Day 7 — New York Historical Society and the American Museum of Natural History

Shedding the Austere in the Dio-Zone

Day 7: Exhibitions at the New York Historical Society and the American Museum of Natural History

Earth as an Object: Narrative of Climate Collections

Day Seven: Balancing Tangible and Digital at the New York Historical Society

When People Say Museums Aren’t Relevant and Climate Change Isn’t Real

Today I’m sitting in my New York City apartment writing this piece instead of venturing out and exploring museums because of this little thing called SNOW. It’s comical and ironic in a way that the two…

Giving Objects the Microphone…

The New York Historical Society (NYHS) is an unexpected hidden gem some might say. When one seeks out beautiful objects and enriching narratives, the first place to mind isn’t necessarily a Historical Society but the NYHS proved why it should be. Inside the NYHS is a unique…

Today was quite the adventure!

I enjoyed our guest speakers this morning and our catered lunch, thanks David, but I was especially appreciative that we were…

One of These Things Doesn’t Belong

Have you ever looked at something and instantly known that something was off? Or that there was an aspect that did not fit in with the rest of the environment? Maybe you have felt this personally, not with objects in a museum space, but with your very being as you…

My Day In NYC: Day 7 The New York Historical Society and The Museum of Natural History

Todays visit dealt with deep heritage in the state of New York as well as the art of historical interpretation. Though the study of history always appears as a constant and static…

New-York Historical Society

Something that stuck out to me at the New-York Historical Society was the commitment to making history, and the museum itself, relevant to today. I have lived in New York my whole life- and growing up spent a lot of time at AMNH across the street- but I wasn’t really aware of the…

NYHS and AMNH

As we are scrambling to work out our final projects while there are predictions of 11 inches of snow our class headed of to the NY Historical Society and the American Museum of Natural History. I much prefer history museums to art museums so I was really looking forward to today. I was not disappointed…

Pop-Up Exhibits!

I think it was quite fitting that we had a snow day on the day we discussed climate change and how museums are aligning themselves with the cause in order to inspire positive action. Even through the snow and slush, the fight must go on!

Storm King Enlists Artists to Engage Audiences

The Storm King Art Center spans hundreds of acres and includes both indoor and outdoor exhibit space. The inclusion of outdoor space makes the museum specifically sensitive to the rise of climate change issues and activism within recent years. The museum, literally, depends on…

View from Below

The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is quite a large museum. As I walked up to it this afternoon I dreaded walking around the building. Once inside the building I asked the front desk if they had portable stools I could borrow so that taking the tour was less taxing for me, but alas they…