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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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Landmarks of New York

April 30, 2009 - July 12, 2009

An exhibition of 83 photographs documenting some of the most significant buildings and public parks in New York City will be on view at The New-York Historical Society from...

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Taking the Oath: The First Presidential Inauguration

January 16, 2009 - May 25, 2009

In honor of the forthcoming presidential inauguration on January 20, 2009, Taking the Oath will revisit the United States’ momentous first presidential inauguration...

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A New President Takes Command: FDR’s First Hundred Days

December 13, 2008 - May 03, 2009

Presented in collaborations with the FDR Library in Hyde Park, this exhibition marks the 75th anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt’s first inauguration and the beginning of the...

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Audubon's Aviary: Some Things Old, Some Things Borrowed, but Most Things New

February 13, 2009 - April 05, 2009

Audubon's Aviary: Some Things Old, Some Things Borrowed, but Most Things New is the final exhibition in a five-part annual Audubon series mounted by the New-York...

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Grant and Lee in War and Peace

October 17, 2008 - March 29, 2009

General Grant and General Lee: they became America's greatest generals yet used their talents in the war that tore the nation apart. Neither could be purely military men.

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Nation at the Crossroads: The Great New York Debate over the Constitution, 1787–1788

November 14, 2008 - January 29, 2009

The exhibition, to be presented online as well as in the Low Light Gallery, will illustrate and illuminate the intense process of argument and debate that preceded the vote of...

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The Hudson River School at the New-York Historical Society; Nature and the American Vision (2008)

April 04, 2008 - January 25, 2009

See a showcase of over 100 famous paintings by artists of the Hudson River School including Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand, John F. Kensett, Jasper F. Cropsey and Albert...

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Drawn by New York: Six Centuries of Watercolors and Drawings at the N-YHS

September 19, 2008 - January 19, 2009

Although the Society harbors one of the earliest assembled public collections of drawings in the United States, the aesthetic richness and historical value of these assets...

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If Elected: The Game of American Politics

July 04, 2008 - January 11, 2009

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...

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Victor Prevost: Early Photographs of New York

September 05, 2008 - October 19, 2008

French born Victor Prevost (1820-1881) spent most of his career in New York where, during the 1850s, he operated a photography studio. His calotype negatives survive as rare...