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It is difficult to be anything but amazed at the astonishing evolution of our ven-

erable 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 col-

leagues 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 Euro-

pean 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 won-

derful trustee Carl Menges for his special support which now allows us to aug-

ment our public programs offerings in the early American period. I look forward

to seeing you soon in our beautiful new Robert H. Smith Auditorium!

With all best wishes,

Louise Mirrer, PH.D.

PRESIDENT and CEO

Dear Members & Friends,

Front cover: Victor Nehlig

An Episode of War—the Cavalry Charge of

Lt. Henry B. Hidden, 1862

Oil on canvasGift of William H. Webb

New-York Historical Society

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

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

Beer in New YorkMay 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 tem-perance, 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 WomenRotation 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) commis-sioned 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.

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

This showcase of magnificent silver, culled from the New-York Historical So-ciety’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.

Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New YorkMay 4, 2012–September 2, 2012

ExhibitionsNew York Story Film ExperienceOngoing

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.

Narrative paintings and sculptures from the New-York Historical Society’s 19th-

century collections, including Louis Lang’s newly conserved Civil War master-

piece: 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.

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

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.

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 dis-ease 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.

The exhibition and publication are made possible by generous support from the Tiffany & Co. Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and Paul Guarner.

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Calendar

FebruaryTuesday, February 7, 6:30pmWomen and the White House, Part IIKati Marton, Cokie Roberts, Gil Troy, Lesley Stahl

Thursday, February 16, 6:30pmThe Battle for Civil RightsDavid Levering Lewis, Khalil Gibran Muhammad

Tuesday, February 21, 6:30pmWill China Take Over the World?Sebastian Mallaby, Steven Rattner, Byron R. Wien

MarchTuesday, March 6, 6:30pmSteve JobsWalter Isaacson

Thursday, March 15, 6:30pmThe Draft Riots, Part IIEdna Greene Medford, Carla Peterson, Barnet Schecter, Harold Holzer

Thursday, March 29, 6:30pm Conquered into LibertyEliot A. Cohen, Josiah Bunting III

AprilTuesday, April 3, 6:30pm The Table Comes FirstAdam Gopnik

Thursday, April 12, 6:30pm The Invisible Line Daniel J. Sharfstein, Brent Staples

Wednesday, April 18, 6:30pm When General Grant Expelled the JewsJonathan Sarna, Rabbi Marc D. Angel

Tuesday, April 24, 6:30pm The Civil War and the American ConstitutionMark E. Neely, Jr., Harold Holzer

MayThursday, May 3, 6:30pm Politics and Power: Elections 2012Beverly Gage, Lesley Stahl

Thursday, May 10, 6:30pmGreenwich Village: The First Bohemia Barry Lewis

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

JuneThursday, June 7, 6:30pmPrivate EmpireSteve Coll, Kati Marton

Thursday, June 21, 6:30pmAs Texas Goes...Gail Collins

JulyTuesday, July 10, 6:30pmBeer Appreciation NightSteve Hindy, Garrett Oliver, Gabrielle Langholtz, Debra Schmidt Bach, Nina Nazionale

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

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

AprilSunday ScholarsSundays, April 1, 15, 22, 29, 1–3:30pm

History Days Family Vacation WeekApril 6–13

MaySunday ScholarsSunday, May 6, 1–3:30pm

OngoingArtistic Detectives1st Saturday every month, 11am

Sunday Story HourSundays, 11:30am–12:30pm

Family Programs

Lectures & Conversations

W INTER/SPR ING 2012

MarchMonday, March 5, 11amMaking American Taste: Gallery Tour Linda Ferber

AprilSunday, April 1, 11amGeorge Washington’s New York: Walking Tour of Lower ManhattanBarnet Schecter

Saturday, April 21, 9amApril Bird WalkAlan Messer

Sunday, April 29, 11amThe Civil War Draft RiotsWalking TourBarnet Schecter

MaySaturday, May 5, 9amThe Trees of Central Park: Spring WalkLeslie Day, Trudy Smoke

