This exhibition presents everyday clothing of women, from house dresses to fast-food uniforms and modern suits. View how women's roles evolved over the decades through these garments.

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Pets and the City (Until 20 April 2025)

Fred W. McDarrah: Pride and Protest (Until 13 July 2025)

Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore (Until 22 June 2025)

The Collection: New Conversations (Until 15 June 2025)

The Year of Flaco (Until 6 July 2025)

Picture Stories: Photographs by Arlene Gottfried (Until 25 May 2025)

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Other exhibitions at New York Historical Society

The Collection: New Conversations

Until 15 June 2025

Pets and the City

Until 20 April 2025

Fred W. McDarrah: Pride and Protest

Until 13 July 2025

Picture Stories: Photographs by Arlene Gottfried

Until 25 May 2025

The Year of Flaco

Until 6 July 2025

New York Historical Society

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The New York Historical Society was New York's first museum, founded in 1804. This museum and library is crammed with American history and art, plus changing exhibitions with a focus on American arts and achievements. You'll find it on the corner of 77th Street and Central Park West in Manhattan.