Past Exhibitions | New-York Historical Society

John James Audubon: National Treasures—Summer Swans A-swimming for The Birds of America (1827–38)

July 09, 2013 - October 13, 2013

This installation in our Audubon Niche features a rotating selection of watercolors from John James Audubon's The Birds of America. The current installation...

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AIDS in New York: The First Five Years

June 07, 2013 - September 15, 2013

For those who lost partners, children, siblings, parents, and friends to HIV/AIDS in the later years of the twentieth century, the memory of grief, fear, and mystery...

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From Colony to Nation: 200 Years of American Painting at the New-York Historical Society

June 07, 2013 - September 08, 2013

This exhibition of American art, drawn from the New-York Historical Society's venerable collections, presents a chronological and thematic survey of masterworks ranging in date...

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Holiday Express: Toys and Trains from the Jerni Collection

November 23, 2012 - September 08, 2013

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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WWII & NYC: Photography and Propaganda, Presented by the New-York Historical Society

June 15, 2013 - September 02, 2013

Based on the blockbuster exhibition WWII & NYC, the New-York Historical Society will be displaying...

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Children With AIDS: Spirit and Memory. Photographs by Claire Yaffa

June 07, 2013 - September 01, 2013

To accompany AIDS in New York: The First Five Years, the New-York Historical Society...

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Swing Time: Reginald Marsh and Thirties New York

June 21, 2013 - September 01, 2013

With his calligraphic brushstrokes and densely cluttered, multi-figured compositions, Reginald Marsh recorded the vibrancy and energetic pulse of New York City. In paintings...

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The Civil War in 50 Objects

May 14, 2013 - September 01, 2013

Select objects from the new book The Civil War in 50 Objects—by Harold Holzer and the New-York Historical Society, with an introduction by Eric Foner—will...

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Pop Shop Tokyo

January 29, 2013 - July 28, 2013

In honor of the installation of the ceiling from Keith Haring’s famous Pop Shop above the admissions area in the...

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Portraits of the City

November 11, 2011 - May 28, 2013

A group of approximately twenty paintings and two small sculptures offer visitors a chronological journey through highlights of the New-York Historical Society's rich...