New Netherland Institute

NNI Annual Meeting November 15th, 2025
2025-09-26 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Save the Date: join us at the New York Historical for our annual conference on Saturday November 15. More details to come.

The sounds of New Netherland and the Dutch Atlantic World
2026-01-22 12:00 - 13:00
Join me for our the Live From New Amsterdam on Thursday, January 22nd at noon. I’ll be speaking with Dr. Danny Noorlander about the sounds of New Netherland and the Dutch Atlantic World. For more information and to register, visit: https://lnkd.in/e5m2CaTm.
Image: Pieter Symonsz. Potter, Music Players in an Interior, ca. 1630. From the Collection of the Rijksmuseum.

The Van Rensselaer Manor Papers
2026-03-26 12:00 - 12:30
A conversation with Lauren Moore and Elizabeth Jakubowski of the NYS Library
On Thursday, March 26th, I’ll be speaking with Lauren Moore, the New York State Librarian, and Elizabeth Jakubowski, librarian in the department of Special Collections at the New York State Library, about the Van Rensselaer Manor Papers and other Dutch documents at the New York State Library. Join me on zoom from noon to 12:30. (Spoiler alert: the NYSL is currently putting a lot of work into their Dutch documents, so you won’t want to miss this one!)
For more information and to register, visit The New York Historical here.

Beyond Blue and White – The History of Delftware
2026-04-12 14:00 - 17:00
A conversation with decorative arts specialist, Genevieve Wheeler Brown
Join me on Sunday, April 12 at 2pm at the Albany Institute of History & Art for a conversation with decorative arts specialist Genevieve Wheeler Brown about her new book Beyond Blue and White: The Hidden History of Delftware and the Women Behind the Iconic Ceramic (Pegasus Books/ Simon & Schuster, 2025). We’ll be talking about the women behind Delftware manufacture in The Netherlands and the women who collected it and saved it in New Netherland and New York.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit here.
Image: Dutch Tile, ca. 1620. From the Collection of the Albany Institute

Live From New Amsterdam: Johannes Vermeer
2026-04-23 12:00 - 12:30
Presented live on Zoom
Free
In his new biography, Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found (Norton, 2026), Andrew Graham-Dixon offers a startling new perspective on one of history’s most beloved artists. Join Russell Shorto as he talks to Graham-Dixon about Vermeer’s unique milieu and recounts the detective work that led him to unravel these mysterious paintings.
Andrew Graham-Dixon is an art historian, author and broadcaster who has made numerous landmark series for the BBC. He was for many years the main art critic of the Sunday Telegraph and Independent newspapers. His books include Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel, and Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane.
Russell Shorto is the director of the New Amsterdam Project at The New York Historical. He is the author of seven books, including Taking Manhattan and the national bestseller The Island at the Center of the World.
Live From New Amsterdam is an ongoing series hosted by the New Netherland Institute and the New Amsterdam Project at The New York Historical. Through vibrant conversations with scholars and historians, each program will investigate new and exciting research related to New Amsterdam, New Netherland, and the lasting legacies of Dutch rule in New York.
Live From New Amsterdam is presented in partnership with the New Netherland Institute.

Ticket Instructions:
REGISTER HERE
Online. If you need assistance, please send an email to libraryprogram@nyhistory.org. Please note registration closes two hours prior to the program start time.
Before the program, all registered attendees will receive a link and instructions for viewing the program on Zoom. If you do not receive a message, please check your spam folder. An additional reminder will be sent two hours prior to the program start time.
All programs in the Live From New Amsterdam series will be recorded and made available online soon after the program date.

Old Masters, New Amsterdam
2026-05-01 - 2026-08-30
Exactly 400 years ago the Dutch founded the city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. In Europe at that same time they were revolutionizing art, with Rembrandt and his contemporaries turning a keen eye to the world around them. This first-of-its-kind exhibition uses their paintings to help us envision life in the little Dutch settlement that would become New York. With works by Rembrandt van Rijn, Frans Hals, and Jan Steen, many of them never before shown in New York, the exhibition will dazzle and delight viewers. Let the Old Masters introduce you to New Amsterdam.
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Live From New Amsterdam: Revolutionary Women
2026-05-28 12:00 - 12:30
Presented live on Zoom
FREE
REGISTER HERE
Histories of the Revolutionary War usually focus on men, but women played an important part in the war, too. Join New Netherland Institute director Deborah Hamer as she talks to Dr. Anna Danziger Halperin, Director of the Center for Women’s History at New York Historical, about the new exhibition Revolutionary Women (opening May 29) Learn more about what women did during the American Revolution and how New York’s women coped with the British occupation.

Anna Danziger Halperin is the Director of the Jean Margo Reid Center for Women’s History at The New York Historical. Anna received her doctorate from Columbia University and her research has been published in academic outlets such as American Historical Review and Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society as well as featured in popular media including the New York Times, Washington Post, PBS NewsHour, Time, and Vox. Since joining the Center for Women’s History in 2019, she has curated many exhibitions and special installations, including The New York Sari (Closing April 26) and the upcoming semiquincentennial exhibition, Revolutionary Women.
Deboarah Hamer Executive Director, the New Netherland Institute
Deborah Hamer is Director of the New Netherland Institute, where she is responsible for initiatives aimed at identifying, preserving, digitizing, and translating Dutch language documents in repositories around the world. She is a historian of the Dutch Atlantic world and received her Ph.D. from Columbia University.
Live From New Amsterdam is an ongoing series hosted by the New Netherland Institute and the New Amsterdam Project at The New York Historical. Through vibrant conversations with scholars and historians, each program will investigate new and exciting research related to New Amsterdam, New Netherland, and the lasting legacies of Dutch rule in New York.
Live From New Amsterdam is presented in partnership with the New Netherland Institute.

Ticket Instructions:
Online: Register here. If you need assistance, please send an email to libraryprogram@nyhistory.org. Please note registration closes two hours prior to the program start time.
Before the program, all registered attendees will receive a link and instructions for viewing the program on Zoom. If you do not receive a message, please check your spam folder. An additional reminder will be sent two hours prior to the program start time.
All programs in the Live From New Amsterdam series will be recorded and made available online soon after the program date.

New Netherland Institute Annual Conference 2026
2026-11-07 - 2026-11-08
The New Netherland Institute’s 2026 Annual Conference in Albany, NY

Save the Date: the New Netherland Institute’s 2026 Annual Conference will take place in Albany, New York at the New York State Museum on November 7-8, 2026. The theme is New Netherland and the World.
We’ll have a Call for Papers out in the next couple of weeks! Travel funding will be available for presenters.
Image: Jan Albertsz. Rotius, Still Life, ca. 1650. From the Collection of the Rijksmuseum.
