The 132nd Dinner Dance by The Holland Society awarded Whitney Donhauser, the Ronay Menschel Director and President of the Museum of the City of New York, the 2022 Medal for Distinguished Achievement. She will soon join the Metropolitan Museum of Art as Deputy Director and Chief Advancement Officer.
In the Dutch settlement of New Netherland, medicine was practiced by physicians relying on ancient Greek and Roman texts, with little influence from Renaissance scientific advances, viewing diseases often as supernatural in origin.
Walking tour of the East Village with historian Joyce Gold.
In her presentation, Mosterman explored the history of slavery and resistance in Dutch New York, from 1627 to 1827.
The Holland Society hosted members, friends, and guests to our spring reception.
During the Second World War, a Dutch-Jewish family had to go into hiding to avoid deportation to Germany. When the war was over, they emigrated to the United States.
In early New Netherland and New Amsterdam new arrivals, Black and white, tried to recreate the world they had left. As historical sources are scarce and incomplete, historical interpreter and culinary historian Lavada Nahon uses deep empathy and imagination to depict the sensory world of the enslaved.
Peg Breen, with a background in journalism and American Studies, joined the Conservancy in 1994. She's passionately involved in preserving New York's historical buildings and neighborhoods.
