THE MILLS BUILDING: Skyscraper Construction in New York City in the Early 1880s
In a coda to the four-part Construction History series led by Thomas Leslie and Donald Friedman, the Museum adds a special lecture by ALEXANDER WOOD...
Book Launch: Six Walks by Ben Shattuck in conversation with Jenny Slate
On an autumn morning in 1849, Henry David Thoreau stepped out his front door to walk the beaches of Cape Cod. Over a century and a half later, Ben...
Defiance in Connecticut: “When Southbury Said No”
On October 1, 1937, Wolfgang Jung purchased 178 acres of land in Southbury, Connecticut for the German-American Bund to build a Nazi camp. The...
In Conversation: Congressman Ritchie Torres, Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Jack Kliger, and More
Join the Museum for a special conversation with Congressman Ritchie Torres, Museum President & CEO Jack Kliger, and Rabbi Joseph Potasnik. With...
Annual Gathering of Remembrance
Every year, at the Annual Gathering of Remembrance, the Museum brings thousands together to say with one collective voice: we will never forget....
Hamilton and Washington in New York City
In this lecture, Thomas Balcerski will discuss New York City as the capital of the nation, beginning in 1785 under the Articles of Confederation...
Dream of the Red Chamber with Bright Sheng and David Henry Hwang
Dream of the Red Chamber (紅樓夢), one of China’s four great classic novels, tells the story of the rise and decline a wealthy imperial Chinese...
German Patriots: Jewish Germans During WWI
Germany entered World War I on August 1, 1914 when the country declared war on Russia. 11 million German soldiers were mobilized, 100,000 of whom...
FIRE: Construction History in New York and Chicago
The fourth session of the Construction History series will examine the various dimensions in which the threat of fire affected skyscraper...
Book Launch: Daniel Mendelsohn Presents Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate
In a genre-defying book hailed as “exquisite” (The New York Times) and “spectacular” (The Times Literary Supplement), the best-selling...
