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“It doesn't matter where your journey started, it matters what you do with what has been given to you."

Some clothes were worn by women whose lives were full of hard labor and frugality; others had more liberation and lightheartedness.

A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Dutch settlers, documenting their positive and negative influences.

Upper West Siders stepped up to salvage the frustrating situation by saving many of the books from the dumpster on West 76th Street.

“If they had been given paint brushes they could have become painters; if they had been given clay,

Just inside the gallery, the sounds of Ginsburg’s Brooklyn drawl greet you

With the unanimous approval of the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), and not a zoning issue nor

Going by pandemic time, a year isn’t so long to wait to see a museum exhibition, especially one memorializing the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The New-York Historical Society, on 77th Street and Central Park West, has opened a free outdoor exhibit called, Hope Wanted, highlighting

With other cultural institutions still in wait-and-see mode or announcing longer-term cancellations, one Upper West Side museum just announced a brand-new exhibition starting this summer.

Books will be written about The Pandemic of 2020, and museums will create exhibitions. Those who lived through it, particularly at its epicenter

The Bill Graham exhibition at the New-York Historical Society is visually exciting, nostalgic and accompanied by a terrific soundtrack

Even if you don’t know your pensieve* from a penknife, you’re likely to find something of interest at Harry Potter: A History of Magic. The

Viewing the new photographic exhibition at the New-York Historical Society, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and

Do not miss “American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times,” opening at the New-York Historical Society on Friday, June 23rd, running through January 7th.

The New-York Historical Society on 77th Street and Central Park West has re-opened the museum's fourth floor exhibit space, which includes a

Just in time for International Women’s Day, the New-York Historical Society Museum and Library has opened Saving Washington, the debut exhibit of

A wall of sticky notes popped up in the Union Square subway station after the election, with messages from people who were upset or excited

Those of us who try -- and fail -- every day to win the lottery for tickets to the Hamilton musical now have a new outlet for our obsession. The New-York Historical

The Holocaust did not happen overnight. It was preceded by two decades of escalating anti-Semitism in Germany, paralleling Hitler’s rise