Revolutionary Building. Built in 1719. Scene of Washington's farewell to his officers on December 4, 1783. Restored December 4, 1907, by the New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution. Open daily, except Sundays, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Special Exhibition of Revolutionary Relics by the New York State Society of the Sons of the Revolution, who are the owners of the historic building, September 15th to November 1st. Take Subway to Bowling Green Station, or Third Avenue Elevated Railway to Hanover Square Station, or Broadway surface cars. LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, corner of Pierrepont and Clinton Streets, Brooklyn, between Brooklyn Bridge and Borough Hall. Open daily, except Sundays, from 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Reference library of 70,000 volumes; manuscripts, relics, etc. Autograph receipt of Robert Fulton and original manuscript volume of Danker's and Sluyter's "Journal of a Voyage to New York in 1679-80." Take Subway to Borough Hall, Brooklyn; Third Avenue Elevated Railway or surface cars to Brooklyn Bridge, connecting with Bridge cars. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, Central Park East. Main entrance on Fifth Avenue at Eighty-second Street. Open daily, except Sundays, from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.; until Dec. 31st, to 5.00 p.m.; Saturdays to 10.00 p.m.; Sundays from 1.00 to 6.00 p.m. On Mondays and Fridays an admission fee of 25 cents is charged, except to members and copyists. Collections illustrating all departments of Art and Archæology. Special Exhibition of a magnificent Collection of over 130 of the works of 17th century Dutch Masters, constituting the finest Exhibition of this kind ever made. Products of Colonial Art: American Paintings, Furniture, Pewter and Silver of the 17th and 18th centuries, etc. (Two catalogues for sale, one of Dutch Exhibit and one of Colonial Arts; price, 10 cents each. Also finely illustrated edition de luxe.) Take Fifth Avenue stages or Madison Avenue surface cars to Eighty-second Street, one block east of Museum; connection with Subway at Forty-second Street, and with Elevated Railway and West Side surface cars at Fifty-ninth Street. NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, Twentieth Street near Irving Place (Gramercy Park). This house was formerly the residence of Samuel J. Tilden, and is situated one block east of the birth-place of Ex-President Roosevelt. Open daily from September 20th to about October 18th, 1909, from 10a.m. to 6 p.m. Special the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society. Three centuries of New York City: Special Exhibition of Paintings, Photographs, Drawings and other interesting materials, illustrating the growth and progress of New York from the time of Henry Hudson to the present day. Take Fourth or Madison Avenue surface cars to corner of Fourth Avenue and Twentieth Street, one block west of Club-house. Subway Station at Eighteenth Street and Fourth Avenue, three blocks away. NEW YORK AQUARIUM, in Battery Park. Under the management of the New York Zoological Society. Open daily, including Sundays, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until October 15th. (October 16th to April 14th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) This building was erected in 1807 by the United States Government as a fort and after the War of 1812 was called Castle Clinton; later, as Castle Garden, it was the scene of Jenny Lind's triumphs, and from 1855 to 1890 it was the portal of the New World for 7,690,606 immigrants. This is the largest aquarium in the world and contains a greater number of specimens and species than any other. All tanks containing fish indigenous to the Hudson River will be so marked. Take any Elevated Railway to Battery Place Station, or Subway to Bowling Green Station. Also reached by all surface cars which go to South Ferry. NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN, Bronx Park. Museums open daily including Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Conservatories from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Grounds always open. In the Grounds and Conservatories exhibits of Plants, Shrubs, Trees and Natural Woodland; in the Museums, Plant Products utilized in the Arts, Sciences and Industries. All Trees growing on Manhattan Island and Hudson River Valley at the time of Hudson's arrival are marked with the letter "H." (Special illustrated catalogue for sale.) Take Third Avenue Elevated Railway to Bronx Park (Botanical Garden). Subway passengers change at Third Avenue and 149th Street. Also reached by Harlem Division of the New York Central Railroad from Grand Central Station, Fourth Avenue and Forty-second