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Exhibitions at the New-York Historical Society are made possible by Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang and Oscar Tang, the Saunders Trust for American History, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

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LIFE: Six Women Photographers

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Between the late 1930s and the early 1970s, LIFE magazine retained few women photographers as full-time staff or on a semi-permanent basis. LIFE: Six Women...

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Billie Jean King: Champion. Activist. Legend.

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The New-York Historical Society is presenting the traveling exhibition Billie Jean King: Champion. Activist. Legend. More than 75 photographs will chronicle her...

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Mort Gerberg Cartoons: A New Yorker's Perspective

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Born in Brooklyn, New York, Mort Gerberg has been making art since he was a child. Through a combination of artistic talent and intuitive wit, he has become one of the finest—...

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Walk This Way: Footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historic Shoes

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With a focus on the women who designed, manufactured, sold, and collected footwear, Walk This Way presents the story of the shoe as it has never been told before....

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The Poetry of Nature: Hudson River School Landscapes from the New-York Historical Society

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The Hudson River School rose to eminence in New York during the first half of the 19th century. This loosely knit group of artists, together with like-minded poets and writers...

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Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow

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Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow explores the struggle for full citizenship and racial equality that unfolded in the 50 years after the Civil War.

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The Coast & the Sea: Marine and Maritime Art in America

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The New-York Historical Society holds an important collection of marine paintings and maritime artifacts; a reflection of the fact that the early history and culture of the...

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Beauty’s Legacy: Gilded Age Portraits in America

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Beauty’s Legacy: Gilded Age Portraits in America examines the remarkable critical and popular resurgence of portraiture in the United States during the late-nineteenth...

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Freedom Journey 1965: Photographs of the Selma to Montgomery March by Stephen Somerstein

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This exhibit features the stunning and historic photographs of Stephen Somerstein, documenting the Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March in March of 1965. Somerstein was a...

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Making American Taste: Narrative Art for a New Democracy

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Making American Taste: Narrative Art for a New Democracy provides a new perspective on American art by approaching narrative subject matter through the lens of taste...