What is New-York Historical Society?
[[File:Newyorkhistoricalsociety.jpg|thumb|Entrance]] [[File:RapaljeChildren.jpg|thumb|''The Rapalje Children'', [[John Durand (painter)|John Durand]], 1768. Collection of the New-York Historical Society]] The '''New-York Historical Society''' is an [[History of the United States|American history]] museum and library located in [[New York City]]. It is at the corner of 77th Street and [[Central Park West]] on the [[Upper West Side]] of [[Manhattan]]. The group was created in 1804 as New York's first museum. It has exhibitions, public programs, and research about the history of [[New York]] and the [[United States]]. It focuses on Manhattan. It has been at its current place since 1908. Louise Mirrer has been the president of the Historical Society since 2004.<ref>{{cite web | title=About the President and CEO | url=http://www.nyhistory.org/about/louisemirrer | work=New-York Historical Society | access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *Shapiro, Gary. “Celebrations of Learning Knickerbocker”, ''[[The New York Sun]],'' May 4, 2006 *Regis, Necee. “Don’t Expect to Relax on your visit to NYC”, ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', November 21, 2005 *[http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com Fine Art Connoisseur], November/December 2006 *[http://www.americanmusicalsproject.org/ The American Musicals Project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805215424/http://www.americanmusicalsproject.org/ |date=2007-08-05 }}, Official website *Miller, Dan. “Focus on Education: Fifth Graders Visit Slavery Exhibit”, ''[[The Queens Times]]'', November 24, 2005 *[http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/23014 Review of ''Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America''], Teachinghistory.org ==Other websites== {{Commons category|New-York Historical Society}} {{NIE Poster|New York Historical Society}} * [http://www.nyhistory.org/ New-York Historical Society website] * [http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/nyhsrgarchives/ New-York Historical Society archival records] at the