"Amsterdam/New Amsterdam: The Worlds of Henry Hudson" Exhibition

The Museum of the City of New York

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Launching the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of New York harbor and the river that bears his name, Amsterdam/New Amsterdam: The Worlds of Henry Hudson—the first major exhibition to mark this occasion and the first exhibition of its kind—will open at the Museum of the City of New York. The exhibition will feature some 275 objects from 40 lenders, in a design that ingeniously recalls Henry Hudson’s ship, the Half Moon; it will feature rare, 17th-century objects, many of which have never before been exhibited in this country. The exhibition will investigate the connections between Amsterdam, the lead port city of the 17th-century Dutch Republic, and New Amsterdam, the lead settlement in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, to reveal their shared history of entrepreneurship and economic innovation, republican political protest, and diverse religious views bolstered by the Dutch commitment to freedom of conscience. In doing so, it considers the lasting impact of the 40-year Dutch colonial experiment in laying the foundation for what is now New York City.

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from April 04, 2009 to September 27, 2009

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