February 3, 2025, New York — Two historically significant historical objects — a major New Deal painting and an original piece of Roosevelt family furniture — have entered the collection of…
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…
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
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
“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…
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