New-York Historical Society Teen Historians

As we wrap up our internship this week, we documented a typical day in the Student Historian Program to give you a behind-the-scenes look at our work! By Julie Effron, Evani Ricaldi, Melissa Cepeda, Fariha Jeny, and Ben Farrell 10:19 am There’s no time for rest during the Student Historians’ mornings! Luckily, we are surrounded…

Have you ever been to an amusement park and then returned home with your favorite roller coaster ride in mind? Well that is how the N-YHS Summer 2015 Student Historian program felt to me personally. Before the program, I would rarely be found in a museum, especially in the summer when I could be home…

The Summer 2015 Student Historians have been on a touring frenzy over the past couple of weeks. We’ve been on tours, talked about tours, and given tours.  We toured the New-York Historical Society, the American Museum of Natural History, and even traversed the busy streets of Lower Manhattan. We practiced our own tours highlighting the…

Last weekend marked the start of New-York Historical Society’s third consecutive summer pop-up exhibition on Governors Island! The teen-curated exhibition, Revolution: NYC & the War for Independence, welcomed nearly 800 visitors over the weekend. People of all ages greatly enjoyed the experience! In addition to the thought-provoking content presented in the free exhibition, the success…

Our first week with the summer 2015 Student Historians has come and gone! We accomplished a lot—ranging from icebreakers and getting to know each other to meeting N-YHS staff members who helped us get to know the institution and how each of our roles contribute to the institutional goal of “making history matter.” We definitely…

For the past few months, the New-York Historical Society has displayed a marvelous collection of historical street style photography in the Bill Cunningham: Facades exhibit. From 1968 to 1976, the world-renowned photographer staged models in period costume in front of iconic New York streets and buildings, simultaneously invoking the vestiges of the past while documenting…

Fernando Wood is not the most common name associated with the Civil War, but, he was, and should be known for his “southern states-rights” sentiments.  Wood was the Mayor of New York City from 1859 until 1865.  He is known as a man of contradictions.  According to Horace Greeley’s Tribune “no man ever went into…

At the turn of the 19th Century, America was expanding at an exponential rate. As more and more territory was acquired, the debate between whether or not to create new lands of inequality with the presence of slavery grew. As the country continually expanded, boths sides – pro and against – vowed to fight for…

This building, located between Leonard and Franklin Streets, in the Tribeca neighborhood in Manhattan, looks rather typical and is not very noticeable from the outside. More than just a utilitarian structure, 359 Broadway has a history that reveals much about the unknown aspects of life of Matthew Brady, who is arguably the most famous Civil…