Start
Mon
,
Oct 18
6:00 pm
End
Mon
,
Oct 18
8:00 pm
How
In-Person
Type
Tour
Location
Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street New York, NY 10018
Partner(s)
Oct
18
Start
Mon
,
Oct 18
6:00 pm
End
Mon
,
Oct 18
8:00 pm
How
In-Person
Type
Tour
Location
Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street New York, NY 10018
Partner(s)
Take a curator-led tour of New York Public Library's new Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's led by Declan Kiely, director of special collections and exhibitions. See such treasures as: - The Declaration of Independence in Thomas Jefferson's hand - An original copy of the Bill of Rights - Manuscripts and typescripts of classic works by Virginia Woolf, Maya Angelou, Malcolm X, and many others - A Shakespeare First Folio - The original dolls owned by the real-life Christopher Robin that inspired the Winnie The Pooh stories - Sheet music from Beethoven and Mozart (and a lock of Beethoven's hair) - Charles Dickens' writing desk and personal prompt copy of A Christmas Carol (with his notes) that he used for reading
Take a curator-led tour of New York Public Library's new Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's led by Declan Kiely, director of special collections and exhibitions.
See such treasures as:
- The Declaration of Independence in Thomas Jefferson's hand
- An original copy of the Bill of Rights
- Manuscripts and typescripts of classic works by Virginia Woolf, Maya Angelou, Malcolm X, and many others
- A Shakespeare First Folio
- The original dolls owned by the real-life Christopher Robin that inspired the Winnie The Pooh stories
- Sheet music from Beethoven and Mozart (and a lock of Beethoven's hair)
- Charles Dickens' writing desk and personal prompt copy of A Christmas Carol (with his notes) that he used for reading