MURDER AT THE HISTORICAL January 17: The New-York Historical Society and Live In Theater Productions Bring Together a Theatrical Murder Mystery Experience
Can you solve a mystery? Carlo D’Amore and Live In Theater Productions (www.LiveInTheater.com) with the New-York Historical Society are hosting an interactive, theatrical experience where participants solve a notorious crime. A two-hour journey through the New-York Historical Society, participants search for clues in order to solve a “murder” loosely based on a real New York City crime.
This adventure will immerse participants in the galleries and exhibitions of the museum as they act as detectives trying to solve the case, all while interacting with live characters from the city’s past who know key pieces of information and clues to help crack the case.
New “Detectives” will be briefed on the murder -- a horrible crime that has shocked the community! An outcry from the citizens demand justice is served quickly to restore order. Important details on the case will be shared before the “Detectives” are set to roam the halls of the New-York Historical Society to catch a murderer.
Detectives will search for clues and be able to view from the permanent collection and from current exhibitions: Lincoln and New York, John Brown: The Abolitionist and His Legacy, FDR’s Brian Trust and the Beginning of the New Deal, Nature and the America Vision: The Hudson River School at the New-York Historical Society.
Teams will also find clues in the Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture--home to some 40,000 historical objects of Americana including George Washington’s camp bed at Valley Forge, and his inaugural armchair, the desk at which Clement Clarke Moore wrote “A Visit From Saint Nicholas,” the world’s largest collection of Tiffany lamps and glasswork, a collection of more than 550 American board games from the Civil War to the present and many other paintings, sculptures, and decorative objects.
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WHAT: Murder At The Historical
WHEN: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 11:30 am
WHERE: NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
170 CENTRAL PARK WEST AT 77TH STREET
ADMISSION: NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEMBER: $23; COLLEGE STUDENT WITH VALID ID: $30; SENIOR OR EDUCATOR WITH VALID ID: $32; ADULT: $35
Directions: To get to The New-York Historical Society take B or C trains to 81st Street or M10 bus to 77th Street; M79 to 81st and CPW.