Join us this Bastille Day for a fun and enlightening talk about “French Flats,” which first began to appear in New York not long after the Civil War, and by […]

Tour the exhibition Alexander Jackson Davis: Designer of Dreams with the Director of Lyndhurst and enjoy a private tea in the Carriage House! Lyndhurst is a National Historic Landmark located […]

In Conversation with Anthony C. Wood and Robert Jaeger on Wood's new book Servant of Beauty: Landmarks, Secret Love and the Uniminaged Life of an Unsung New York Hero Anthony […]

Scholars Kate Culkin and Patricia Valenti will discuss the role of biography in recovering the lives and contributions of 19th-century women, in conjunction with the publication of Culkin’s Emerson’s Daughters: […]

In celebration of the late Jeffrey A. Kroessler's book Rural County, Urban Borough: A History of Queens (Rutgers U. Press, 2025), his widow, Laura Heim, will discuss with Eve Kahn […]

Independent scholar and New York Times contributor Eve M. Kahn in conversation with scholar and podcaster Carl Raymond about her new book. Kahn will explore her seven-year Zoe Anderson Norris […]

Join us for a walk through Prospect Park, where we'll discover lost features and why their disappearance matters. “Finding Prospect Park,” a historical discovery tour sponsored by the Victorian Society […]

In 1870, Alfred Beach secretly built a subway under Broadway, only to have Boss Tweed find out—and kill it. Matthew Algeo, author of the new book New York's Secret Subway: […]

Scholars and performers will celebrate a new book about Black and Irish competitive dancers in early-19th-century New York City. Stony Brook University professor April Masten, author of the new book Diamond and Juba: […]

In Knickerbocker’s History of New York, first published on Saint Nicholas Day 1809, Washington Irving introduced the Dutch Saint Nicholas as patron saint and folk hero, changed his appearance, and […]

Scholar Geoff Wisner will lecture on the Civil War diaries of George Templeton Strong, which offer unique insights and first-person encounters with Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Edwin M. Stanton, and […]

Join the Museum of the City of New York, The Heckscher Museum of Art, and the Victorian Society New York for an exploration of 19th-century sculpture and public space through […]

Lockwood-Mathews mansion is a National Historic Landmark and one of the earliest and most significant Second Empire Style country houses in the United States. Located in Norwalk, Connecticut, Lockwood-Mathews recently […]

The Merchant’s House Museum is a restored 1832 late-Federal and Greek Revival landmark on the federal, state, and city level. It was the first building designated in the borough of […]

Join the Victorian Society New York for our annual Margot Gayle Benefit Tour. This year we are privileged to visit the historic National Fine Art Foundry Building. A private residence […]

As part of our Emerging Scholars program, the Victorian Society New York supports scholarship about every aspect of 19th-century and early 20th-century culture, including architecture, literature, theater, fine and decorative […]

As part of our Emerging Scholars program, the Victorian Society New York supports scholarship about every aspect of 19th-century and early 20th-century culture, including architecture, literature, theater, fine and decorative […]

Join the Victorian Society and author Stephanie Azzarone to explore New York’s iconic fountains in person. Azzarone has just published her widely acclaimed “Fabulous Fountains of New York” and will […]