Women’s Rights Pioneers statue in Central Park. Photo: Oscar Kim Bauman The Politics of Monuments In June 2018, First Lady Chirlane McCray announced the She Built NYC project. The project, backed by the city’s Department... News 13 Oct 2020 | 02:20
Alisa Martin is the vice president of education operations for the Tenement Museum. Photo: Jamiya Wilson, courtesy of the Tenement Museum Looking into the Lives of the City’s Past When the founders of the Tenement Museum were searching the Lower East Side for a place to honor the lives of the immigrants... News 06 Sep 2020 | 12:56
Architectural historian Francis Morrone. ( Photo: Patricia Rainsford) Changing the Way We Look at the City’s Architecture Francis Morrone has written the book on New York architecture, literally. Having penned 13 titles such as “The Architectural... News 05 Jul 2020 | 05:59
Zoom panel on the lessons of AIDS for the COVID-19 pandemic. ( Photo courtesy of Roosevelt House) COVID and AIDS: An Intimate Connection While New York City starts to come to grips with its deep social and systemic disparities over weeks of protests and outcry,... News 11 Jun 2020 | 12:49
The museum collection includes 3,700 items, a mix of authentic KGB artifacts and replicas. Dark History on Display The world’s only KGB Espionage museum greets visitors with a “Lifestyles of the Communist and Fabulous” scene: a KGB officers’... City Arts 14 Nov 2019 | 02:28