Join the Seaport Museum in partnership with the New Amsterdam History Center to meet celebrated historian Russell Shorto for a presentation focusing on Shorto’s newly-released book Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America.
The engaging presentation will tell the riveting story of the birth of New York City as a center of capitalism and pluralism, a foundation from which America would rise.
Kick off the opening week of the highly-anticipated three-floor exhibition Maritime City with this first public program held in the newly-renovated exhibition space located within the 1868 warehouse, A.A. Thomson & Co.. Attendees are invited to come early and explore the exhibition before the program begins.
Following the presentation, Trustees from the New Amsterdam History Center will lead a Q&A with Russell Shorto.
Advanced registration is encouraged for this event but walkups will be accommodated as possible. Books will be available for purchase. A Q&A, book signing, and reception with wine or sparkling water will follow the presentation.
Russell Shorto is the author of eight books of narrative history, including the international bestseller The Island at the Center of the World.
Shorto is the director of the New Amsterdam Project at the New-York Historical Society and Senior Scholar at the New Netherland Institute.
In 2009 he was awarded a knighthood from the Dutch government for his work in increasing historical understanding between the Netherlands and the United States.
