Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York

Visitors watching "Timescapes"
Photograph by Harry Zernike, 2005

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Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York

Ongoing

Timescapes will close on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 and will reopen on June 1, 2013 as we prepare for renovation. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Timescapes, an engrossing 22-minute multimedia experience, traces the growth of New York City from a settlement of a few hundred Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans to its present status as one of the world’s great cities. Created by Jake Barton of Local Projects and James Sanders, co-writer of the PBS series New York: A Documentary History, and narrated by actor Stanley Tucci, the film features animated maps and archival photographs, prints, and paintings from the Museum’s collections.

Timescapes runs every half hour beginning at 10:15 am. The last viewing of the day is at 5:15 pm.

Made possible by Marvin H. Davidson and Jeremy H. Biggs.

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