EVENT DETAILS

9–9:30 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30–11 am: Program

In continued commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Reconstruction, leading historians discuss the transformative post-Civil War era and its impact on the course of American history.

David W. Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University. Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. Edna Greene Medford is professor and chair of the Department of History at Howard University. Harold Holzer (moderator) has written and edited more than 50 books on Lincoln and the Civil War era.

Please also join us on Friday, February 10 for a screening of Steven Spielberg’s historical drama Lincoln, featuring opening remarks by Edna Greene Medford and Harold Holzer. 

LOCATION

The Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024

PURCHASING TICKETS

By phone: Please contact New-York Historical’s in-house call center at (212) 485-9268. Call center is open 9 am–5 pm daily.
Online: Click on the orange “Buy Tickets” button at the top of this page.
In person: Advance tickets may be purchased on site at New-York Historical’s Admissions desk during museum hours.

Advance purchase is required to guarantee seating. All sales are final; refunds and exchanges not permitted. Programs and dates may be subject to change. Management reserves the right to refuse admission to latecomers.