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Exhibitions > Past Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Enterprising Women: 250 Years of American Business
March 25, 2003 - June 01, 2003

The New-York Historical Society is pleased to announce that it will be presenting Enterprising Women: 250 Years of American Business in collaboration with the Schlesinger...

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Julz Rules: Inside the Mind of Jules Feiffer
February 18, 2003 - May 18, 2003

In a career that spans a half-century and is still going strong, Jules Feiffer has chronicled his life and times in comic strips, books, plays and films. Combining words and...

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New York Diary: The Collages of John Evans
December 17, 2002 - March 09, 2003

For almost 40 years, beginning in the early 1960s, New York artist John Evans (b. 1932) produced a collage each day, cutting and pasting the fragments of the day onto the...

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Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America
October 01, 2002 - February 02, 2003

"We are thrilled and honored to be able to exhibit these maps," said Margaret Heilbrun, Vice President for Library Services and Head Librarian for the New-York...

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FREEDOM: A History of US
December 10, 2002 - January 25, 2003

The exhibit will run in conjunction with a landmark eight-week television series, FREEDOM: A History of US, inspired by the acclaimed book series by Joy Hakim and produced by...

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Home of the Free: A Student Photojournalism Project Sponsored by Washington Mutual and the New-York Historical Society
October 29, 2002 - January 19, 2003

How do you capture democracy?
How do you portray community?
How do you photograph history?
These questions reflect the challenge posed to hundreds of middle...

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Seat of Empire: Napoleon's Armchair from Malmaison to Manhattan
October 08, 2002 - January 12, 2003

The New-York Historical Society is pleased to announce the opening of Seat of Empire: Napoleon's Armchair from Malmaison to Manhattan, an exhibition on view from October 8,...

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