How does the natural world shape the life of artworks both past and present? The height of the summer season is a fitting time to consider the impact of climate and environment on medieval objects.
As temperatures rise and the world careens past its carbon emissions goals, proponents of “de-growth” present a compelling framework to refashion our economic life around...
How does the natural world shape the life of artworks both past and present? The height of the summer season is a fitting time to consider the impact of climate and environment on medieval objects.
Explore and enter our recently restored Lenape wigwam and enjoy an afternoon by a warm campfire.
Join us on Friday, February 7th for a curator talk with Senior Curator Emeritus Dr. Marcus Burke, who will discuss Fierro’s vivid depictions of Peruvian society, highlighting the extraordinary upward social mobility that was possible in 19th century Lima.
As a cemetery for free and enslaved Africans from the mid-1600s to the mid-1800s, the Harlem African Burial Ground is a sacred site of New York City’s early history, and yet for decades the site was forgotten and disrespected.
