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The New York Historical (originally the New-York Historical Society) is an American history museum and library on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The society was founded in 1804 as New York's first museum. It presents exhibitions, public programs, and research that explore the history of New York and the nation. The New York ...
Its stated mission as embodied in its original constitution was “to promote and encourage original historical research; to disseminate a greater knowledge of the history of the State of New York and particularly of Schenectady County; to gather, preserve, display, and make available for study artifacts, books, manuscripts, papers, photographs and other records and materials relating to the ...
The Onondaga Historical Association's main building at 321 Montgomery St., Syracuse, NY. The Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) is a private nonprofit entity that operates as a research center on the history of Onondaga County, with museums, educational centers, retail operations, and exhibits at multiple locations throughout Onondaga County.
The Center for Brooklyn History was founded in 1863 by Henry Pierrepont (1808–1888) [6] as the Long Island Historical Society, with a charter from the New England Historical Society in Boston. [7] In 1985, the society changed its name to the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS).
In 2007 the Historical Society acquired 27 acres (110,000 m 2) of property adjacent to the site from Schenectady County to construct the George Eugene Franchere Education Center, a three-level 13,000 sq ft (1,200 m 2) structure which, completed in 2011, now allows the site to operate year-round. The Franchere Center provides space for rotating ...
Sep. 22—HAYDEN — The Hayden Historical Museum's hours of operation are 4 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays and 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. These hours are in effect until Memorial Day. Visits can also be ...
The next year, funds by New York City were allocated to renovate the building at 103 West 135th, [37] and it was renamed the building of the Schomburg Collection for Research in Black Culture. [38] Simultaneously, the entire Schomburg collection was rounded up from various branch libraries and transferred to the center. [ 39 ]
Louise Mirrer is an American historian who is president and CEO of the New-York Historical Society. [1] Under Mirrer’s direction, the New-York Historical Society has launched a series of exhibitions, including Slavery in New York; New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War; A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls; French Founding Father: Lafayette’s Return to ...