Saturday, May 12, 9amMay Bird WalkAlan Messer

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

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

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

Gallery & Walking Tours

FebruarySaturday, February 4, 10am–5pm4th New York Regiment

Sunday, February 5, 11am–5pm1st Rhode Island Regiment

Saturday, February 11,10am–5pm35th Regiment of Foot

Saturday, February 18,10am–5pmMott’s Artillery

Sunday, February 19, 11am–5pm1st Rhode Island Regiment

Saturday, February 25, 10am–5pm42nd Royal Highland Regiment

MarchSaturday, March 3, 10am–5pm4th Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers

Sunday, March 4, 11am–5pmHeard’s Brigade

Saturday, March 10, 10am–5pm42nd Royal Highland Regiment

Sunday, March 11, 11am–5pm1st Rhode Island Regiment

Saturday, March 17, 10am–5pm35th Regiment of Foot

Sunday, March 18, 11am–5pmHeard’s Brigade

Saturday, March 24, 10am–5pm2nd New Jersey Regiment

Saturday, March 31, 10am–5pm3rd New Jersey Regiment

AprilSaturday, April 7, 10am–5pm11th Pennsylvania Regiment

Saturday, April 14, 10am–5pmCaptain John Lamb’s New York Artillery Company

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

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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 Geoeco-nomic 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 Ac-count of the Obama Administration’s Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry. Byron R. Wien (MODERATOR) is Vice Chairman of Blackstone Advisory Partners.

Bernard and Irene Schwartz DISTINGUISHED SPEAK ERS SER IES

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

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

In this powerful program, two experts reflect on the successes and set-backs 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: Photo-graphs by Platon.

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.

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Will China Take Over the World?Tuesday, February 21, 6:30 pm | Program $28 (members $14)


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

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.

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Conquered into Liberty Thursday, March 29, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12)


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.

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.

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


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-cen-tury France — the birthplace of our modern tastes and, by no coincidence, of the restaurant — telling the story of French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, who fled to New York during the French Revolution. Mr. Gopnik sur-veys the history of the table and seeks to understand why so many apparently live to eat.

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

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The Draft Riots, Part IIThursday, March 15, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12)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 second-largest 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.

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

Walter Isaacson tells the riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searing, in-tense 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.

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.

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The Civil War: 150 years

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When General Grant Expelled the JewsWednesday, April 18, 6:30 pm | Program $28 (members $14)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 anti-Semitism 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?

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.

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The Civil War and the American ConstitutionTuesday, April 24, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12)


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.

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SPolitics and Power: Elections 2012Thursday, May 3, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12)


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.

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 join-ing “60 Minutes,” she served as CBS News White House correspondent and has actively covered national political conventions and election nights since 1974.

The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to WhiteThursday, April 12, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12)Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets

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.



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The True Gold StandardThursday, May 17, 6:30 pm | Program $28 (members $14)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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Greenwich Village: The First BohemiaThursday, May 10, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12)Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets

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.

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.

Prohibition New York: Art Deco of the 1920sThursday, May 24, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12)


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.

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.

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Lincoln and Davis: Commanders-in-Chief Thursday, May 31, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12)


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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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 brewer-ies 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 in-spiration.

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.

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).

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

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

Beer Appreciation Night:The History and Renaissance of American Brewing

Tuesday, July 10, 6:30 pm | Program & Beer Tasting combined ticket $49 (Members $37)Program only $24 (members $12)



As the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas company, ExxonMobil’s annual revenues are greater than the economic activity of most coun-tries, 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 contrib-uted to its colossal story.

Steve Coll is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and writer. He is presi-dent 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.

Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American PowerThursday, June 7, 6:30 pm | Program $24 (members $12)Location: New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, between 76th and 77th Streets

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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.

The Trees of Central Park: Spring WalkSaturday, 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, dog-wood 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 TourSaturday, 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.

The Civil War Draft Riots Walking TourSunday, April 29, 11 am | Program $24 (members $12)

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.

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.

George Washington’s New York: Walking Tour of Lower ManhattanSunday, April 1, 11 am | Program $24 (members $12)

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 provid-ed 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.

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


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.

