John Hancock needed a check-up. New-York Historical’s portrait of the famed signer of the Declaration of Independence and the first governor of Massachusetts is on view as part of the exhibition Beyond Midnight: Paul Revere. However, before it gets installed, the Museum’s Paintings Conservation Lab wanted to learn more about it. New-York Historical actually knows very...

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On the evening of July 9, 1776, downtown New York City was in a rebellious mood. The Declaration of Independence had been read aloud that day in lower Manhattan for the first time, announcing to the city that the Revolution against British rule had begun. That night, 40 colonial soldiers and sailors under the command...

The post A Horse’s Tail: How a Legendary Piece of a King George III Statue Landed at the New-York Historical Society appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

Panoramas are all about spectacle, and the biggest spectacle in New-York Historical’s current exhibition Panoramas: The Big Picture is Claude Samton’s 1986 photomosaic of Manhattan’s Canal St. An immersive work that runs the whole length of one of our galleries, Canal Street is made up of about 2,000 individual photographs that Samton shot and then...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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To help stop the spread of COVID-19 in New York City, New-York Historical is temporarily closed to the public through the end of the month. Our Women March exhibition is off limits for the time being, but we’re celebrating Women’s History Month from afar. So, why not dip into our our vast collection of audio recordings from past...

The post History at Home: From Wonder Woman to Margaret Thatcher, 7 Public Programs About Remarkable Women appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

To help stop the spread of COVID-19 in New York City, New-York Historical is temporarily closed to the public through the end of the month. Our Women March exhibition is off limits for the time being, but we’re celebrating Women’s History Month from afar. So dip into our our vast collection of audio recordings from past Public Programs and listen to a...

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To help stop the spread of COVID-19 in New York City, New-York Historical is temporarily closed to the public through the end of the month. So take this time to dip into our our vast collection of audio recordings from past Public Programs and listen to a couple of fascinating talks about two memorable First Ladies from the Revolutionary Era who...

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Bestselling author and journalist Walter Isaacson has been a frequent guest of New-York Historical over the years, always bringing tantalizing tales of innovation and ingenuity. Enjoy four of his past public programs below: on Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, and Albert Einstein, and a deep dive into the technologies that are shaping our digital future....

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America lost a great journalist in 2019 when Cokie Roberts died at the age of 75 from complications due to breast cancer. New-York Historical also lost a beloved friend. Roberts, a legendary reporter and commentator for ABC News and NPR, had appeared often in our Public Programs over the years to talk about American history and politics, and she...

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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...

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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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People around the world are stuck at home and socially distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. So, we want to bring the outdoors inside. The New-York Historical Society partnered with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., to send virtual rays of #MuseumSunshine to lighten moods and brighten social media feeds. Dear @metmuseum, we...

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Our Public Programs have long explored the rich history of Jewish life in America from the colonial era to the present day. They’ve also, not surprisingly, grappled with the ongoing scourge of anti-Semitism and its pernicious hold on world affairs. Listen to two audio programs below that tackle two very different facets of Jewish life: first, a fascinating...

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In 2010, our Public Program series welcomed an all-star lineup: journalist and then-New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, The New Yorker‘s Adam Gopnik, and boxing writer and sports historian Bert Sugar (who sadly, passed away in 2012). The subject of their talk was an irresistible one for any sports fan who’s missing the action during lockdown: longshots, underdogs,...

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Title: The nature of modernism [electronic resource] : ecocritical approaches to the poetry of Edward Thomas, T.S. Eliot, Edith Sitwell and Charlotte Mew / Elizabeth Black.
Author: Black, Elizabeth, author.
Imprint: New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Mew, Charlotte Mary, 1869-1928 -- Criticism and interpretation.
English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)
Ecocriticism in literature.
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. fast (OCoLC)fst00030202
Mew, Charlotte Mary, 1869-1928. fast (OCoLC)fst00097539
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964. fast (OCoLC)fst01774756
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917. fast (OCoLC)fst00032673
Ecocriticism in literature. fast (OCoLC)fst01903083
English poetry. fast (OCoLC)fst00912278
Modernism (Literature) fast (OCoLC)fst01024455
1900-1999 fast

