Education
Discover dynamic education programs and curriculum resources about the history of our city, state, and nation.
Education Mission
The New-York Historical Society Education Division provides dynamic programming and curriculum resources for students and teachers in New York and beyond. Historical study sparks curiosity and creativity, promotes cultural understanding, and fosters an empowered citizenry to strengthen our democracy. Our staff of passionate professionals draws on our world-renowned collections to engage learners of all ages in the study of our collective past.
Education programs are made possible through endowments established by
National Endowment for the Humanities
The Hearst Foundations
The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
Public funds are provided by
Institute of Museum and Library Services
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer
New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature
Education programs at New-York Historical receive generous support from
Gillian V. and Robert Steel
Pine Tree Foundation of New York
Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Altman Foundation
IBM
The Hearst Foundation, Inc.
Sherri and Darren Cohen
Deutsche Bank
Onassis Foundation USA
Rice Family Foundation
Susan Waterfall
Robie and Scott Spector
Keith Haring Foundation
Con Edison
Alan Shuch and Leslie Himmel
Richard Reiss
Barker Welfare Foundation
Consulate General of the Netherlands
Dan W. Lufkin
Susan and Robert E. Klein
The Michael Tuch Foundation
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
GWG Foundation
Placer Partners and Ray Lent, Managing Partner
Henry Nias Foundation
an anonymous donor
SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Staff
Alexander Kassl
Deputy Director of Public Programs
New-York Historical Society
ich@nyhistory.org
Advisor
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NATIONAL COUNCIL
Richard Ekman
Council of Independent Colleges
David C. Frederick
Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel PLLC
J. Roderick Heller III
Carnton Capital Associates
Stanley N. Katz
Princeton University
Gene C. Schaerr
Winston & Strawn LLP
Benno C. Schmidt
New York Historical Society
Ira S. Shapiro
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Seth Waxman
WilmerHale
ACADEMIC ADVISORY BOARD
Floyd Abrams
Yale University
Akhil Reed Amar
Yale University
David Armitage
Harvard University
Richard Baker
U.S. Senate Historian, Emeritus
Thomas Bender
New York University
Barbara Black
Columbia University
David Blight
Yale University
Hon. José A. Cabranes
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Gerhard Casper
Stanford University
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Hendrik Hartog
Princeton University
Elena Kagan
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Laura Kalman
University of California at Santa Barbara
Stanley Katz
Princeton University
Nicholas Lemann
Columbia University
Hon. Michael McConnell
Stanford Law School
Charles W. McCurdy
University of Virginia
Barbara Oberg
Princeton University
James Oakes
CUNY Graduate Center
Richard Pious
Barnard College
Edward A. Purcell, Jr.
New York Law School
Jack Rakove
Stanford University
Benno C. Schmidt
New York Historical Society
William Wiecek
Syracuse University
John Fabian Witt
Columbia University
