Category Archives: History At Home
Step by Step: The Curious Garden (The High Line)
By Stacey Martin We are celebrating nature in unexpected places this week at Little New-Yorkers in honor of Earth Day on April 22. Many people assume that urban areas like New York City aren’t places to find nature, other than in large parks like Central Park. Cities are places typically thought to suppress the natural [...]
All About Bird Eggs
By Stacey Martin Many of us at the New-York Historical Society have Audubon-mania. Our new exhibition of bird watercolors by John James Audubon, Audubon’s Aviary, has brought a lot of excitement to the museum’s galleries. Exploring the exhibition and seeing so many beautiful paintings of birds made me wonder what their eggs look like. I [...]
Step by Step: Milly and the Macy’s Parade
By Stacey Martin Like many in New York City, I am getting very excited for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade next week. We are extremely lucky here at the New-York Historical Society because we get a front row seat for all the action. Every year, they blow up the balloons right in front of our museum on [...]
Little New-Yorkers Step by Step: The Little Red Lighthouse
By Stacey Martin This is the first of a series of posts that will allow you to recreate projects made at Little New-Yorkers, the Museum’s interactive story-time program for children ages 3-5. Every week, we read a different New York-themed story and then make an artwork inspired by the story. The program takes place every [...]
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