South Street Seaport Museum Announces Public Program Russell Shorto Taking Manhattan

South Street Seaport Museum announces Russell Shorto Taking Manhattan on Monday March 10 at 6:30pm at 213 Water Street. Join the Seaport Museum and celebrated historian Russell Shorto for a presentation focusing on Shorto’s newly-released book Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America. Tickets are $10. seaportmuseum.org/taking-manhattan

The engaging presentation will tell the riveting story of the birth of New York City as a center of capitalism and pluralism a foundation from which America would rise.

Kick off the opening week of the highly-anticipated three-floor exhibition Maritime City with this first public program held in the newly-renovated exhibition space located within the 1868 warehouse A.A. Thomson & Co.. Attendees are invited to come early and explore the exhibition before the program begins.

Advanced registration is encouraged for this event but walkups will be accommodated as possible. Books will be available for purchase. A Q&A book signing and reception with wine or sparkling water will follow the presentation.

About the Author

Russell Shorto is the author of eight books of narrative history including the international bestseller The Island at the Center of the World.

Shorto is the director of the New Amsterdam Project at the New-York Historical Society and Senior Scholar at the New Netherland Institute.

In 2009 he was awarded a knighthood from the Dutch government for his work in increasing historical understanding between the Netherlands and the United States.

About Maritime City

The Seaport Museum’s latest exhibition Maritime City highlights how New York City as we know it today arose from the sea. Throughout the extensive three-floor exhibition 540 deliberately-selected objects on view underscore how the city’s identity as a global capital of culture and finance is rooted in its origins as a seaport. By sharing the material culture of New York and its people the exhibition highlights stories of the working class people employed by ships shipping lines and other local industries throughout history as well as the emigrant workers and immigrant families that came through the port as their first stop in America. seaportmuseum.org/maritime-city

About A.A. Thomson & Co.

This Italianate cast iron and stone warehouse located at 213 Water Street was designed by the renowned New York City architect Stephen D. Hatch (1839–1894) in 1868 for Alexander and William A. Thomson of A.A. Thomson & Co.. Before the structure was built this lot was occupied by two three-story buildings originally part of a 1750 water lot grant on what would have been considered one of the principal streets in New York City. At the Building Rededication Ceremony for the warehouse in October 2024 the Museum rededicated the historic warehouse to a renewed purpose converting this former industrial space to an education venue welcoming all to see themselves reflected in the Museum. seaportmuseum.org/about-thomson

About the South Street Seaport Museum

The South Street Seaport Museum located in the heart of the historic seaport district in New York City preserves and interprets the history of New York as a great port city. Founded in 1967 the Museum houses an extensive collection of works of art and artifacts a maritime reference library exhibition galleries and education spaces working 19th century print shops and an active fleet of historic vessels that all work to tell the story of “Where New York Begins.” seaportmuseum.org

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