CELEBRATION

1909

List of the Museums, Institutions and Societies which have prepared Free Exhibitions relating to Henry Hudson, Robert Fulton and the History of Steam Navigation. Paintings, objects of art, archæological specimens, and other things relating to the three centuries of New York's history; the discovery of the Hudson River, and the introduction of steam navigation. Plants, fish and animals indigenous to the Hudson River Valley

PREPARED BY THE

COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, HISTORY AND ART

OF THE

HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION COMMISSION

NEW YORK, 1909

Appointed by the Governor of the State of New York and the Mayor of the City of New York and chartered by Chapter 325, Laws of the State of New York, 1906

Headquarters: TRIBUNE BUILDING, New York

Telephones: BEEKMAN 3097 and 3098

of or in coöperation with the Scientific, Historical and

Art Committees of the Hudson-Fulton

Celebration Commission

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, Seventyseventh Street, from Columbus Avenue to Central Park West. Open daily, except Sundays, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. Always free. Special Exhibition during the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, from September ist to December 1st. Original objects showing the life and habits of the Indians of Manhattan Island and the Hudson River Valley. (Special illustrated guide for sale; price, 10 cents.)

Take Sixth or Ninth Avenue Elevated Railway to Eighty-first Street, or Subway to Seventy-ninth Street; also reached by all surface cars running through Columbus Avenue or Central Park West.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, Engineering Building, 29 West Thirty-ninth Street. Robert Fulton Exhibition consists of paintings, drawings, books, decorations and furniture, and working models of John Fitch's steamboat, the first boat operated and propelled by steam, Robert Fulton's "Clermont," the first successful application of steam to navigation, and John Stevens's "Phoenix," the first steamboat to sail on the ocean.

The exhibition will be shown in the Council Room of the Society, on the eleventh floor, and will be open from 9.00 a.m. until 5.30 p.m. during the entire period of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, and from 9.00 a.m. until 5.00 p.m. daily until December 6th.

BROOKLYN INSTITUTE, Eastern Parkway. Open daily, except Sundays, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sundays from 2 to 6 p.m.; Thursday evenings from 7.30 to 9.30 p.m. Free except on Mondays and Tuesdays, when admission fee is charged of 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children under six years of age. Collections illustrating various departments of Archæology, Mineralogy and Ethnography. Special Exhibition relating to past and present life of Indians on Long Island. Portrait of Robert Fulton painted by

him to the Museum. Open September 1st to December 31st.

(Illustrated catalogue for sale.)

Take Subway Express to Atlantic Avenue, or Flatbush Avenue Trolley from Brooklyn Bridge. St. John's Place surface car from Atlantic Avenue or Borough Hall.

CHILDREN'S MUSEUM (Brooklyn Institute), Bedford Park, Brooklyn Avenue. Collection illustrative of the fauna of Long Island. Open free to the public from Monday to Saturday (inclusive) from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., and on Sunday from 2 until 5.30 p.m.

CITY HISTORY CLUB OF NEW YORK, 21 West Forty-fourth Street. Special Exhibition of Illustrations, Photographs, Maps and Plans relating to the history of the City of New York, and all of the originals used in the City History Club Historical Guide Book of the City of New York.

COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF New York, St. Nicholas Avenue and 139th Street. Hudson-Fulton Exhibit. During the HudsonFulton Celebration and for some weeks thereafter, the College of the City of New York will have on exhibition in its historical museum a collection of charts, views, manuscripts and relics representing old New York. Among the charts will be original prints of New Netherlands and New Amsterdam by Nicholas J. Vischer, about 1650; N. Visscher, 1690; Lotter's "New Jorck," 1720; contemporary plans and views of the Revolutionary period showing the movements of Washington and Howe in this vicinity during the Campaign of 1776; Revolutionary battle relics; portraits, residences and letters of old New Yorkers; bronze busts of Washington, Lincoln and Fulton by Houdon and Volk; and other material suggested by the celebration.

Take Sixth Avenue Elevated Railway to 140th Street, or Broadway Subway to One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Street.

DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, BOROUGHS OF BROOKLYN AND QUEENS. Through the courtesy of Commissioner Michael J. Kennedy, the different species of trees have been labeled in Prospect Park, from the Plaza to the Willink Entrance; in Bedford Park; in Highland Park, and in Tompkins Park. An additional small enameled sign has been hung on those labeled trees that were indigenous to the Hudson River Valley in 1609. The special label reads: "This species is a native of the Hudson River Valley.'