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The New-York Historical Society is an American history museum and library in New York City, along Central Park West between 76th and 77th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The society was founded in 1804 as New York's first museum. It presents exhibitions, public programs, and research that explore the history of New York and the ...
New York State Historical Association: Reported assets of $53.237 million on June 30, 2005, and took in revenues of $6.216 million in FY 2005; American Irish Historical Society: located on Fifth Avenue in New York City, opposite Metropolitan Museum of Art; American Jewish Historical Society: 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY
The New York Society Library ( NYSL) is the oldest cultural institution in New York City. [ 3] It was founded in 1754 by the New York Society as a subscription library. [ 4] During the time when New York was the capital of the United States, it was the de facto Library of Congress. Until the establishment of the New York Public Library in 1895 ...
Designated NHL. July 17, 1991 [4] The Center for Brooklyn History ( CBH, formerly known as the Brooklyn Historical Society) is a museum, library, and educational center founded in 1863 that preserves and encourages the study of Brooklyn 's 400-year history. The center's Romanesque Revival building, located at Pierrepont and Clinton Streets in ...
The National New York Central Railroad Museum ( reporting mark NNYX) [ 1] is a railroad museum located in Elkhart, Indiana dedicated to the preservation of the New York Central Railroad (NYC). The museum includes several outdoor equipment displays, indoor model railroads, artifacts from the NYC and other railroad related exhibits including ...
Template:Historical societies in New York City. Template:Mid-Atlantic U.S. historical societies. Thomas Paine National Historical Association. Three Village Historical Society.
The Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History at the New-York Historical Society was first awarded in 2016 for the best book on military history in the English-speaking world. Prior to 2016, the prize was known as the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, established in 2013 by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the inaugural prize ...
1947 New York City smallpox outbreak: disease 2 [172] 1929 1929 Yankee Stadium stampede: mass unrest 2 [173] 1835 Great Fire of New York: fire 2 [174] 2020 2020 New York City Subway fire: rail 1 [175] 2019 2019 New York City helicopter crash: aircraft 1 [176] 2007 2007 New York City steam explosion: explosion 1 [163] 1995 Williamsburg Bridge ...