Check back in late summer for a NEW museum adventure for ages 4–6! Calendar View a listing by month of programs for families of all ages. Birthday Parties Celebrate at the Brooklyn Museum! Available ...

Helen Diner is the American pseudonym for German-born Bertha Eckstein-Diener. Diner was a member of the “Arthurians,” a group of European intellectuals active in the 1930s, who each adopted a name ...

Christabel Pankhurst was the eldest daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and Dr. Richard Pankhurst. In 1903, Christabel, her mother, and her sister Sylvia founded the Women’s Social and Political Union ...

Historical assessments of Catherine the Great have not been kind. She was, indeed, a complex and contradictory personality. Inspired by Enlightenment ideals, she was nevertheless threatened by their ...

Aletta Jacobs was the first woman to attend a university and receive a medical degree in the Netherlands. As a physician, her work with destitute women led to one of her core missions, to make ...

Émilie du Châtelet, a physicist and mathematician, was also the mistress of French writer Voltaire, with whom she shared an intense interest in philosophy and science. In 1740, she published ...

The correct spelling of this name is ROSANA CHOUTEAU. Rosana Chouteau was elected chief of the Osage Beaver Band, a clan of the Native American Osage Nation, in 1875, following the death of her uncle.

Guided tours cost $3 per student. Each group may include up to 25 students and 5 chaperones. The first 5 chaperones per group are free; the fee for additional chaperones is $5 each. Advance payment is ...