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06/30/2023

Federal Hall's site specific play, The Democracy Project, was featured in The New York Times. Read about it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/theater/the-democracy-project-federal-hall.html

06/24/2022

Federal Hall is excited to announce the opening of Shall Make, Shall Be: The Bill of Rights at Play on the 4th of July! The exhibition centers on the Bill of Rights’ impact on U.S. culture and society. For more information visit shallmakeshallbe.org

04/18/2022

Page 249 from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion. Illustration depicts several figures, including Peter Stuyvesant. The Stadt Huys, or the first City Hall of New York, is in the background. (April 21, 1855)
Source: mhsarchive.org

04/07/2022

Check out this great article in the New York Social Diary about our collaboration with Works & Process at the Guggenheim!

Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, is proud to announce Federal Hall: The Democracy Project with Larissa FastHorse, Michael R. Jackson, and Bruce Norris on April 4, 2022 at 7:30pm at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Peter B. Lewis Theater at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museu...

03/24/2022

We are happy to present a collaboration with ! April 4th, Works and Process Presents Federal Hall: The Democracy Project with Larissa FastHorse, Michael R. Jackson, and Bruce Norris!

The Democracy Project is a perspective-shifting odyssey through the 527 days when New York City was the nation’s first capital, the presidency was still new, the slave trade was in debate, and the United States Constitution—and the rights of all this land's inhabitants—hung in the balance.

Tickets on sale now: https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/guggenheim/3515/event/1251077

03/24/2022

We are excited to announce our collaboration with Works & Process! Works & Process at the Guggenheim

Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, has announced Federal Hall: The Democracy Project with Larissa FastHorse, Michael R. Jackson, and Bruce Norris on April 4, 2022 at 7:30pm at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Peter B. Lewis Theater at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

03/02/2022

March 3, 1903 an Invitation to President and Mrs. Roosevelt to the Inaugural Ball.
Source: mhsarchive.org

02/25/2022

Currency issued by the Continental Congress. No signature or number visible. Motto: FUGIO MIND YOUR BUSINESS. Mica flakes visible. On reverse rosette of 13 interlocking circles signifying the colonies. Printed by Hall & Sellers.
(02-27-1776)

Source: mhsarchive.org

02/16/2022

Menu and program for the Banquet Commemorating the 199th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington with an insert describing the painting of George Washington, "First in the Hearts of His Countrymen" painted by Harry Roseland. An engraving of the painting by Anderson Lamb Engravers, N.Y. is on the cover. Verso shows the proposed Washington Memorial portal to Brooklyn Bridge. 4 pages plus insert. (February 17, 1931)
Source: mhsarchive.org

02/01/2022

View of the Old Royal Exchange, formerly located near the intersection of Broad and Water Streets in New York City. A one storey building set on arched pillars with a belfry topped by a weather vane. People gather around the building. The first session of the U.S. Supreme Court was held here on February 2, 1790.