New York, New York

Art, Children's, Culture, Library, Specialized

New York, New York

Art, Culture, Library, Specialized

The Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, is a graduate research institute of Bard College that opened in New York City in 1993. Today the BGC offers two programs of study, one leading to a master of arts degree and the other to a doctor of philosophy degree. Students in these programs can select from a wide array of courses dealing with various aspects of the cultural history of the material world.

New York, New York

Library

New York, New York

Culture, History, Library

Explore modern Jewish history, life, and culture in the Museum's unique Core Exhibition and award-winning special exhibitions where you can learn about the broad tapestry of Jewish life in the 20th and 21st centuries - before, during, and after the Holocaust. Acclaimed public programs, including films, talks, plays, concerts, and family activities, highlight the richness of Jewish culture and ideas.

New York, New York

Library

New York, New York

Historic House, Historical Society, Library

Founded in 1897 to inform the world of the achievements of the Irish in America, is today a national center of scholarship and culture.

New York, New York

Library

New York, New York

Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Culture, History, Library, Science, University

ISAW is a center for advanced scholarly research and graduate education, intended to cultivate comparative and connective investigations of the ancient world. It will feature doctoral and postdoctoral programs, with the aim of training a new generation of scholars who will enter the global academic community and become intellectual leaders. In an effort to embrace a truly inclusive geographical scope while maintaining continuity and coherence, the Institute will focus on the shared and overlapping periods in the development of cultures and civilizations around the Mediterranean basin, and across central Asia to the Pacific Ocean.

New York, New York

General, History, Library, Specialized

Our exhibits and library acquisitions are the result of donations of time and/or other resources by volunteers from the academic world and from practicing and retired pr people. If you are a student, educator, researcher, web designer/programmer, or from any other field, and are interested in developing an upcoming feature for the online Museum, please let us know. We will also pursue the possibility with your academic institution for you or your group to receive credit for your work in developing materials for the Museum.

New York, New York

Archaeology, Art, Children's, Culture, General, History, Library

Pierpont Morgan's immense holdings ranged from Egyptian art to Renaissance paintings to Chinese porcelains. For his library, Morgan acquired illuminated, literary, and historical manuscripts, early printed books, and old master drawings and prints. To this core collection, he added the earliest evidence of writing as manifested in ancient seals, tablets, and papyrus fragments from Egypt and the Near East. Morgan also collected manuscripts and printed materials significant to American history.