Ongoing Exhibitions | New-York Historical Society

The Robert H. and Clarice Smith New York Gallery of American History

Explore the story of New York and America in the Robert H. and Clarice Smith New York Gallery of American History. Highlights include:

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The Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture

The Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture on the fourth floor provides public access to nearly 40,000 objects from the New-York Historical Society’s...

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Statues of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass

The life-size bronze figures of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) and Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) that stand at either entrance to the New-York Historical Society bring to life...

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The Woolworth Bowl

This remarkable and unique silver presentation punch bowl, currently on display in our Smith Gallery, was presented by Frank W. Woolworth (1852-1919) to architect Cass Gilbert...

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Treasures of Shearith Israel

Objects and documents from the incomparable collection of Congregation Shearith Israel (established 1654), including manuscripts, maps, liturgical treasures and historical...

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The Games We Played: American Board and Table Games from the Liman Collection Gift

The Games We Played presents a rotating selection of board and table games from the Liman Collection, an extraordinary collection of more than 500 examples donated...

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Holiday Express: Toys and Trains from the Jerni Collection

Magnificent model trains, train stations and sheds, bridges and tunnels, carousels and Ferris wheels—all populated with toy figurines in colorful nineteenth-century dress...

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Works from the Permanent Collection

Christian Köhler’s Germania (The Awakening of Germania in the Year 1848), 1849 (1882.154) is installed on the second to third floor stairwell. It was...

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Martorell’s From Here To There

Created by Antonio Martorell and friends, this mixed media installation in the New-York Historical Society’s Luce Center reflects on the theme of Puerto Rican migration...

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"Liberty and King George" Interactive Video Wall

Bring art to life! This video animation by the Small Design Firm of Cambridge, Massachusetts reproduces a Johannes Adam Oertel work, depicting the destruction of the statue of...