New-York Historical Society

"These were garments from whence we came—they needed to serve a function beyond being beautiful because the same was expected from the women who wore them. And for all the merits of fantasy in fashion scholarship, reality tells a much better story." Read the latest from Vogue about our newest exhibition, "Real Clothes, Real Lives." https://bit.ly/3TNMjpA

📢 The Bonnie and Richard Reiss Graduate Institute for Constitutional History is pleased to announce its fall 2024 #seminar for advanced graduate students and junior faculty on the topic "Reconstruction and Its Legal Legacy." This seminar with instructors Laura F. Edwards and Martha S. Jones will use the lens of legal history to explore the advent of Reconstruction’s short-lived experiment in democracy, through to its intended and unintended consequences today. Apply by October 11, 2024. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3h6iuwS #ConstitutionalHistory

What can clothing tell us about women's lives over the past 200 years? Open Today: Uncover the hidden stories behind women’s clothing from the past two centuries. Every garment tells a tale of how women navigated their lives, roles, and societies. See a mourning dress from the 1860s, an 'invisible' house dress of the Great Depression, a 1970s wrap dress that sparked a fashion revolution, and more. Each garment—from the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection—is a portal into the lives of the women who wore them. Whether it’s a modest house dress or a fashion revolution in fabric, each garment holds a rich history. “Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore, the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection" is on view at the New-York Historical Society through June 22, 2025. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4dXGE8D 📷 1) Mourning Dress, 1860s, Black-and-white cotton work dress, printed cotton, hand-stitched. Photography by Anna-Marie Kellen for The Smith College Historic Clothing Collection. 2) A textile mill worker, ca. 1860, Courtesy of Michael L. Carlebach.

Are you interested in a career in Museums? Spend the evening at New York's first museum connecting with Museum professionals and learning about #internship opportunities available within the field. Free with code PDCOMP at checkout. https://bit.ly/4gCayRy

🤯 The largest theater in the world was once the New York Hippodrome. It opened at 43rd Street at Sixth Avenue in 1905. The Hippodrome had a stage *12 times larger* than that of any Broadway theater. It could seat 5,300 people—almost double the capacity of the old Met Opera House. The Hippodrome was a massive red brick structure with towers topped by electrified globes. 🐘 It hosted full-sized circuses, musical extravaganzas, and magic acts like Harry Houdini’s disappearance of a 10,000-pound elephant. It also had a moveable 8,000-gallon water tank for aquatic acts. High operating costs along with popularity of motion pictures over live performance was the Hippodrome’s undoing. The theater was razed in 1939 and replaced by an office building. Time is running out! The special exhibition "Lost New York" closes on September 29, 2024. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4aBuX5B 📷 1) Unidentified photographer, Manhattan: the Hippodrome, 1905. 2) Archie Gunn, Souvenir book, ca. 1905. 3) Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Houdini's vanishing elephant." 4) Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Theatres -- U.S.- N.Y.- Hippodrome."

🎤🤣 Enjoy an early-bird hour of #comedy with acclaimed NYC stand-ups. Host Tom Delgado leads a night of laughs at the Museum, featuring New York comics KC Shornima, Pat Burtscher, & Petey DeAbreun. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3zf0MEa

The Power Broker by the numbers 📕 Robert A. Caro’s monumental work details the rise of city planner Robert Moses and the far-reaching impact of his decisions on New York City. To learn more visit our special installation “Robert Caro's The Power Broker at 50”—on view through February 2, 2025. https://bit.ly/47430CG

"It’s the book that teaches New Yorkers how their city got this way and makes visible to everyone else how accumulated power, whether elected or not, warps and reveals character." Read Curbed's interview with Robert Caro and visit our special installation "Robert Caro's The Power Broker at 50"—on view now. https://bit.ly/4dXYZ5h

"The book that Caro feared might never be published went on to win the Pulitzer Prize, sell hundreds of thousands of copies and influence generations of journalists, historians and politicians." Read Robert Caro's interview with the New York Times and visit the special installation "Robert Caro's The Power Broker at 50"—on view now! https://nyti.ms/4eiPe1t

“My journey to New-York Historical is deeply intertwined with my life as a proud New Yorker, growing up on the streets of the Lower East Side and experiencing the transformative power of education.” Freddy Taveras, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, shares his experiences at New-York Historical with Practical Law: The Journal. https://reut.rs/47e54b8