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Explore the visual history of New Yorkers and their animal companions over the last two and a half centuries on an exclusive guided tour!
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About this Event:
Pets and the City explores the visual history of New Yorkers and their animal companions over the last two and a half centuries, tracing the ever-evolving relationship between Gotham’s people and its animals as the city grew increasingly urbanized and industrialized. Untapped New York members are invited to join an NYHS educator for an exclusive guided tour of the new exhibit!
Through a broad spectrum of works of art, objects, documents, memorabilia, and clips from film and television, the exhibition surveys the evolution of pets—from their presence among the Lenape and Haudenosaunee and the hunting culture of settlers through their insinuation into the urban family and onto the pampered pets of today, which enjoy their own public rights.
Drawn largely from New-York Historical’s Museum and Library collections, Pets and the City also investigates the reasons for the soaring pet population, especially after 9/11 and during the COVID-19 crisis, as well as issues surrounding pet adoption, the trafficking of exotic animals, and service animals. Curated by Roberta J.M. Olson, curator of drawings emerita
Photo Credits:
Header Image: Gordon Parks (1912-2006), New York, New York. A Woman and Her Gog in the Harlem Section, 1943. Print from digitized image. Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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