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 New-York Historical Society, where she has worked since 1999. They are co-curators of the exhibition Beer in New York.

Making American Taste: Gallery TourMonday, March 5, 11 am | Program $24 (members $12)


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.

Spring Migration Walks in the RambleIn 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 WalkSaturday, 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.

May Bird WalkSaturday, May 12, 9 am | Program $24 (members $12)

During the spring migration in May, delight in the colorful warblers, humming-birds, tanagers and thrushes.

Alan Messer is a wildlife artist and illustrator of books, field guides and periodi-cals. He is a former president of the Linnaean Society of New York. His paintings may be viewed at alanmesser.net.

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Public Programs Podcast HighlightsDid 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 5/31/11With Associate Justice Stephen Breyer

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

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

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

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

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

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


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Join us as we celebrate our nation’s independence. Meet Benjamin and Deborah Franklin as well as Continental troops.

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 SATUR DAY and SELECT SUNDAYS through April 15Join 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

Armand Dumaresq, The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown (detail). Engraving. N-YHS

American Revolution Living History DaysFUN FOR KIDS A ND THEIR PAR ENTS!

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

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New York Cool: Friday Night Music Presented by Bank of America

Free Friday Night Music Friday evenings, 6:30–7:30 pmApril 20, 27 May 4, 11, 18, 25June 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: 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 in-novative 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 fol-lowed 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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New-York Historical Society is grateful to Bank of America for underwriting New York Cool.

Take Your Seat in HistoryAt 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.

FundersIn 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 CorporationAmerican Express FoundationArnold & Porter LLPBank of AmericaThe Blackstone Group LPBloomberg CablevisionCauldwell Wingate Construction

CompanyConsolidated Edison, Inc.Credit SuisseDonna Lawrence ProductionsEstée Lauder Companies, Inc.General AtlanticGoldman Sachs Group, Inc.Graham WindhamInvestment Technology Group, Inc.JPMorgan Chase & Co.Knight Capital Group, Inc.Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel

LLPKynikos Associates LPMizuho Securities USAMorgan StanleyNelson Air DeviceThe New York FoundlingThe New York Stock ExchangePfizer Platt Byard Dovell White Architects

LLPPorterfield & Lowenthal, LLCUnited Healthcare Services, Inc.VerizonWatchtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzZiff Brothers Investments

The New York Community TrustPeck Stacpoole FoundationThe Peter Jay Sharp FoundationThe Pinkerton FoundationPine Tree FoundationThe Pritzker FoundationRice Family FoundationRobertson FoundationSansom FoundationThe Starr FoundationTerra Foundation for American ArtThe Vidda FoundationWalter and Lucille Rubin

Foundation

Government Institute of Museum and Library

ServicesNational Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the

HumanitiesNational Historical Publications

and Records CommissionNew York City Department of

Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council

New York Council for the Humanities

New York State Council on the ArtsNew York State Education

DepartmentU.S. Department of Education

Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program

Foundation The Achelis and Bodman

FoundationsAnonymousAndrew W. Mellon FoundationThe Barker Welfare FoundationThe Barrie A. and Deedee Wigmore

FoundationBloomberg PhilanthropiesChildren’s Aid SocietyThe Coby FoundationThe Felicia FundThe Ford FoundationFurthermore: a program of the J.M.

Kaplan FundThe Gilder Lehrman Institute of

American HistoryThe Hearst FoundationsThe Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.Horace W. Goldsmith FoundationThe H.W. Wilson Foundation, Inc.The Hyde and Watson FoundationKurt Weill Foundation for MusicThe Leon Levy FoundationThe Leona M. and Harry B.

Helmsley Charitable TrustThe Marc Haas FoundationMay and Samuel Rudin Family

Foundation, Inc.The Max and Victoria Dreyfus

FoundationThe Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J.

Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, Inc.

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

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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:

4Cornelia van Varick, a Dutch girl who lived in New Amsterdam around 1700;

4Alexander Hamilton, a teenager from the West Indies who would become the secretary of the treasury;

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

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

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

4Newsies, 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 histori-ans 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 pa-vilions, 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.

FAMILY PROGR AMS

Sunday Story HourEvery 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.

