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A Lens on FDR’s New Deal: Photographs by Arthur Rothstein, 1935-1945

Posted on October 21st, 2019 · Posted in Exhibitions, Featured News Story, Roosevelt House General News

10am-4pm Monday-Saturday. Free of charge. This exhibition has been extended through April 2020. (New York, October 11, 2019) — Roosevelt House has a new exhibition A Lens on FDR’s New Deal featuring…  

A Lens on FDR’s New Deal: Photographs by Arthur Rothstein, 1935-1945

Posted on October 2nd, 2019 · Posted in Exhibitions, Public Programs
On October 11 we will open A Lens on FDR’s New Deal: Photographs by Arthur Rothstein, 1935-1945.  This new exhibit will survey Rothstein’s work with the Farm Security Administration (FSA), for which he documented the problems facing... Read more

Hunter College Receives Donation of Historic Franklin Delano Roosevelt Correspondence

Letters between FDR and Daisy Suckley Will Be on Display for Three Weeks at Roosevelt House May 8-May 31, 2019 (New York, NY, May 8, 2019) Hunter College announced today…  

Roosevelt House to Open New Exhibition: Reimagining The Four Freedoms, A Traveling Show From The Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA

Works by a diverse group of artists were created in response to a challenge from the Museum to create an artwork that expresses what “freedom” means today. This exhibition is…  

World War I: The Hero & The Conscience

Posted on October 19th, 2017 · Posted in Exhibitions, Public Programs, Special Projects and Conferences
Please join us at Roosevelt House for a very special talk by Ambassador William J. vanden Heuvel exploring the ways in which two extraordinary figures from the World War I era  —William “Wild Bill” Donovan... Read more

ROOSEVELT HOUSE TO OPEN NEW EXHIBIT, WORLD WAR I AND THE ROOSEVELTS: Franklin and Eleanor, Family and Friends

Posted on October 16th, 2017 · Posted in Featured News Story, Roosevelt House General News, Roosevelt House History

Contact: Harold Holzer—212-396-6535 or 646-894-6902 ROOSEVELT HOUSE TO OPEN NEW EXHIBIT, WORLD WAR I AND THE ROOSEVELTS: Franklin and Eleanor, Family and Friends Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of U.S. Engagement…  

Ken Burns names Roosevelt House as a favorite secret of New York

In a July 14 piece for The Telegraph entitled “Ken Burns’s 10 favorite secret New York hangouts,” renowned filmmaker Ken Burns identifies the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter…  

Institute of Public Administration on “The New Deal in New York City” Exhibition at Roosevelt House

Posted on May 16th, 2017 · Posted in Exhibitions, Roosevelt House General News, Roosevelt House History

“Everything a history buff would relish,” writes Ralph Blumenthal of Roosevelt House’s new exhibit “The New Deal in New York City.” Blumenthal is a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College, where…  

The New Deal in New York Exhibition Opening

Posted on April 25th, 2017 · Posted in Exhibitions, Public Programs
Roosevelt House's latest exhibit celebrates the vast range of projects funded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration. Whether through brick-and-mortar or jobs in the theater, arts or education, thousands were employed, the city transfo... Read more

Human Rights Photo Exhibition Opens at Roosevelt House

Posted on February 14th, 2017 · Posted in Exhibitions, Featured News Story, Roosevelt House, Roosevelt House General News

Photo credit:”Empowering a New Generation” by DAVID SHEN; European Pressphoto Agency; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM: Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute…