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The Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture will be closed for renovations from August 31, 2014 through December 2016. Please check back in the fall for details of our exciting new...
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Historical Relics and SouvenirsThe New-York Historical Society’s collection of more than 300 relics includes eyewitness artifacts linked to key moments in American history, such as fragments of the...
View ArticleIf Elected: The Game of American Politics
The New-York Historical Society will mark the occasion of the upcoming November elections with a small exhibition that surveys the history of American presidential elections through the lens of...
View ArticleThe Games We Played: American Board and Table Games from the Liman Collection...
Exhibition Type: Special InstallationsThe 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...
View ArticleThe New York History Mysteries Scavenger Hunt
Price: $17.50Cancelled: 0Event DetailsUncover the most unusual and eccentric aspects of New York City history on this madcap adventure in the newly renovated galleries of the New-York Historical...
View ArticleClassic Toys
Cancelled: 0Description: Learn about the history of classic games and pick up a few tricks along the way! There will be two workshops, one starting at 12:30 pm and one at 3:30 pm.Event detailsHave you...
View ArticleGames
Meet Chance, Anna, and Liberty the dog – they are waiting for you in the clubhouse. Explore their secret hideaway to play games, store your jello, and collect points!Can’t wait to play the games in the...
View ArticleCornelia van Varick (1692-1733)
Cornelia van Varick was a Dutch girl who lived in Flatbush, Brooklyn, around 1700. A great deal is known about her household and family because when her widowed mother died, executors compiled an...
View ArticleHoops to Halo: Centuries of Games Kids Play
Cancelled: 0Description: Workshop size is limited, please make a reservation at dchm@nyhistory.org.Celebrate Father’s Day with a special family workshop all about games – parents and kids learn about...
View ArticleHoliday 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, will be on view this holiday...
View ArticleMostly Magic with Matt Wayne
Price: $20.00Cancelled: 0Speaker: Matt WayneDescription: Sundays, March 3, 10, April 21, May 19, 1pm Sundays, March 3, 10, April 21, May 19, 1pm Calling all budding magicians! Celebrity magician Matt...
View ArticleCamp History! Featuring Pixel Academy
Price: $500.00Cancelled: 0Monday, August 19- Thursday, August 22, 9 am - 4 pmMiddle School students ages 11-13 are invited to put their imaginations to work to design, program, and play their very own...
View ArticleA Soldier's Life: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Game
Cancelled: 0After asking Harold Holzer all your Civil War questions, come play this interactive game where you become a soldier in the Civil War! Led by a New-York Historical educator, you will make...
View ArticlePresidents in Residence: February School Vacation Week
Cancelled: 0Saturday, February 15 – Sunday February 23Presidential Scavenger Hunt, 10 am–6 pm, daily.Abraham Lincoln Family Quiz, 2 pm, daily.Vote for Me! Election Button Making, 1–3 pm, daily.Families...
View ArticleBatteries Not Included: Toys and Trains at the New-York Historical Society
To celebrate the holiday season, the New-York Historical Society is presenting an installation of nineteenth- and twentieth-century toys from the permanent collection. The display will include a...
View ArticleLuce Center >
The Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture will be closed for renovations from August 31, 2014 through December 2016. Please check back in the fall for details of our exciting new...
View ArticleHistorical Artifacts >
Historical Relics and SouvenirsThe New-York Historical Society’s collection of more than 300 relics includes eyewitness artifacts linked to key moments in American history, such as fragments of the...
View ArticleIf Elected: The Game of American Politics
The New-York Historical Society will mark the occasion of the upcoming November elections with a small exhibition that surveys the history of American presidential elections through the lens of...
View ArticleThe Games We Played: American Board and Table Games from the Liman Collection...
Exhibition Type: Special InstallationsThe 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...
View ArticleThe New York History Mysteries Scavenger Hunt
Price: $17.50Cancelled: 0Event DetailsUncover the most unusual and eccentric aspects of New York City history on this madcap adventure in the newly renovated galleries of the New-York Historical...
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