Name that Founder!
Fairly Historical
The Curator-ial Staff
Arti-facts
Arch-Nemesis
100
This governor of New York was a major proponent for the Erie Canal.
DeWitt Clinton
100
What is the New-York Historical Society's current name?
New York Historical
100
The museum's neighbor to the south, just a short walk away on Fifth Avenue, is the most visited art museum in the United States
The MET
100
The museum holds the personal camp bed used by this Founding Father during the Revolutionary War
George Washington
100
The museum is located on this famous street, which runs along the western edge of Central Park
Central Park West
200
A specialized high school was named after this founder's last name.
Peter G. Stuyvesant
200
The New York Historical Society was once housed within this university.
New York University (NYU)
200
In 2005, the museum presented a major groundbreaking exhibition on this difficult subject — a topic that had shaped New York's entire economy for over 200 years but had never been formally addressed in the museum before
Slavery
200
The museum holds 435 original watercolor paintings made as studies for a famous illustrated book all about these animals made by this artist.(think birds)
John James Audubon
200
The museum building was completed in this decade — the same decade the Wright Brothers made their first flight.
The 1900s (completed 1908)
300
This intellectual's family name is the source of one of the most famous streets in Greenwich Village.
Anthony Bleecker
300
The New-York Historical Society was founded in this year.
1804
300
The NY Historical Society's 4th floor features a detailed re-creation of this specific room in the White House, where U.S. presidents have worked since 1909
Oval Office
300
The museum holds a massive collection of colorful illuminated lamps made by this famous American designer, whose name is synonymous with stained glass
Louis Comfort Tiffany
300
The museum building is made primarily from what light-colored stone often used in historic New York buildings?
limestone
400
This founder once served as New York's first attorney general and as the New-York Historical Society's first president.
Egbert Benson
400
The word "Society" was removed from this institution's name for this reason.
The connotation of exclusivity
400
The museum has multiple exhibition levels and also includes a research library used by historians and what other group?
Students
400
The museum holds documents, portraits, and artifacts tied to this Founding Father who was killed in a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey in 1804
Alexander Hamilton
400
This elegant cast-iron gazebo in Central Park, a short walk south from the museum along the west side near the Lake, was originally built in 1871 as a shelter and is now a popular spot for photos and small weddings.
Ladies Pavilion
500
This pastor was the first provost of Columbia College, now named Columbia University.
John Mitchell Mason
500
New York originally written as "New-York" for this reason.
Most names with an adjective and a noun were hyphenated at the time
500
The museum holds the desk at which this poet wrote "A Visit from Saint Nicholas," also known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas."
Clement Clarke Moore
500
A wooden draft wheel, on display at the museum, was spun during the Civil War to randomly pick names for the military draft and helped spark the massive New York City Draft Riots in what year.
1863
500
The museum building is described as being in this grand architectural style, the same style as Grand Central Terminal and the main branch of the New York Public Library
Beaux-Arts