Family Learning ProgramsFor Adults and Their Children, Ages 5–12

Artistic DetectivesFirst Saturday of every month at 11 am

Look, imagine, draw and create! Each month families explore history through art-making in this educator-led gallery and studio program.

Special March Story Hour: Meet the Author Tonya BoldenMaritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American GirlSunday, March 18, 11:30 am

Meet Tonya Bolden and hear her read excerpts from her book Maritcha: A Nine-teenth-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.

History Days Family Vacation WeekApril 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 sched-ule of programs.

Sunday ScholarsSundays, 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.

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

PLEASE NOTE:Artistic Detectives program $4 per child

PLEASE NOTE:Sunday Story Hour programs free with Museum Admission

PLEASE NOTE:History Days Family Vacation Week programs free with Museum Admission

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Join today and receive half-off tickets to almost all of our public programs, among other very special benefits.

The support of our Members helps us mount more than 100 riveting public programs on history and current events each year, as well as an ongoing roster of exciting permanent and special exhibits. Together with our members, we are Making History Matter.

all membership levels include:4 Unlimited free admission for one to the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library and DiMenna Children’s History Museum

4 Half-price tickets to public programs

4 10% discount at the Museum Store and new Museum Restaurant

4 Invitations to members-only events

4 Membership in the Empire State Reciprocal Program

Membership

Individual $75 (Tax-deductible: $75)

All the benefits listed on

opposite page for one

Senior/Student/Educator $60(Tax-deductible: $60)

All the benefits of Individual

membership for those over age 65,

students 18 years or older and

full-time teachers

National/International $60New membership level!(Tax-deductible: $60)


membership for those living

outside New York, New Jersey

or Connecticut

Dual $110(Tax-deductible: $110)


membership for two adults at

the same residence

Family $150New membership level!(Tax-deductible: $125)

• 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

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Young Friend $175(Tax-deductible: $125)


membership, plus:

• Exclusive events for young

professionals, including

curator-led behind-the-

scenes 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

Friend $250(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

Patron Family $500(Tax-deductible: $400)

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

Benefactor $1,000(Tax-deductible: $850)

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 CouncilThe 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]

For more information, call (212) 485-9279 or email: [email protected] visit our new website: www.nyhistory.org

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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.

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).

General Information

Services for Visitors Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

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

$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.”

Unless noted: $24 (members $12)

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.

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

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.

The New-York Historical Society is proud to announce the opening of Caffè Storico located on our first floor. Restaurant hours are Monday to Thursday11 am–10 pm, Friday and Saturday 11 am–11 pm, Sunday 11 am–10 pm.

Subway: B or C train to 81st Street and Central Park WestBus: M10 to 77th Street, M79 to 81st Street and Central Park WestPublic 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

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.

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.

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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New-York Historical Society Floor PlanFourth FloorThe Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture

1 Paintings 2 Audubon 3 Portraits of the City 4 Tiffany Glass 5 Furniture 6 Decorative Objects (Silver, Glass and Ceramics) 7 Tools for Home and Trade 8 Sculpture and Folk Art 9 Historic Relics and Artifacts from 9/11 10 Temporary Exhibitions 11 East Mezzanine: Coins, Military, Firefighting, Urban Archaeology 12 North Mezzanine: Toys, Jewelry Accessories, Textiles 13 Paintings Storage

Second Floor 1 Patricia D. Klingenstein Library 2 Civil Rights Gallery 3-5 The Luman Reed Galleries 6 Dexter Hall 7 Barbara Knowles Debs Education Center 8 Departments of Prints, Photographs and Architectural Collections (by appointment only) 9 Cabinet Gallery

First Floor 1 Admissions/Coat Check 2 Orientation Area 3 Robert H. and Clarice Smith New York Gallery of American History 4 Robert H. Smith Auditorium 5 Robert H. and Clarice Smith New York Gallery of American History (South Gallery) 6 West Gallery 7 Museum Store 8 Rotunda 9 Caffè Storico

Lower Level 1 DiMenna Children’s History Museum 2 Barbara K. Lipman Children’s History Library 3 Classroom 1 4 Classroom 2

