New York Historical Society

 
Ella:

I really like the New York Historical Society because there are lots of fun things to see and to do.  On Thursdays after school, there are cross-stitch classes.  Cross-stitch is really fun.  Once you know how to do it you can do all sorts of designs.  The reason they teach cross-stitch is because a long time ago younger girls used to cross-stitch the alphabet and sometimes maps onto fabric.  That is how they would learn the alphabet and other things in school.

Right now there is an exhibit called The Madeline Exhibit.  It is about a character in a book named Madeline.  The reason the New York Historical Society is having this exhibit is because the author of the books lived and wrote the books in New York City.  We got to see some of the original drawings from the books and there was a station where you can read some of the books.  On Wednesdays and Thursdays after school they have something called a Madeline tea party.

I think the museum is fun for kids because there is lots of old and ancient history there that can be really interesting.  There are all different sorts of ancient artifacts and history there about New York. 

I am about to start a class about the Lenape Indians at the New York Historical Society.  It will be every Friday.  You can check out their website for many other classes.

There is also a tour of the museum in Spanish.  I've done it twice.  Afterwards, sometimes you go into a different room and you can paint what you saw.  Sometimes, you can draw and glue stuff and do artwork about what you saw on the tour.  It was really fun.  You probably need to understand Spanish or else it's pretty hard.

Holden:

I like going to the New York Historical Society because the bottom floor is all for kids.  They have cross-stitch.  They have creepy pictures on the walls.  At the staircase there's a picture of the guy who invented Jell-O.  That's kind of weird.  They have something that takes your picture and makes you famous.  They have a movie theater that plays a movie about New York.

We've done scavenger hunts there.  You had to find ancient stuff from the past, for example, a piece of a tail of King George the Third's horse (his statue).  When you finish the scavenger hunt you can turn it in at the gift shop for a Liberty Dog stuffed animal. 

My favorite part of the museum is the library.  The library is where you take the cross-stitch class.  And it has some other activities that are fun.