Tenement Museum Union Files Complaint After Museum Lays Off 76 Workers
On July 22, New York’s Tenement Museum laid of seventy-six workers. This layoff included every part-time education employee– ninety-two percent […]
New York
Museum of the City of New York Calls for Images of Black Lives Matter Protests
Like cities across the country, New York has seen nearly non-stop protests since the police killing of George Floyd. Now, […]
Louis Armstrong House Museum Launches First Virtual Exhibit
Like many touring musicians, jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong spent much of his career on the road, spending most nights at […]
New-York Historical Society Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic
Since the New-York Historical Society’s founding in 1804, the museum has collected materials in response to current events. The founders, […]
Brooklyn Historical Society and Brooklyn Public Library Announce Merger
Researchers of Brooklyn history will soon have one less archive to have to dig through. The Brooklyn Historical Society and […]
NY State Office of Parks Welcomes New Interpreter of African American History
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, the government agency that oversees the state’s historic sites, […]
Museum of Chinese in America’s Archive Severely Damaged by Fire
Last Friday a fire decimated a historic building at 70 Mulberry Street in New York’s Chinatown. The building was home […]
Museum of Jewish Heritage and NYC DOE Team Up to Combat Anti-Semitism
Following an uptick in anti-Semitic incidents in 2019, the New York City Department of Education is rolling out new efforts […]
New-York Historical Society Acquires Papers of Biographer Robert Caro
The New-York Historical Society recently announced its acquisition of the papers of biographer Robert Caro, well known for his extensively […]
Exhibit on African American Cuisine to Open in New York
African Americans have played an important role in developing many of the foods that we consider quintessentially American. A new […]