Henry Pelham created an image for the ages. On the snowy night of March 5, 1770, a group of British soldiers were confronted by an unruly crowd of colonists near the Custom House in Boston. The melee that followed ended with the panicked troops firing into the crowd, killing several colonists, including Crispus Attucks, a...

The post How Paul Revere Scooped a Rival and Created One of the Most Infamous Images in American History appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

Before he became a titan of American literature and the witty bard of life in the 19th century, Mark Twain was just another young man looking for his big break in New York City. In the New-York Historical exhibition Mark Twain and the Holy Land (opening Oct. 25), we’re exploring the fabled journey behind one...

The post Mark Twain in New York: How an Ambitious Young Writer Talked His Way onto a Luxury Cruise to the Holy Land appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

Here’s the first thing you need to know about Anne Marguérite Joséphine Henriette Rouillé de Marigny, Baroness Hyde de Neuville besides her remarkable name: Napoleon himself was so struck by her courage that he decided not to execute her husband. The Baroness is the subject of the New-York Historical exhibition Artist in Exile: The Visual...

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In December, the Carolina Parakeet will be the featured bird in New-York Historical’s Audubon’s Birds of America Focus Gallery. Below, curator Roberta J.M. Olson outlines the tragic story of the bird’s extinction, which became official almost 100 years ago.  In the early 19th century, artist and naturalist John James Audubon (1785–1851) sounded the alarm about habitat loss...

The post When is a Parakeet a Canary? John James Audubon and the Extinction of North America’s Only Native Parrot appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

When you think about a brooch, you might think of your grandmother’s beautiful and intricate butterfly pin. Or maybe you’ve read about the various adornments that Queen Elizabeth II wears on special occasions. But for people living in the Victorian era, something as simple as a brooch was weighted with meaning and heavily scrutinized by...

The post Brooches for Every Occasion: Death and Jewelry in the Victorian Era appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

The New-York Historical Society Museum wants a wedding cake topper. Not just any cake topper: a same-sex version with two men or two women that speaks to the titanic shift in American culture that happened when gay marriage was legalized at the federal level in 2015. So if we’re so eager, why not just buy...

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In the early 19th century, artist Martha Ann Honeywell would sweep through towns like a band on tour. An artist who specialized in needlework, embroidery, and cut paper, among other mediums, she’d set up shop at a museum, tavern, or boardinghouse, charge 50 cents a ticket and perform three times a day for two hours...

The post “Done Without Hands”: Meet Martha Ann Honeywell, the Silhouette Artist Who Captivated 19th-Century America appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

Bill Graham once said he didn’t remember much about his childhood. Maybe that’s because he preferred to forget. One of the most influential rock & roll promoters of all time, Graham was quite literally the man behind the music. The manager of the legendary Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco and the Fillmore East in New...

The post Bill Graham’s American Journey: A Rock & Roll Mastermind Started Life as an Orphaned World War II Refugee appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

The history is right there in Wyoming’s official nickname: the Equality State. In 1889, delegates to Wyoming’s constitutional convention voted to do something that had never been done before: permanently guarantee women the right to vote in a constitution, without any preconditions. Article No. VI, Section 1, states plainly: “The rights of citizens of the...

The post “This Great Experiment”: How Wyoming Gave Women the Vote 30 Years Before the United States appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

To help support the city’s efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 and to protect the health of our visitors and staff, New-York Historical is temporarily closing to the public as of Friday, March 13, at 6 pm through the end of the month. While you can’t drop by to see our Meet the Presidents exhibition in...

The post History at Home: Listen to 10 Public Programs About the American Presidency appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

No matter the occasion, flower deliveries always mean one thing: We’re thinking about you. On Tuesday, March 25, New-York Historical Society partnered with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., to send museums a virtual #MuseumBouquet of flowers to brighten social media feeds and cheer up online audiences. Hundreds of cultural organizations—most of...

The post #MuseumBouquet to Brighten Your Day: Sending Flowers on Social Media appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

When Ulysses Grant Dietz’s older brother gave him a wedding cake topper for Christmas in the early 2000s, he meant it mostly as a gag gift. Made of molded plastic, the topper features two tuxedo-clad men linking arms under a flower-bedecked bower. On the underside, it’s stamped with the words “Adam & Steve.” The topper’s...