Street. NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, 226 West Fifty-eighth Street, between Broadway and Seventh Avenue. Open daily, except Sundays, from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., until November 1st. etc., relating to the history of the United States up to and including the War of 1812. (Catalogue for sale.) Subway station at Sixth Avenue Elevated Take Broadway surface cars to corner of Fifty-eighth Street. Columbus Circle (Fifty-ninth Street), two blocks distant. station at Ninth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street, three blocks away. NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, corner of Seventy-seventh Street and Central Park West. September 25th to October 30th, open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Robert Fulton Exhibition of the New York Historical Society, in coöperation with the Colonial Dames of America. (Catalogue for sale.) Take Sixth Avenue Elevated Railway to Eighty-first Street and Columbus Avenue, or surface cars traversing Central Park West. Also reached by any Columbus Avenue surface car to Seventy-seventh Street. NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, Lenox Branch, Fifth Avenue and Seventy-second Street. Open daily, except Sundays, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Special Exhibition of Prints, Books, Manuscripts, etc., relating to Henry Hudson, the Hudson River, Robert Fulton and Steam Navigation. (Special illustrated catalogue for sale; price, 10 cents.) Take Fifth Avenue Stages, or Madison Avenue surface cars to Seventy-second Street, one block east of Library; connection with Subway at Grand Central Station and with Elevated Railway and West Side surface cars at Fifty-ninth Street. NEW YORK ZOÖLOGICAL PARK, under the management of the New York Zoological Society, St. Nicholas Avenue (138th to 140th Streets), in Bronx Park. Open daily, including Sundays, from 9 a.m. until an hour before sunset (November 1 to May 1 from 10 a.m.). Free, except on Mondays and Thursdays, when an admission fee of 25 cents is charged. Exhibition of a splendid collection of Animals, Birds and Reptiles. The fauna of Henry Hudson's time on Manhattan Island and Hudson River Valley will be indicated by the flag of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration. (Special illustrated catalogue for sale.) Take Subway trains marked "Bronx Park Express" to terminus at 180th Street, or Third Avenue Elevated to Fordham Station. The entrances are reached by numerous surface cars. REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH. The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the City of New York will make an exhibit in Street, during the week of the celebration, 9 to 5 daily. This church was organized A.D. 1628, and the exhibit will comprise articles connected with its long history. VAN CORTLANDT HOUSE MUSEUM, in Van Cortlandt Park. This fine colonial mansion, built in 1748, with furniture of the period, is one of the oldest houses within the area of Greater New York; it is in the custody of the Colonial Dames of the State of New York. Open daily, 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Special Exhibition of Mezzotint Portraits of men prominent in political life prior to the Revolution; Wedgwood's Medallion Portraits of Illustrious Personages; Cartoons and Caricatures of political events, etc. (Special illustrated catalogue on sale.) Take Harlem Railroad from Grand Central Station; Sixth Avenue Elevated Railway, connecting at 155th Street with the Putnam Division of the New York Central Railroad; or Subway trains marked "Van Cortlandt Park." WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS (The Jumel Mansion), Roger Morris Park, Edgecombe Road and One Hundred and Sixty-second Street. Built about 1760. Under the Department of Parks. Exhibition by the ladies of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution. Open free daily, including Sundays, from 9 a.m. to 5 p,m. Special features: Collection of Colonial furnishings, objects and pictures; also the Bolton Collection of War Relics of the Revolution. Take Tenth Avenue, Broadway, and Amsterdam Avenue" surface cars of the Third Avenue system; Sixth Avenue Elevated Railway to One Hundred and Fiftyfifth Street, or Broadway Subway to One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Street. BY SPECIAL CARD ONLY AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, 15 West 81st Street. Special Exhibition of Books and Maps relating to Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton. Admission can be obtained by card. Apply to the Librarian, 15 West 81st Street. Open from September 25th to October 9th, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. GEORGE F. KUNZ, Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission, |