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Need inspiration for a DIY Mother’s Day gift? This weekend we are celebrating creative tools from the past now on display in the new North Gallery of our fourth-floor Henry Luce III Center.

Recommended for all ages
Free with Museum Admission

Free with Museum Admission
Recommended for all ages

We’re celebrating our new Luce Center by meeting Living Historians in the galleries! As you explore our exciting new 4th floor, you might notice some costumed visitors alongside you. These New Yorkers of the past are waiting to chat with you about the era they are reenacting and show your family some of the Museum’s most treasured artifacts and artworks. Don’t be shy—make sure to say hi!

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Two Sessions: Saturday and Sunday, April 8 and 9, 11:30 am–12:30 pm, 1:30–4 pm

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Does our new exhibition, Thomas Jefferson: The Private Man , leave you wishing you could ask our nation’s third president some questions? Here’s your chance!

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Join us for the opening weekend of the Joyce B. Cowin Women’s History Gallery and its inaugural exhibition, Saving Washington, about First Lady Dolley Madison!

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Did you know that as many as 1,000 women fought in the American Civil War? You might not be able to tell if you took a look at a historical reenactment today.In celebration of Women’s History Month, meet living historians who recreate and share the underrepresented and contested contributions to war efforts in the North and South by women who openly served in combat roles and women who disguised themselves as men to enlist, as well as individuals who may not have identified as one gender. 

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Recommended for all ages

Free with Museum Admission
All ages

In celebration of Women’s History Month, acclaimed historical musician Linda Russell explores the women of the past as reflected in the popular songs and stories of the day—in their own words! Discover historical love songs, laments, ballads, work songs, parlor ditties, and suffrage anthems, and listen to excerpts from women’s diaries and letters. You can even try out some of her instruments, including the mountain and hammered dulcimers, pennywhistle, guitar, and limberjack.

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Explore paths for discovering women’s history in your own family history! Join culinary historian Lavada Nahon as she shares some of the most important historical resources that her mother passed down—some of her ‘artifacts’ might surprise you! Flip through antique recipe cards and books, take a look at Lavada’s apron, and learn about other overlooked household items that tell important stories for living historians like Lavada.