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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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Woven Splendor from Timbuktu to Tibet: Exotic Rugs and Textiles from New York Collectors

April 11, 2008 - August 17, 2008

Woven Splendor celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Hajji Baba Club, the nation's oldest and most prestigious rug collecting club. The show will chronicle the history of...

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Allure of the East: Orientalism in New York, 1850–1930

April 11, 2008 - August 17, 2008

Prelude to Woven Splendor from Timbuktu to Tibet: Exotic Rugs and Textiles from New York Collectors.

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French Founding Father: Lafayette's Return to Washington's America

November 16, 2007 - August 10, 2008

The Marquis de Lafayette first arrived in America in 1777 to assist George Washington in the cause for independence. From that time, and despite differences in language, age...

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Life’s Pleasures: The Ashcan Artists' Brush with Leisure, 1895–1925

November 28, 2007 - February 10, 2008

The New-York Historical Society will host Life's Pleasures: The Ashcan Artists' Brush With Leisure, 1895–1925, an exhibition of about 80 paintings organized by the...

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here is new york: remembering 9/11

September 11, 2007 - December 13, 2007

The materials of September 11—a voice describing unforgettable memories, twisted girders, a melted safe deposit box, and a messenger's bicycle adorned with flowers—are a...

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DARFUR/DARFUR

October 18, 2007 - October 24, 2007

The New-York Historical Society will project building-sized images of the genocide in Darfur onto the Museum's exterior walls to make a dramatic statement about the need for...

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Elegy in the Dust: September 11th and the Chelsea Jeans Memorial

August 26, 2006 - October 07, 2007

Chelsea Jeans, a retail store turned September 11th artifact and shrine, closed forever on October 26, 2002. Owner David Cohen entrusted the New-York Historical Society with...

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The World of Asher B. Durand: The Artist in Antebellum New York

April 13, 2007 - September 30, 2007

This exhibition of landscape and portrait paintings, drawings, and prints will showcase the New-York Historical Society's Durand holdings—the largest in the world—at the time...

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New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War

November 17, 2006 - September 03, 2007

New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War is the final exhibition in the New-York Historical Society's groundbreaking series on slavery and its impact on the people...

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Carry Me Home: Dispatches from the Civil War

January 26, 2007 - September 03, 2007

Drawing upon the extensive Civil War collections of the New-York Historical Society, Carry Me Home: Dispatches from the Civil War will explore the...