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Exhibition Tour of “New Visions of Old New York” at the NYC Department of Records

To mark 400 years of Dutch settlement in Manhattan, join us for this private tour of the NYC Department of Records and Information Services and the New Amsterdam History Center’s new joint exhibition “New Visions of Old New York”!

This exhibit features an interactive 3-D map from the New Amsterdam History Center’s Mapping Early New York project alongside 17th-century records from the NYC Municipal Archives. This dynamic exhibit examines the lives of women, enslaved people, and Native Americans and how they shaped the culture of the Dutch West India Company settlement that eventually became New York City.

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Rescheduled from June: Tour of the Seaport Museum’s Exhibition Maritime City

Join us for an exclusive tour of the Seaport Museum’s latest exhibition, “Maritime City,” which highlights how New York City, as we know it today, arose from the sea. Throughout the extensive three-floor exhibition, 540 objects selected from the collections and archives of the Seaport Museum are on view to underscore how the city’s identity as a global capital of culture and finance is rooted in its origins as a seaport.

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Along the Hudson: Walking Manhattan’s Western Waterfront

Based on his newly published book, author William Hennessey will present the fascinating story of the rise, decline, and rebirth of New York’s Hudson waterfront from the 17th century to the present. He will lead us on a virtual journey all the way from the Battery to Spuyten Duyvil, with a special focus on the Greenwich Village waterfront.

Along the we will explore piers and parks, notable buildings both historical and contemporary, key transportation infrastructure, and seminal historic events and personalities that shaped New York’s dynamic relationship with the river that is its raison d’être.

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Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America

In his recenly published book, Russell Shorto tells the riveting story of the 1664 English takeover that ended Dutch rule, marked the beginning of New York, and introduced the polarization that has characterized American society ever since.

Mining newly available sources, Shorto has crafted an enthralling story of the roots of America’s national divide.

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Deported from Greenwich Village: The Story of Eve Adams Across Continents

This presentation explores the extraordinary life of Eve Adams — a woman whose story connects the bohemian world of Greenwich Village and horrors of the Second World War. Drawing on new historical research, we’ll trace Adams’s fight for freedom of expression and identity in a world determined to silence her. We’ll also examine how the Village served as both a sanctuary and a battleground in the struggle for queer visibility and immigrant survival.