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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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The Declaration of Independence: The Stone Engraving

July 03, 2012 - October 08, 2012

Less than fifty years after the thirteen American colonies broke from Great Britain, the signed official parchment that declared independence already was becoming irreparably...

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Harlem by Camilo José Vergara

February 17, 2012 - September 16, 2012

Harlem: The People: February 17, 2012 - June 10, 2012
Harlem: The Place: June 13, 2012 - September 16, 2012

This exhibition of photographs by...

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The Pop Shop

May 18, 2012 - September 16, 2012

In honor of the installation of the ceiling from Keith Haring’s famous Pop Shop above the new admissions area in the Robert H. and Clarice Smith New York Gallery of American...

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Beauties of the Gilded Age: Peter Marié's Miniatures of Society Women

November 11, 2011 - September 09, 2012

Second Rotation: March 13, 2012 - July 8, 2012
Third Rotation: July 10, 2012–September 9, 2012

Between 1889 and 1903, New York socialite Peter Marié (1825–1903)...

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Making American Taste: Narrative Art for a New Democracy

November 11, 2011 - September 09, 2012

Making American Taste features fifty-five works from the New-York Historical Society’s collection that cast new light on both the history of American art and the...

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Beer Here: Brewing New York's History

May 25, 2012 - September 02, 2012

To consider the fascinating yet largely anonymous legacy of beer brewing in New York City, the New-York Historical Society presents Beer Here: Brewing New York’s History....

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Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New York

Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New York, highlights the histories of 100 notable examples of silver from the New-York Historical Society's collection...

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BE SURE! BE SAFE! GET VACCINATED! Smallpox, Vaccination and Civil Liberties in New York

May 15, 2012 - September 02, 2012

The eradication of smallpox, variola major, from the world is one of the great triumphs of modern medicine. For centuries, this highly contagious, disfiguring lethal...

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Revolutionary Kids

June 26, 2012 - August 26, 2012

The battles, principles, and aftermath of the American Revolution impacted all ages. Kids took part in boycotts, enlisted in the war, proclaimed patriotic themes, and lost...

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Howard Thain's Eye: Discovering New York in the 1920s

November 11, 2011 - August 19, 2012

Howard Thain moved to New York in 1919, and he described how during the next decade he spent every moment he could in the streets recording the city and its people “who to my...