Reading Into History Book Wrap Event: Picture the Dead
Read Picture the Dead and then come to the Barbara K. Lipman Library for this special event. Author Adele Griffin will join us! Family participants will discuss the book, ask the author questions, and see related objects from the New-York Historical Society’s collection.
Hablemos de la Historia y del Arte: El Nueva York de ayer y hoy
¡Bienvenido!
¡El Departamento de Educación de La Sociedad Histórica de Nueva York (New-York Historical Society) les invitan a participar en los talleres educativos para la familia en español: Hablemos de la Historia y del Arte: Talleres Educativos para las Familias!
Reading Into History Wrap: King of Mulberry Street
Free with Museum admission
Recommended for children ages 9 - 12
Read The King of Mulbery Street and then come to the Barbara K. Lipman Library for this special event. Author Donna Jo Napoli will join us! Family participants will discuss the book, ask the author questions, and see related objects from the New-York Historical Society’s collection.
About The King of Mulberry Street
Reading Into History Wrap: Same Sun Here
Free with Museum admission
Recommended for children ages 9 - 12
Read Same Sun Here and come to the Barbara K. Lipman Library for this special event. Author Neela Vaswani will join us! Family participants will discuss the book, ask Neela questions, and see election-related objects from the New-York Historical Society's collection.
About Same Sun Here by Silas House and Neela Vaswani
Poster Contest: Celebrate WNET's 50th Anniversary
Poster Contest: Celebrate WNET's 50th Anniversary
September 29
October 27
November 17
1 - 3pm
The New-York Historical Society is proud to be a poster-making site for Channel THIRTEEN/WNET's 50th Anniversary, celebrating bringing New York and the tri-state area the best in public television.Kids Club THIRTEEN is holding a poster contest inviting children in the tri-state area, grades K through 8, to participate.
September Reading Into History Book Wrap Event: We Rode The Orphan Trains
We Rode the Orphan Trains, by Andrea Warren, tells the true stories of eight men and women of the 200,000 homeless, abandoned, or orphaned city kids whom, between 1854 and 1929, the Children's Aid Society put on trains bound for new homes in the rural Midwest. Be prepared to learn some happy real-life tales and some sad ones.
Cut Loose and Dance!
Bring your dancing shoes and try out favorite wartime dances – such as the Lindy hop and Jitterbug – with the award winning dance education company, Dancing Classrooms.
Free with Museum admission. All ages.
Presidents in Residence! February School Vacation Week
WWII & NYC: December School Vacation Week
Fun activities all week long!
Thursday, December 27, 2012 – December 30, 2012, Tuesday, January 1, 2013
DiMenna Children’s History Museum Family Party: History Detectives
Join us for our first ever Family Party!
Join us for our first ever Family Party! Children become history detectives and will be transported to another time. They will embark on a hands-on journey through the centuries, learning and understanding about people in the past whose hard work and creativity changed the course of history.
For more information e-mail dchm@nyhistory.org or call (212) 485-9240
