Sarah Henry

A new Museum of the City of New York exhibition features depictions of New York to celebrate the museum's centennial. 

The duo behind a web-based food show is featuring personal, positive portraits of immigrant families. Their goal: to shift thinking outside the "liberal bubble" — by using targeted posts on Facebook.

How do you make history accessible and exciting for overstimulated New Yorkers? Watch a live video stream of a conversation with The Bowery Boys and the Museum of the City of New York. 

The ingredients — think wilted basil, bruised plums, garbanzo bean water — sound less than appetizing. Whipped together, they're a tasty meal that show how home cooks can use often-tossed foods.

Richard Flanagan, associate professor at the College of Staten Island and co-author of Staten Island: Conservative Bastion in a Liberal City, and Sarah Henry, chief curator at the Museum of the City of New York host of the exhibition From Farm to City: Staten Island 1661-2012, discuss Staten Island's unique social and political history.

Sarah Henry, chief curator at the Museum of the City of New York, wraps up the Activism NY Facebook project from the MCNY and the BLS, and hears from listeners about New York City's activist past. New York Times Magazine contributor Jonathan Mahler, author of the article "Oakland: the Last Refuge of Radical America," discusses Oakland as a center of activism.

Sarah Henry, chief curator at the Museum of the City of New York, discusses a new exhibit at the Museum about activism in New York City's history, and launches our new Facebook project.

Dr. Sarah Henry, chief curator of the Museum of the City of New York, and Ellen Lupton, Cooper-Hewitt’s senior curator of contemporary design, discuss the results of our contest to find the top 10 objects that tell the story of New York. 

 

 

Sarah Henry, chief curator at the Museum of the City of New York and for their book NEW YORK 400: A Visual History of America’s Greatest City with Images from The Museum of the City of New York, and Sam Roberts, urban affairs correspondent for the New York ...