The NYC Department of Records and Information Services & the New Amsterdam History Center
present a new collaborative exhibit
New Visions of Old New York
Jan 23 – Dec 20, 2025
31 Chambers Street, 1st Floor Gallery
Open 9AM – 4PM, Monday – Friday excepting municipal holidays.
Admission is Free
New Visions of Old New York features an interactive 3-D map from the New Amsterdam History Center’s Mapping Early New York project alongside 17th century records from the NYC Municipal Archives. This dynamic exhibit examines the lives of women, enslaved people, and Native Americans and how they shaped the culture of the Dutch West India Company settlement that eventually became New York City.
Creative Collaboration for this exhibit includes:
NYC Department of Records and Information Services: Ken Cobb, Bilai Crandell, Sarah Cuk, Lindsey Hobbs, Yu-Lun Huang, LaTonya C. Jones, Sylvia Kollar, Michael Lorenzini, Matthew Minor, Amit Sharma, Khan Solaiman and Pauline Toole.
New Amsterdam History Center’s Mapping Early New York Creative Team: Toya Dubin, Eduard van Dijk, Nitin Gadia, Daniel O’Toole, Drew Shuptar-Rayvis, Mustafa Akbay, Firth Haring Fabend, and Executive Director Esme Berg.
Additional Creative Contributors:
Russell Shorto, Charles Gehring, Len Tantillo, Chief Harry Wallace, Lavada Nahon, Chelsea Teale, Joel Grossman, Dylan Yeats, Eric Sanderson, John Hollman, Toya Stovall, Mary Chipman, Rory Carlton
Printing and installation by Pro Image Photo & CCS Fabric Frame
Major Funding for the Mapping Early New York project is provided by:
Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, The Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Dutch Culture USA, the First Families of New York, Ken Chase, and the supporters of the New Amsterdam History Center.
