Title: King Manor Museum Tour
Date & Time: Saturday, September 13, 2025; 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Capacity: Limited to 20 participants
Admission: $5 ART members; $10 non-members
Location: King Manor Museum, Rufus King Park, 150-03 Jamaica Avenue, Queens, NY 11432
Afterwards, interested attendees can get lunch down the street at a local restaurant with other ART Members and archive enthusiasts [Individuals are expected to pay for their own lunch].
This is an in-person event limited to 20 attendees. Registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event.
In the occasion that the event is sold out, we highly recommend joining the waitlist. An ART staff member will reach out to you if a spot becomes available. Unless you've been given permission, please do not show up at the event without registering.
How to get to King Manor Museum
Via the E or J train: Get off at Jamaica Center/Parsons Archer and walk toward 153 Street and Jamaica Avenue.
Via the F train: Get off at Parsons Blvd and walk toward 153 Street and Jamaica Avenue.
Via the LIRR: Get off at the Jamaica station and walk toward 153 Street and Jamaica Avenue.
Limited free parking is available.
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Title: Tour of the American Irish Historical Society Library and Archives
Date & Time: Thursday, September 18th at 4:15 PM (tour begins promptly at 4:30 PM)
Capacity: 15 A.R.T. members
Duration: 90 minutes
Admission: Free!
Location: 991 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028
Join us for a tour of the American Irish Historical Society’s historic 5th Avenue mansion. with its archivist, Mark Lindenburg, and curator, Aishling Connaughton Edwards.
The Society’s library houses more than 10,000 volumes, the most complete private collection of Irish and American Irish history and literature in the United States. The library features a temperature-controlled rare books room that holds another 1,000 volumes, and an unparalleled collection of newspapers and newsletters dating back to the late-18th century, and several early and mid-19th century newspapers, such as The Nation, The United Irishman, and the Dublin Penny Journal. Also housed in the library is the Society’s unique collection of letters from Patrick Pearse and Charles Stewart Parnell, the irreplaceable archives of other societies and organizations, and the personal papers of leading Irish Americans like Daniel F. Cohalan. The collection is complemented by works of art from such noted Irish artists as Nathaniel Hone, John Faulkener, George Russell (A.E.), John Butler Yeats, Aloysius O’Kelly, and Augustus St. Gaudens. The Society also holds an extensive collection of Irish music, including a taped interview with Brendan Behan that became his Confessions of a Rebel.
This is an in-person event limited to 15 A.R.T. members. Registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event.
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