Founding & Museum Facts
What famous park sits directly across the street from the museum?
Central Park
Exhibits about transportation in New York often include information about what underground train system?
subway
Who is the founder that was once the governor of New York and responsible for the creation of the Erie Canal?
DeWitt Clinton
The New-York Historical Society was originally founded as both a museum and what type of research center?
library
The museum building is made primarily from what light-colored stone often used in historic New York buildings?
limestone
Some artifacts in the museum come from what major war that helped create the United States?
revolutionary war
A major recurring theme in the museum's exhibitions is the story of this Founding Father, first Secretary of the Treasury, who lived much of his life in New York.
who is alexander hamilton
Which founder has a famous specialized high school named after them?
Peter G. Stuyvesant
The museum is only a few blocks north of what famous performing arts complex in Manhattan?
Lincoln Center
The museum has multiple exhibition levels and also includes a research library used by historians and what other group?
students
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
Which founder was the first president of the New-York Historical Society?
Egbert Benson
The New-York Historical Society is located on the corner of Central Park West and what street?
77th street
The museum holds the desk at which this poet wrote "A Visit from Saint Nicholas," also known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas."
Who is Clement Clarke Moore?
The Henry Luce III Center houses all 435 surviving preparatory watercolors made by this naturalist-artist for his landmark work, "The Birds of America."
John James Audubon?
Which founder has a street names after his family in Manhattan and prominent landowner in what is now Greenwich Village?
Anthony Bleecker
In what year was the New-York Historical Society founded?
1804
The museum holds paintings from the Hudson River School, a group of artists known for painting what type of scenes?
landscapes
This glowing decorative art form, with over 100 illuminated examples on display at the NY Historical Society, was created by the same designer who gave his name to the famous 5th Avenue jewelry store
what are tiffany lamps
Which founder was the first provost of Columbia College, now Columbia University?
John Mitchell Mason