During the summer of 2026, the New Amsterdam History Center hosted three college students as virtual interns. The three students, now sophomores and juniors majoring or double-majoring in history, were recruited with the help of the Alumni Affairs Director at the Collegiate School in New York City. Collegiate is a K–12 school that traces its origins to the Dutch Reformed Church in New Amsterdam and will mark its 400th anniversary in 2028.
Around 150 people joined us in Lower Manhattan on October 22 to experience New Amsterdam in 1660 through the innovative TimeLens phone app! With phones in hand, participants followed the walking route, watching the bustling streets, historic buildings, gardens, and waterways of New Amsterdam come to life in immersive 360° reconstructions.
