Hi everyone! Today I went to The New York Historical Society.
Located on Central Park West between 77th and 78th Street, this museum is awesome! The cost of tickets usually are $16 for adults, $6 for 5-13 year olds, and 4 and under are free. But today, kids of all ages were free because of the 4th of July! The first thing I went to was the movie about NY history called "New York Story".
(I would not recommend taking young children since the movie had war scenes, loud sounds, and a scene on 9-11 which showed the building on fire. These images were quick though and tv has scarier images than this movie.) The movie was fantastic because the screens moves and had beautiful photography and sounds of New York. The movie began when New York was called New Amsterdam and the movie ended in current day New York. Next, I explored the Madeline-themed activities: tattoos, building the Eiffel Tower, meeting Madeline herself, and making shadow puppets.
These fun events are on the second floor and are only here today. Then I went to the Madeline exhibit which is located right near today's events on the second floor.
The audio tour was fantastic and very informative! It explained how the author, Ludwig Benelmans was inspired, in different moods, and also liked rhymes. When you see the picture of Genevieve (Madeline's dog) on the wall you are able to type that number into your portable device and hear a description or story about the Madeline Art or writings on display. You can pick up the audio tour device when you first walk in to the exhibit and there's no charge for it. I enjoyed the audio tour so much that I'd like to try more of them at other museums. It added so much to the exhibit, I loved it! You should try it if you get a chance to visit this exhibit which is here through October 13.
They had two stations to read Madeline books at.
Besides learning about the history of Madeline, including how Bemelmans chose the spelling of Madeline's name, the different Madeline themes Bemelmans chose for his books and other books written by the author, you will learn about the author Ludwig Bemelmans as well.
Some examples of what you will learn about is that he wrote much of the original Madeline in a pub called Pete's Tavern, near Gramercy Tavern, that is still open today! Bemelmans also loved comics! Bemelmans met Jacqueline Kennedy, a popular First Lady during the 60s and was about to write a book on Madeline at the White House at the First Lady's request but he died before finishing it. His grandson, John Bemelmans Marciano finished this book just a few years ago. Below is an illustration from this book and an invitation to the White House from Jacqueline Kennedy to Bemelmans. She was a big fan of the Madeline books and often read them to her daughter Caroline.
After the Madeline exhibit, the museum had many additional 4th of July activities. I made a July 4th three corner hat on the lower level. These were popular at the end of the 17th century through the 18th century. They were popular because they offered protection from the rain falling onto the wigs that were in style then.
Finally I selected the book, "Madeline at the White House" at the museum gift shop. There were so many choices of Madeline books and souvenirs.
I had a great time at the museum! Thanks for joining me for the tour of it! Bye for now! Andrew
Located on Central Park West between 77th and 78th Street, this museum is awesome! The cost of tickets usually are $16 for adults, $6 for 5-13 year olds, and 4 and under are free. But today, kids of all ages were free because of the 4th of July! The first thing I went to was the movie about NY history called "New York Story".(I would not recommend taking young children since the movie had war scenes, loud sounds, and a scene on 9-11 which showed the building on fire. These images were quick though and tv has scarier images than this movie.) The movie was fantastic because the screens moves and had beautiful photography and sounds of New York. The movie began when New York was called New Amsterdam and the movie ended in current day New York. Next, I explored the Madeline-themed activities: tattoos, building the Eiffel Tower, meeting Madeline herself, and making shadow puppets.These fun events are on the second floor and are only here today. Then I went to the Madeline exhibit which is located right near today's events on the second floor. The audio tour was fantastic and very informative! It explained how the author, Ludwig Benelmans was inspired, in different moods, and also liked rhymes. When you see the picture of Genevieve (Madeline's dog) on the wall you are able to type that number into your portable device and hear a description or story about the Madeline Art or writings on display. You can pick up the audio tour device when you first walk in to the exhibit and there's no charge for it. I enjoyed the audio tour so much that I'd like to try more of them at other museums. It added so much to the exhibit, I loved it! You should try it if you get a chance to visit this exhibit which is here through October 13.They had two stations to read Madeline books at.Besides learning about the history of Madeline, including how Bemelmans chose the spelling of Madeline's name, the different Madeline themes Bemelmans chose for his books and other books written by the author, you will learn about the author Ludwig Bemelmans as well. After the Madeline exhibit, the museum had many additional 4th of July activities. I made a July 4th three corner hat on the lower level. These were popular at the end of the 17th century through the 18th century. They were popular because they offered protection from the rain falling onto the wigs that were in style then. 
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