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NEW-YOR K HISTOR ICA L SOCIETY

Board of Trustees 2012

Board of Trustees Helen AppelJames BaskerWilliam BeekmanNorman BenzaquenJudith Roth BerkowitzDavid BlightRic BurnsJames S. ChanosRavenel B. Curry IIISusan Frier DanilowElizabeth B. DaterBarbara Knowles DebsJoseph A. DiMennaCharles E. Dorkey IIINiall FergusonHenry Louis Gates, Jr.Emanuel E. GeduldJames GrantMartin J. GrossKenneth T. JacksonLawrence A. JacobsDavid M. KennedyPatricia D. KlingensteinSidney LapidusLewis E. LehrmanAlan P. LevensteinGlen S. LewyIra A. LipmanTarky Lombardi, Jr.Carl B. MengesJohn MonskySarah E. NashThe Honorable George E. PatakiRussell P. PennoyerStuart J. RabinRichard ReissCharles M. RoyceThomas A. Saunders IIIBenno SchmidtBernard L. SchwartzMichelle SmithErnest TollersonIra UnschuldSue Ann WeinbergByron R. WienMichael Weisberg

Honorary Trustee Patricia Altschul

ChairmanRoger Hertog

Vice ChairPam B. Schafler

ExecutiveCommittee Co-chairsRichard GilderNancy Newcomb

President & CEOLouise Mirrer

CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL

Chair Pam B. Schafler

Co-chairs Helen and Robert AppelJudy and Howard BerkowitzFranci Blassberg and Joe RiceJames S. ChanosLois Chiles and Richard GilderSonya and Dev ChodryBeth and Ravenel B. CurrySusan and Greg DanilowElizabeth B. Dater and Wm. Mitchell

Jennings Jr.Diana and Joe DiMennaLawrence N. FieldCaroline Fitzgibbons and Tad SmithVictoria and Buzzy Geduld /

Cougar FoundationKristin R. Gervasio and Stuart J. RabinAhuva and Martin J. GrossSusan and Roger HertogHannah and Lon JacobsPatricia and John KlingensteinMr. and Mrs. Lewis E. LehrmanRuth and David LevineMr. and Mrs. Ira A. LipmanCordelia and Carl MengesJennifer and John MonskyRuth and Harold NewmanPark Tower GroupHelen and Russell PennoyerBonnie and Richard ReissMr. and Mrs. Charles M. RoyceCarol and Lawrence SaperMr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Saunders IIIIrene and Bernard L. SchwartzPaul SingerMichelle SmithAlice and Thomas TischLeah and Michael WeisbergAnita and Byron Wien

Vice Chairs Norman S. BenzaquenCharles CahnSuzanne and Rich ClaryBarbara and Richard DebsJohn R. DossPatricia DunningtonThe Everett FoundationMary Ann FribourgLucy and William FriedmanMarjorie and Gurnee HartHelen and Edward HintzCharlene Wang Howe and David S.

HoweLyn and Seth KallerKate Kelly and George F. SchweitzerMr. and Mrs. Peter KimmelmanSeth A. KlarmanRuth and Sidney LapidusCheryl and Glen LewyVivien Liu and Alan D. HillikerThe Caroline M. Lowndes

FoundationMr. and Mrs. Peter L. MalkinMarc O. MayerSandy MintzAlex Munroe and Robert RosenkranzNancy Newcomb and John

HargravesMary Jo Otsea and Richard H. BrownPatti and James PieresonJoan and Fred PittmanShaiza Rizavi and Jonathan

FriedlandAli and Lew SandersDonna and Marvin SchwartzFay and William ShutzerMr. and Mrs. Thomas W. SmithNancy and Burt StaniarJoan and Michael SteinbergJudy and Michael SteinhardtHarriet and Warren StephensLaurie and Sy SternbergNicki and Harold TannerBillie TischThe Honorable Merryl H. Tisch and

James S. TischIra L. UnschuldMelissa Vail and Norman SelbyBarbara VogelsteinRosalind P. WalterSue Ann WeinbergBarbara and David Zalaznick

