, contact the 50+ Club at (212) 873-3400 x352 or [email protected]

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Group Tours For more information and to book your tour, please contact Kathleen O’Connor at (212) 485-9275 or [email protected]

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New-York Historical Society members are entitled to free membership in our 50+ Club, which offers special gallery tours, concerts and lectures, plus our History Book Club, Photography Club and a monthly newsletter filled with great information and resources.

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Fire up your imagination and discover the New-York you don’t already know! Bring your group to the New-York Historical Society, your complete source for this celebrated city. Join us and explore a destination that never disappoints.

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