Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Melissa is a writer based in Brooklyn. Popular understanding of New York history is about to get even more robust, with three new ...

The society is partnering with the MTA on the archival effort, as well as inviting visitors to leave new sticky-note messages for the President-elect on a wall at the museum. Sticky notes at the Union ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. — The New York Historical Society will debut a major exhibition this fall, “The New York Sari,” exploring the history and cultural significance of one of the world’s oldest garments and ...

Eddie Bauer, JCPenny, Wrangler—these are the labels you’ll spot in The New York Historical Society’s latest exhibition, “Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore, the Smith College ...

Exterior view of the Democracy Wing, a new addition to the New-York Historical Society by RAMSA (Courtesy New-York Historical Society) “As construction begins on our new wing, we are fulfilling a ...

Wendy Ikemoto will become the new vice president and chief curator of the New-York Historical Society. (photo by Jeenah Moon, all images courtesy New York Historical Society) Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto ...

Before Manhattan was the bustling, skyscraper-filled metropolis we know today—before it was even a British colony—it was a Dutch settlement. To mark the 400th anniversary of this settlement, The ...