Title: Translation as actor-networking [electronic resource] : actors, agencies, and networks in the making of Arthur Waley's English translation of the Chinese 'Journey to the West'.
Author: Luo, Wenyan, author.
Imprint: New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Actor-network theory.
Actor-network theory. fast (OCoLC)fst01736774

Title: Evaluating the evaluator [electronic resource] : a novel perspective on translation quality assessment / Hansjörg Bittner.
Author: Bittner, Hansjörg, 1963- author.
Imprint: New York : Routledge, 2020.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Translating and interpreting -- Evaluation.
Translating and interpreting -- Evaluation. fast (OCoLC)fst01154799

Title: Learning relationships in the classroom [electronic resource] / edited by Dorothy Faulkner, Karen Littleton, and Martin Woodhead.
Imprint: London : Routledge, 2013.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Teacher-student relationships.
Communication in education.
Group work in education.
Communication in education. fast (OCoLC)fst00870133
Group work in education. fast (OCoLC)fst00948532
Teacher-student relationships. fast (OCoLC)fst01144236

Title: Population Malthus [electronic resource] : his life and times / Patricia James.
Author: James, Patricia.
Imprint: London New York : Routledge, 2006.
Shelfmark: Taylor & Francis ebooks
Subjects: Economics -- History.
Economics -- Study and teaching.

Title: Development of achievement motivation [electronic resource] / edited by Allan Wigfield, Jacquelynne S. Eccles.
Imprint: San Diego : Academic Press, ©2002.
Shelfmark: ScienceDirect
Subjects: Motivation in education.
Academic achievement.
Achievement motivation in children.
Academic achievement. fast (OCoLC)fst00794949
Achievement motivation in children. fast (OCoLC)fst00795665
Motivation in education. fast (OCoLC)fst01027541

Title: The emotions of internationalism [electronic resource] : feeling international cooperation in the Alps in the interwar period / Ilaria Scaglia.
Author: Scaglia, Ilaria, author.
Imprint: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Shelfmark: Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects: Europe, Western -- History -- 20th century.
International agencies -- Europe, Western.
Europe, Western -- Foreign relations.
Emotions -- History -- 20th century.
Internationalism -- History -- 20th century.
Alps -- History -- 20th century.
Diplomatic relations. fast (OCoLC)fst01907412
Emotions. fast (OCoLC)fst00908819
International agencies. fast (OCoLC)fst00976708
Western Europe. fast (OCoLC)fst01272478

Title: The deaths of the Republic [electronic resource] : imagery of the body politic in Ciceronian Rome / Brian Walters.
Author: Walters, Brian (Classicist), author.
Imprint: Oxford New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Shelfmark: Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects: Latin literature -- History and criticism.
Political science -- Rome -- History.
Politics and literature -- Rome.
Rome -- Politics and government.
Politics in literature.

Title: Relationship thinking [electronic resource] : agency, enchrony, and human sociality / N.J. Enfield.
Author: Enfield, N. J., 1966- author.
Imprint: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Shelfmark: Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects: Communication -- Social aspects.
Semiotics -- Social aspects.
Social interaction.
Cognition.
Sociolinguistics.
Cognition. fast (OCoLC)fst00866457
Communication -- Social aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst00870009
Semiotics -- Social aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst01112363
Social interaction. fast (OCoLC)fst01122562
Sociolinguistics. fast (OCoLC)fst01123847

Title: Virtue and law in Plato and beyond [electronic resource] / Julia Annas.
Author: Annas, Julia, author.
Imprint: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Shelfmark: Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects: Plato.
Ethics.
Virtue.
Law (Philosophical concept)
Plato. fast (OCoLC)fst00046610
Ethics. fast (OCoLC)fst00915833
Law (Philosophical concept) fast (OCoLC)fst01770250
Virtue. fast (OCoLC)fst01167712

Title: Narrative prosthesis [electronic resource] : disability and the dependencies of discourse / David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder.
Author: Mitchell, David T., 1962- author.
Imprint: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2000]";"©2000
Shelfmark: JSTOR ebooks
Subjects: People with disabilities in literature.
Literature, Modern -- History and criticism.

