About
DiMenna Children's History Museum
Through authentic and unique learning experiences, DiMenna Children’s History Museum invites multi-generational families to meaningfully connect with American’s past, present and future. The exhibits, collections, programs, and staff challenge visitors to grow up with history.
Targeted for children ages 8–13, DiMenna Children’s History Museum focuses on the life stories of a diverse selection of youngsters who lived in New York City from the late 17th through the 20th centuries. Get to know these historical figures better! Each character pavilion combines objects, games, and information that help tell the story of each person's childhood and adulthood.
Major support for family programs is provided by the DiMenna Foundation
Additional generous support is from Daniel & Margaret Loeb and Shelley & Tommy Mulitz
Support for Little New-Yorkers and Story Time is given in honor of Peggy Gilder Tirschwell by Linda Schapiro
Who Will You Meet on Your Visit?
Barbara K. Lipman Children’s History Library
Extend the DiMenna Children’s History Museum experience in this library filled with hidden treasures, old favorites, and new friends. Among the highlights: historical fiction, non-fiction, and picture books focusing on New York and the United States; picture books exploring New York City’s culture, geography, architecture, and people; comfortable seating to rest and read; History Hunt drawers; Amazing Atlas maps and diorama.
Barbara K. Lipman Children’s History Library
Extend the DiMenna Children’s History Museum experience in this library filled with hidden treasures, old favorites, and new friends. Among the highlights: historical fiction, non-fiction, and picture books focusing on New York and the United States; picture books exploring New York City’s culture, geography, architecture, and people; comfortable seating to rest and read; History Hunt drawers; Amazing Atlas maps and diorama.
Thank you to the DiMenna Children's History Museum's scholar sdvisors
Alison Faichney, University of Glasgow Library
Joan H. Geismar, Ph.D., Urban Archaeologist
Samuel H. Greenblatt, MA, MD, FACS, Brown University
Lesley Herzberg, Hancock Shaker Village
Gregory J. Higby, Ph.D., American Institute of the History of Pharmacy
Robert Wilson Hoge, American Numismatic Society
Laura Johnson, Jazz @ Lincoln Center
Patrice M. Kane, Walsh Library, Fordham University
Jerome Korman, National Dance Institute
Steve Laise, Federal Hall National Memorial
Michele Majer, Cora Ginsburg, LLC
R. Steven Miller, Shaker Herb Scholar
Steven Mintz, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Teaching Center, Columbia University
Alison Moore, California Historical Society
Thomas W. Morgan, M.D., Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
C. Warren Moses, Children’s Aid Society
John O’Dell, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
David Oestreicher, Ph.D., Lenape Scholar
Gary Okihiro, Ph.D., Columbia University
Cara Randall, California State Railroad Museum Library
John Schaefer, WNYC Radio
Richard E. Scylla, New York University
Kai Twanmoh, 9/11 Memorial
Dr. Lodewijk J. Wagenaar, University of Amsterdam
Lukas Weinstein, MSW, Children’s Aid Society
Gwen Weldy, George and Leona Lewis Library, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Theodore Wiprud, New York Philharmonic
