EVENT DETAILS
Prohibition is often glamorized in popular culture as a rule-breaking era filled with flappers, gangsters, and speakeasies. Historians Lisa McGirr and Eric Foner uncover a more complex history behind the 18th Amendment and explore how American Prohibition served as a period of political coercion that propelled FDR to the presidency and expanded the federal government’s reach.
Lisa McGirr is professor of history at Harvard University and the author of The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State. Eric Foner (moderator) is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University.
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.
DRINK & PRIORITY SEAT COMBO OFFER
Pre-order your ticket for this public program and for an extra $10 enjoy a glass of wine at Storico while a priority seat is reserved for you in the auditorium. Select the “package ticket” option online and stop by Storico prior to the event.
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.