Title: Consultancy, organizational development and change [electronic resource] : a practical guide to delivering value / Julie Hodges.
Author: Hodges, Julie.
Imprint: [Place of publication not identified] : Kogan Page : Kogan Page, 2017.
Shelfmark: EBSCO ebooks
Subjects: Organizational change -- Management.
Organizational effectiveness.
Organizational change -- Management. fast (OCoLC)fst01047838
Organizational effectiveness. fast (OCoLC)fst01047852

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: Immersive theatres [electronic resource] : intimacy and immediacy in contemporary performance / Josephine Machon.
Author: Machon, Josephine, 1979- author.
Imprint: Basingstoke, [England] New York, New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.";"©2013
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Performing arts -- Audiences.
Participatory theater.
Participatory theater. fast (OCoLC)fst01054039
Performing arts -- Audiences. fast (OCoLC)fst01057889

Title: Beyond immersive theatre [electronic resource] : aesthetics, politics and productive participation / Adam Alston.
Author: Alston, Adam, author.
Imprint: London, [England] : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]";"©2016
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Performing arts -- Audiences.
Participatory theater.
Experimental theater.
Theater audiences.
Theater -- Production and direction.

Title: Comparative international accounting [electronic resource] / Christopher Nobes and Robert B. Parker.
Author: Nobes, Christopher, author.
Imprint: Harlow, England : Pearson, [2020]";"©2020
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Comparative accounting.

Title: Essential quantitative methods [electronic resource] : for business, management and finance / Les Oakshott.
Author: Oakshott, Les, author.
Imprint: London, [England] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.";"©2016
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Business mathematics.
Finance -- Mathematical models.
Business mathematics. fast (OCoLC)fst00842780
Finance -- Mathematical models. fast (OCoLC)fst00924398

Title: Mine water [electronic resource] : hydrology, pollution, remediation / by Paul L. Younger, Steven A. Banwart and Robert S. Hedin.
Author: Younger, Paul L., author.
Imprint: Dordrecht : Springer Science+Business Media, 2002.
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Mine water.
Mine drainage.
Mine water -- Environmental 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: Recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters [electronic resource] / edited by Anselmo Reyes.
Imprint: Oxford New York, Hart, 2019.
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Judgments, Foreign -- East Asia.
Judgments, Foreign -- Southeast Asia.
Judgments, Foreign -- South Asia.
Judgments, Foreign. fast (OCoLC)fst00984632
East Asia. fast (OCoLC)fst01243628
South Asia. fast (OCoLC)fst01244520
Southeast Asia. fast (OCoLC)fst01240499

Title: An introduction to analysis of financial data with R [electronic resource] / Ruey S. Tsay.
Author: Tsay, Ruey S., 1951- author.
Imprint: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2013]";"©2013
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Finance -- Econometric models.
Time-series analysis.
Econometrics.
R (Computer program language)

Title: Generation left [electronic resource] / Keir Milburn.
Author: Milburn, Keir, author.
Imprint: Cambridge, England Medford, Massachusetts : Polity, [2019]";"©2019
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: Right and left (Political science)
Young adults -- Political activity.
Generations -- Political aspects.
Age -- Political aspects.

Title: First globalization [electronic resource] : the Eurasian exchange, 1500 to 1800 / Geoffrey C. Gunn.
Author: Gunn, Geoffrey C., author.
Imprint: Lanham, [Maryland] : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2003]";"©2003
Shelfmark: Ebook Central
Subjects: East and West.
Europe -- Relations -- Asia.
Asia -- Relations -- Europe.
Europe -- Civilization -- Oriental influences.
Asia -- Foreign public opinion, Western.

Title: Ovid's art of imitation [electronic resource]: Propertius in the Amores / by Kathleen Morgan.
Author: Morgan, Kathleen, 1943-
Imprint: Lugduni Batavorum : Brill, 1977.
Shelfmark: Brill
Subjects: Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Amores.
Propertius, Sextus -- Influence.
Elegiac poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
Love poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
Imitation in literature.
Rome -- In literature.
Propertius, Sextus. fast (OCoLC)fst00033965
Amores (Ovid) fast (OCoLC)fst01358292
Elegiac poetry, Latin. fast (OCoLC)fst00907836
Imitation in literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00967690
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) fast (OCoLC)fst00972484
Literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00999953
Love poetry, Latin. fast (OCoLC)fst01002912
Rome (Empire) fast (OCoLC)fst01204885