The works—including pieces by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Fritz Scholder, T.C. Cannon and others—were donated by the chair of the museum’s board of trustees and her husband

The museum's new wing dedicated to American democracy will open in 2026, just in time for the US’s semiquincentennial

The few remaining houses that recall New Amsterdam are also reminding visitors of the overlooked histories of local Indigenous and Black communities

An exhibition at the New-York Historical Society surveys the career of the little-known artist and designer who devoted his art to Black, Indigenous and Asian Americans

From Renate Aller’s touching photos of sidewalk gatherings to Uuriintuya Dagvasambuu’s vaccine-inspired Mongol Zurag paintings, artists are reflecting on the darkest days of the initial outbreak

Research on the historic piece of decorative art has revealed some surprising evidence that many of its original materials are intact

Design envisages over 70,000 sq. ft of space for classrooms, collection study areas and the fledgling museum, as well as underground library storage

Others welcome the change while scrutinising their Covid-19 safety procedures

Oval Office replica is a popular element of New-York Historical Society exhibition about the presidency

MoMA, the Whitney, the Morgan, the American Folk Art Museum, the New Museum, the Guggenheim and the Brooklyn Museum announce plans to welcome the public, joining the Met and the New-York Historical Society

Other New York museums are expected to follow its lead, but it all depends on the city entering Phase 4 of reopening

Philanthropic couple’s promised donation to New-York Historical Society boosts collection’s 20th-century holdings

From the Museum of Modern Art's home cooking interviews to the Blanton Museum's bakeoff

The New-York Historical Society and others are soliciting donations of objects and ephemera to document the "unprecedented times in which we are now living"

Exhibition profiles the intrepid Baroness Hyde de Neuville, who chased down Napoleon and was friendly with America's founding fathers—and never stopped drawing

Celebrate Pride Month with commemorations of Stonewall's 50th anniversary

From the legacy of Augusta Savage to memories of Leonard Cohen

As part of her residency at the museum, the photographer Bettina von Zwehl made portraits with New York City high school students

From Betye Saar’s washboard works to Shen Fan’s playful abstraction

As midterm elections approach, take in art that takes on issues at stake

Celebrate Halloween with Frankenstein, Harry Potter and scary conspiracies

The inaugural exhibition, commemorating the 14th Amendment, looks at Jim Crow America