The post The Love Story Behind New-York Historical’s New Wedding Cake Topper appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

What can history museums do during an epidemic? Like many institutions across the globe, the New-York Historical Society is temporarily closed to help contain the spread of COVID-19. And like so many New Yorkers, our curators and librarians are preoccupied with concern for their loved ones and grief over what’s happening in our beloved city....

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Author and scholar Douglas Brinkley has been described by CNN as “a man who knows more about the presidency than just about any human being alive.” So it was a match made in history heaven when New-York Historical named him our official presidential historian in 2017. He’s long been a fixture at our Public Programs series and...

The post History at Home: 2 Public Programs About the Roosevelts and America’s Natural Treasures appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

April 22, 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, was a remarkably non-partisan affair that brought an estimated 20 million people out into the streets, parks, and beaches across the United States. In New York alone, Earth Day celebrations, rallies, and teach-ins shut down 5th Avenue...

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“Booze sales are booming,” read a recent CNN headline focused on a spike in liquor, beer, and wine sales as Americans shelter in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our current moment is just another side note in America’s long, complex relationship with alcohol.  Over the years, our Public Programs have explored many facets of this history. Enjoy audio recordings of two past programs below: one...

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As the COVID-19 crisis continues, perhaps it’s no surprise that alcohol sales are booming. With many of us confined to our homes (if we’re lucky), braving commutes to carry out essential work, or simply trying to figure out how to make a mask out of your last pair of clean underwear, there seems to be no...

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Title: Forensic science and humanitarian action [electronic resource] : interacting with the dead and the living. Volume 1 / edited by Roberto C. Parra, Sara C. Zapico, Douglas H. Ubelaker.
Imprint: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020.
Shelfmark: Wiley
Subjects: Forensic sciences.
Forensic anthropology.
Dead -- Identification.
Humanitarian assistance.
Dead -- Identification. fast (OCoLC)fst00888389
Forensic anthropology. fast (OCoLC)fst00931952
Forensic sciences. fast (OCoLC)fst00932011
Humanitarian assistance. fast (OCoLC)fst00963553

Title: Exploring Working Memory [electronic resource] : selected works of Alan Baddeley / Alan Baddeley.
Author: Baddeley, Alan D., 1934-
Imprint: London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Short-term memory.
Memory.
Memory. fast (OCoLC)fst01015913
Short-term memory. fast (OCoLC)fst01117483

Title: Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' [electronic resource] : a reading guide / Anna Barton.
Author: Barton, Anna, 1979-, author.
Imprint: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2012]";"©2012
Shelfmark: JSTOR ebooks
Subjects: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892. In memoriam.
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation.
In memoriam (Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron). fast (OCoLC)fst01937933
English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism

Title: Three rival versions of moral enquiry [electronic resource] : encyclopaedia, genealogy, and tradition : being Gifford lectures delivered in the University of Edinburgh in 1988 / by Alasdair MacIntyre.
Author: MacIntyre, Alasdair C., author.
Imprint: Notre Dame, IN. : University of Notre Dame Press, [1990]";"©1990
Shelfmark: JSTOR ebooks
Subjects: Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics. English.
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430 -- Ethics.
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 -- Ethics.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. Zur Genealogie der Moral.
Catholic Church. Pope (1878-1903 : Leo XIII). Aeterni Patris.
Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Ethics -- Methodology.
Ethics -- Study and teaching.
Thomists.
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430 fast (OCoLC)fst00061554
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. fast (OCoLC)fst00029176
Aeterni Patris (Catholic Church. Pope (1878-1903 : Leo XIII)) fast (OCoLC)fst01362198
Encyclopaedia Britannica. fast (OCoLC)fst01356308
Nicomachean ethics (Aristotle) fast (OCoLC)fst01357515
Zur Genealogie der Moral (Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm) fast (OCoLC)fst01360086
Ethics. fast (OCoLC)fst00915833
Ethics -- Methodology. fast (OCoLC)fst00915842
Ethics -- Study and teaching. fast (OCoLC)fst00915851
Thomists. fast (OCoLC)fst01150182

