Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children will host a celebration of the life of Martha Heck Ulman, author and historian, and officially launch The Power for Good: Clara B. Spence (Palmetto Publishing 2022), published just days before her passing, set for Tuesday, March 14th. [Read more…] about Power for Good: Clara Spence
Museum of the City of New York
Explore the Museum of the City of New York from Home
The Museum of the City of New York is temporarily closed, but is still committed to sharing New York stories. There are many ways you can stay engaged with the museum during this time. [Read more…] about Explore the Museum of the City of New York from Home
New Exhibit: Lost In Old New York
The Museum of the City of New York is offering museumgoers a chance to travel back to the 19th and 20th centuries with Lost In Old New York, an interactive installation of eight classic images of to the city’s most iconic locations. From the beaches of Staten and Coney Islands and the old Penn Station to the 1939 World’s Fair, Lost In Old New York celebrates the places that, for well over a century, helped New York become a world-class city. Each month until the exhibition closes October 1, the Museum will award a free, one-year membership to a randomly selected participant. [Read more…] about New Exhibit: Lost In Old New York
Exhibit: Reginald Marsh, US Custom House Murals
The Museum of the City of New York will present “From Ship to Shore: Reginald Marsh & The U.S. Custom House Murals,” a glimpse at rarely seen works from the celebrated American painter known for bringing city scenes to life from the beaches of Coney Island to the burlesque stage, and the United States Custom House. [Read more…] about Exhibit: Reginald Marsh, US Custom House Murals
NYC Exhibit: New York Portraits, 1700-1860
The Museum of the City of New York is presenting a new exhibit, “Picturing Prestige: New York Portraits, 1700-1860,” an ensemble of iconic New Yorkers presented through portraits, which were commissioned as status symbols and painted by the very best artists a young nation had to offer. [Read more…] about NYC Exhibit: New York Portraits, 1700-1860
Museum of the City of New York Names New President, Director
The Board of Trustees of the Museum of the City of New York has appointed Whitney W. Donhauser President and Director of the Museum. She will join the City Museum on January 1, 2016, succeeding Susan Henshaw Jones who is retiring at the end of the year.
Whitney W. Donhauser has had a 23-year career in museum management and fundraising. As Senior Advisor to the President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Donhauser worked with the Museum’s Board of Trustees, Director, President, and executive leadership on formulating and implementing Museum policy. [Read more…] about Museum of the City of New York Names New President, Director
Exhibit: NYC And The Folk Music Revival
The Museum of the City of New York will present Folk City: New York and the Folk Music Revival, a celebration of the City’s role as a center of the folk music revival from its beginnings in the 1930s and 1940s to its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as its continuing legacy.
Museum of the City of New York Director Retiring
Susan Henshaw Jones, the Director of the Museum of the City of New York, will retire in December 2015, according to James G. Dinan, Chair of the museum’s board. Jones has been the director of the Museum since February 2003. Museum board members are forming a search committee to find the City Museum’s next director.
Jones’ departure comes near the conclusion of a 10-year, phased expansion and modernization of the Museum, which will be completed in June 2015. She presided over a $97 million expansion and renovation of the 83-year-old landmark building located on Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street, and the creation of the new Frederick A. O. Schwarz Children’s Center. [Read more…] about Museum of the City of New York Director Retiring
NYC Hip-Hop History Photograph Exhibit Planned
The Museum of the City of New York is presenting HIP-HOP REVOLUTION: Photographs by Janette Beckman, Joe Conzo, and Martha Cooper, an exhibition that shows the historic early days of hip-hop culture and music, with its roots firmly in New York, and how it evolved towards the worldwide phenomenon it is today.
Bringing together for the first time the work of three renowned photographers of the hip-hop scene, the exhibition shows the birth of a new cultural movement – with its accompanying music, dance, fashion and style – as it quickly and dramatically swept from its grassroots origins into an expansive commercial industry. [Read more…] about NYC Hip-Hop History Photograph Exhibit Planned
50 Yrs of NYC Landmarks Exhibit Planned
The Museum of the City of New York will present a new exhibit, Saving Place: 50 Years of New York City Landmarks, a comprehensive exhibition exploring the roots and impact of a landmark preservation movement and its impact on New York City. The exhibit will run Tuesday, April 21 through September 13, 2015.
New York’s landmark preservation movement developed over many years, but was galvanized by large historic losses in the early 1960s, most notably the demolition of the world famous and architecturally significant Pennsylvania Station in 1963. [Read more…] about 50 Yrs of NYC Landmarks Exhibit Planned