NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Historical society with a school, library, museum, various businesses and a bakery
Re-opened in November 2011 after extensive renovations, the New York Historical Society's premises give pride of place to 18th and 19th century American painting, including the famous Hudson River School, which had offered to paint landscapes with moral value. The founder of this school, the painter Thomas Cole (1801-1848), is widely represented. His major work, between Caspar David Friedrich and Gustave Moreau, is entitled The Course of Empire, five paintings representing five moments in the history of a site - from wildlife to the destruction of an empire. Another curiosity: an exhibition that brings together 133 lamps from Tiffany. The Society's library and museum also house a research library on the second floor, considered one of the major research centres on American history, the city and the state of New York. There are carefully archived newspapers, manuscripts, maps and photographs depicting the history of New York. The basement is reserved for children and is called Kid City, a street from the beginning of the last century is reproduced there with its various shops and activities. Children can reproduce New York buildings using cubes or, in the World of Bread bakery, learn the name and origin of the different breads or cakes they eat every day, Jewish matzoh, German pretzel, New York bagel or English muffin..
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