New Amsterdam History Center Events

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New York Before New York: The Castello Plan of New Amsterdam New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street), New York, NY
New Amsterdam History Center’s Mapping Early NY project will be part of The New-York Historical Society’s upcoming exhibition of the original Castello Plan
11:00 AM
March 15, 2024
Slavery in New Netherland and the Dutch Atlantic World, Day 1 The Langston Hughes Auditorium at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, 515 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY, 10037
Slavery in New Netherland and the Dutch Atlantic World, a two-day conference in New York City presented in partnership with the New Netherland Institute, will help extend the call for increased historical research on slavery in the United States. Held at the New-York Historical Society on the Upper West Side and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem.
9:00 AM
May 3, 2024
Slavery in New Netherland and the Dutch Atlantic World, Day 2 New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street), New York, NY
Slavery in New Netherland and the Dutch Atlantic World, a two-day conference in New York City presented in partnership with the New Netherland Institute, will help extend the call for increased historical research on slavery in the United States. Held at the New-York Historical Society on the Upper West Side and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem.
9:00 AM
May 4, 2024
A gathering at Park Avenue’s Malls to welcome the flowering 80,000 orange tulips chosen by the Park Avenue Fund and Carnegie Hill Neighbors to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the 1624 arrival of the first Dutch settlers. 
6:00 PM
May 14, 2024
Shipwreck and Salvation  – The Wreck of the Prince Maurice 1657 Shelter Island Historical Society, 16 South Ferry Road, Shelter Island, NY
A storm, a shipwreck, and rescue on an ice laden beach! Join the New Amsterdam History Center’s Mapping Early New York team as they rebuild the wreck and the rescue using 3D modelling and AI.
1:00 PM
May 16, 2024
Shipwreck and Salvation: The Wreck of the Prince Maurice Port Washington Public Library, 1 Library Drive, Port Washington, NY
A storm, a shipwreck, and rescue on an ice laden beach! Join the New Amsterdam History Center’s Mapping Early New York team as they rebuild the wreck and the rescue using 3D modelling and AI.
7:00 PM
May 17, 2024
Shipwreck and Salvation  – The Wreck of the Prince Maurice 1657 Southampton History Museum, 17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, NY
A storm, a shipwreck, and rescue on an ice laden beach! Join the New Amsterdam History Center’s Mapping Early New York team as they rebuild the wreck and the rescue using 3D modelling and AI.
11:00 AM
May 18, 2024
The words of Adriaen van der Donck as he endeavored to entice Dutch citizens to emigrate from the then center of the world to an outpost in the middle of nowhere.
6:00 PM
December 1, 2024