Title: Childbirth and authoritative knowledge [electronic resource] : cross-cultural perspectives / edited by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd, Carolyn F. Sargent with a foreword by Rayna Rapp.
Imprint: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997.
Shelfmark: EBSCO ebooks
Subjects: Birth customs.
Childbirth -- Cross-cultural studies.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Birth customs. fast (OCoLC)fst00833248
Childbirth. fast (OCoLC)fst00854780
Knowledge, Sociology of. fast (OCoLC)fst00988190

Title: Understanding criminology [electronic resource] : current theoretical debates / Sandra Walklate.
Author: Walklate, Sandra.
Imprint: Maidenhead, England New York : McGraw-Hill/Open University Press, 2007.
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Criminology.
Crime -- Sociological aspects.

Title: Multivariate time series analysis [electronic resource] : with R and financial applications / Ruey S. Tsay.
Author: Tsay, Ruey S., 1951-
Imprint: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2014]";"©2014
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Time-series analysis.
R (Computer program language)
Econometric models.

Title: Critical issues in early childhood education [electronic resource] / edited by Nicola Yelland.
Imprint: Maidenhead New York : Open University Press, 2005.
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Early childhood education -- Great Britain.
Early childhood education -- Great Britain -- Evaluation.

Title: Brill's companion to Thucydides [electronic resource] / edited by Antonios Rengakos and Antonis Tsakmakis.
Imprint: Leiden Boston : Brill, 2006.
Shelfmark: Brill
Subjects: Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War.
Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. -- Historiography.
History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides) fast (OCoLC)fst01356140
Historiography. fast (OCoLC)fst00958221
Greece. fast (OCoLC)fst01208380
431-404 B.C fast

Title: Brill's companion to Herodotus [electronic resource] / edited by Egbert J. Bakker, Irene J.F. de Jong, Hans van Wees.
Imprint: Leiden Boston : Brill, 2002.
Shelfmark: Brill
Subjects: Herodotus. History.
History, Ancient -- Historiography.
History (Herodotus) fast (OCoLC)fst01356346
History, Ancient -- Historiography. fast (OCoLC)fst00958355

Title: The book triumphant [electronic resource] : print in transition in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / edited by Malcolm Walsby, Graeme Kemp.
Imprint: Leiden Boston : Brill, 2011.
Shelfmark: Brill
Subjects: Books -- Europe -- History -- 1450-1600.
Books -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
Printing -- Europe -- History -- 16th century.
Printing -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
Book industries and trade -- Europe -- History -- 16th century.
Book industries and trade -- Europe -- History -- 17th century.
Book industries and trade. fast (OCoLC)fst00836171
Books. fast (OCoLC)fst00836401
Printing. fast (OCoLC)fst01076612
Europe. fast (OCoLC)fst01245064
1450-1699 fast

Title: The world of maritime and commercial law [electronic resource] : essays in honour of Francis Rose / Charles Mitchell, Stephen Watterson.
Imprint: Oxford New York : Hart, 2020.
Shelfmark: Bloomsbury
Subjects: Commercial law -- England.
Maritime law -- England.
Commercial law. fast (OCoLC)fst00869502
Maritime law. fast (OCoLC)fst01010102
England. fast (OCoLC)fst01219920

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to political leader and social reformer Gopal Krishna Gokhale on his birth anniversary. Gokhale was born on May 9 in 1866 at erstwhile Bombay Presidency.

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday assured that India will not face a serious coronavirus COVID-19 situation seen in some developed countries. He, however, said that the country is prepared for the worst-case scenario.

Pakistan has said that water discharge in Chenab river has come down significantly, a claim that has been termed by India as "baseless narrative".

A bureaucrat-turned politician, Ajit Jogi had served as the first CM of Chhattisgarh from November 2000 to November 2003 in then Congress government, after the state came into existence.

The situation in the valley, which has been witnessing lockdown since the third week of March due to COVID-19 pandemic, was generally calm barring a few local protests in some villages of Pulwama in south Kashmir.

The order stated, "The interim bails for a period of 45 days granted to 2,177 UTPs, ...are hereby extended by another period of 45 days from the date of their respective expiry of interim bails on the same terms and conditions."

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said he is "totally healthy" and not suffering from any disease. Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, Shah said in a statement that the rumours about his health conditions have been spread through social media.