Tag Archives: New-York Historical Society

February 2013 Black History Month Events at NY Historical Society

Frederick Douglass at West 154, Harlem, 2009_0

The New-York Historical Society will celebrate Black History Month with an exhibit on photographs of murals celebrating civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and programs on the African American troops of the Civil War; the Civil rights movement, and New York’s historic African Burial Ground.  Continue reading

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Unheard Voices At The African Burial Ground

Please join a staged reading of an original collaborative work honoring the voiceless men, women and children buried at the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan. Continue reading

HW Props: Revolution!: The Atlantic World Reborn

Features works from the New York Historical Society, Musée National du Château de Versailles et de Trianon, The British Museum, London, the Yale Center for British Art, the Lewis Walpole Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Library of Congress among others.

Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn is an original illustrated volume which accompanies the landmark international travelling exhibition opening at the New York Historical Society in November 2011.

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The Goat House And Maltilda The Goat In Harlem

The archival photo above from Harlem+Bespoke was taken in 1898 shows one of the last country houses that still remained in the Morningside Heights area on the northeast corner at West 120th Street and Amsterdam Avenue when signs of rural life still remained in Harlem. Continue reading

Target © Free At El Museo Schedule

Once a month, Latino art lovers of all ages can enjoy free concerts, exhibitions, gallery tours, art making workshops, walking tours, film screenings, and spoken word recitals at El Museo’s SUPER SABADO!  Come join us for a full day of cultural expressions and the latest in Latino art.  Visit www.elmuseo.org for more details! Continue reading