Education Mission
The Education Department at the New-York Historical Society offers a wealth of resources and learning opportunities designed to make history come alive!
Education programs are made possible through endowments established by the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Hearst Foundations. Programs are supported, in part, by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council and by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. Additional support is provided by The Barker Welfare Foundation, The Hyde and Watson Foundation, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation and Verizon.
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Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 100,000 schoolchildren annually.
Digital Collection
Dive in to the New-York Historical Society’s online museum collections featuring more than 60,000 artifacts and works of art from our collection. Fine art holdings include renowned Hudson River School landscapes, masterpieces of colonial portraiture, and John James Audubon's watercolors for The Birds of America. Our stunning silver and Tiffany lamp collections are the stars of our decorative arts holdings. Artifacts relating to the slave trade, the American Revolution, and the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center chronicle the history of New York and the nation right up to the present.