Members Nira and Kenneth AbramowitzLorraine and Richard AbramsonJacqueline AdamsArthur S. AinsbergKay AllaireMr. and Mrs. Martin B. AmdurBetsy Harvin and Travis AndersonJody and John ArnholdBunny and Bill BeekmanAnn and Kenneth BialkinRoberta and Stanley BogenElizabeth and George BoltresIldiko and Gilbert ButlerAnne E. CohenStephen A. CohenScott M. DelmanValerie and Charles DikerHoward L. EllinPeter EngelAnne Farley and Peter C. HeinLisa FieldEllen Flamm and Richard PetersonPeter M. FlaniganCharlotte and William FordCharlotte K. Frank and Marvin

LefflerIrene and Richard FraryRobert A. FriedmanRoy FurmanAmy and Sid GoodfriendJanine Gordon and Alvin SchechterLynn and Martin HalbfingerRonnie HeymanJohn W. Holman, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Edwin T. JohnsonBrian A. KaneJudy and Earle KazisGershon Kekst, Kekst and CompanyDoris Kempner and Frederick BallenMr. and Mrs. Lee P. KlingensteinNancy Perlman and Thomas D.

KlingensteinSuzie and Bruce KovnerNancy Kuhn and Bernard NussbaumPhilip Allen LacovaraKaren Landau and Rodney W.

NicholsJoann and Todd LangDalia and Larry LeedsGail and Alan LevensteinMartin R. LewisJennifer and Marc LipschultzMarianne and Tarky Lombardi, Jr.

Dr. Reina Marin and Emilio BassiniDoris and Gilbert MeisterRonay and Richard MenschelIra M. MillsteinLouise Mirrer and David HalleDinny and Lester MorseMr. and Mrs. Neal MoszkowskiSarah E. Nash and Michael S.

SylvesterJohn L. Nau IIINancy and Morris W. OffitLynn and Harry O'MealiaTrina and Mike OverlockJudith Stern PeckKaren and Charles PhillipsA. Alex PorterPzena Charitable FoundationRachor Investment Advisory

Services, LLCEllen and Richard RampellDavid ReddenCarol and Joseph ReichJean Margo Reid and Richard P. BriefElizabeth and Felix RohatynJoanna S. and Daniel RoseSusan and Elihu RoseCharles RosenblumAmy C. RothPamela and Arthur SandersRandi Schatz and Joseph S. AllerhandBarbara A. Schatz and Frederick P. SchafferSara and Axel SchupfErica and Eric SchwartzMr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest ScottMelanie Shorin and Greg S. FeldmanLois and Arthur StainmanVada and Ted StanleyJudith and Stephen SteinLeila and Mickey StrausElizabeth B. Strickler and Mark T.

GalloglySzilvia TanenbaumBarbara and Donald ToberTova Friedler Usdan and Ernest

RubensteinNaomi and Ernest von SimsonMr. Eric J. WallachMargaret Wellington and William

ConstantineJudy and Josh WestonFrederick B. WhittemoreList as of December 23, 2011

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Space RentalThe 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 wed-

ding. You and your guests will enjoy the best of New York and the nation’s his-

tory at your unique and unforgettable New-York Historical Society event.

Explore the StoreShop for New York gifts, Audubon prints, books and catalogues, jewelry, appar-

el, 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.

50+ ClubNew-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.

Group ToursFire 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.

CONTACT:To request an informational brochure, please contact our Meetings and Events Department at (212) 485-9294 or [email protected]

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(212) 485-9203, [email protected]

CONTACT:

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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 Registration

Program admission unless noted: $24 (members $12)

TO ORDER ONLINE: nyhistory.org/programs/upcoming-public-programs.

BY TELEPHONE: (212) 485-9268 to charge your order, 9 am–5 pm, daily.

BY MAIL: Complete the coupon with charge information or enclose a

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.

PLEASE NOTE:

Sales are final and payments cannot be

refunded. Programs and dates may be subject to

change. Management reserves the right to refuse admission to

latecomers. Advanced payment required to

guarantee seating.

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