NEW YORK—After three years of renovating, the New York Historical Society, the first museum established in New York, reopened its Central Park West building to the public on Friday.
The $65 million renovation includes the creation of the DiMenna Children’s History Museum and the Barbara K. Lipman Children’s History Library, designed by Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership. The museum will present a number of three dimensional biographical pavilions featuring children who changed the course of history. Young visitors will be able to identify themselves with these
historical figures and engage themselves in the exhibition.
“Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn,” one of the newly opened exhibitions, is the first major history exhibition in the renovated building. It explores the interconnections among the American, French, and Haitian revolutions.
Another new exhibit, Art collection Making American Taste: Narrative Art for a New Democracy, will give visitors an in-depth look at 19th-century paintings and sculpture collected by founders of the New York Historical Society.
Also, added is Caffe Storico, by acclaimed restaurateur Stephen Starr, which specializes in food from the Veneto region of Italy.
Founded in 1804, New York Historical Society is dedicated to fostering research and presenting exhibitions and public programs that reveal the dynamism of history and its influence on the world of today. For more information see http://www.nyhistory.org/.
