New York Historical Society

Draft title page spread for The Power Broker, ca. 1974
Robert Caro's The Power Broker at 50 Celebrated in New Exhibition: Includes Caro’s Manuscripts and Notes
The 50th anniversary of Robert A.
Johannes Vingboons (1616–1670), View of New Amsterdam, 1664, watercolor on paper
Rare New Amsterdam Map Helps Reveal Life in New York Before New York
The New-York Historical Society has announced a special installation - New York Before New York: The Castello Plan of New Amsterdam - on
Kara Walker (b. 1969) Alabama Loyalists Greeting the Federal Gun-Boats, from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War
Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
The New-York Historical Society, the city’s first museum, presents Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated).
Robert A. Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Documentary About Two Literary Giants Premieres
Turn Every Page, a new film that chronicles the 50-year collaboration between author Robert A. Caro and editor Robert Gottlieb, debuted last week in New York and Los Angeles. Caro, now 86, is an…
Aristotle’s Opera
Rare Editions of Aristotle on Exhibit in NYC
Last week the New-York Historical Society unveiled Aristotle: From Antiquity to the Modern Era, an exhibi
John Eliot’s “Indian Bible”
Video Fridays: David M. Rubenstein’s Bible Collection
Get a three-minute introduction to the historic American Bibles and religious texts in the collection of David M.
John Josselyn's New-Englands Rarities Discovered
Treasures from the Rubenstein Americana Collection to Open at the N-YHS
New York –- This fall, the New-York Historical Society presents Close
Mo Willems Exhibit Opens at New-York Historical Society
Merry St. Nicholas Day!
December 6 is here, kids, and there are two reasons to celebrate.