All Upcoming Events

All Upcoming Events

All Upcoming Events

March 2025

  • American Historical Holidays
Saturday, March 8, 2025

International Women's Day

Deepen your knowledge of this holiday with historical documents, essays, and videos from the Gilder Lehrman Institute.

  • Book Breaks
  • Free
  • All Audiences
Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET

Kate Masur, Northwestern University

Freedom Was in Sight: A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region

  • Book Breaks
  • Free
  • All Audiences
Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET

Russell Shorto

Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America 

April 2025

  • Inside the Vault
  • All Audiences
  • Free
Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 7:00 pm ET

The Battles of Lexington and Concord

Military intelligence from the Battles of Lexington and Concord shows the patriots’ uncertainty at the start of the Revolution.

May 2025

  • New York City
Monday, May 12, 2025 at 6:30 pm ET

Annual Gala

Join us to celebrate the 2025 honorees: Doris Kearns Goodwin, the cast of Hamilton, and The Rockefeller Foundation!

June 2025

  • Teachers
  • Professional Development
  • Online
Monday, June 30–Thursday, July 3, 2025

George Washington and His World

Register for this new seminar, led by Prof. Denver Brunsman, by June 23.

July 2025

  • Teachers
  • Professional Development
  • Online
Monday, July 7–Thursday, July 10, 2025

Lives of the Enslaved

Register for this seminar, led by Prof. Daina Ramey Berry, by June 30.

  • Teachers
  • Professional Development
  • Online
Monday, July 21–Thursday, July 24, 2025

The History of American Protest

Register for this seminar, led by Prof. John Stauffer, by July 17.

  • Teachers
  • Professional Development
  • Online
Monday, July 28–Thursday, July 31, 2025

American Indian History since 1900

Register for this seminar, led by Prof. Donald L. Fixico, by July 21.

  • Teachers
  • Professional Development
  • Online
Monday, July 28–Thursday, July 31, 2025

American Art History

Register for this new seminar, led by Prof. Jennifer Van Horn, by July 21.

August 2025

  • Teachers
  • Professional Development
  • Online
Monday, August 4–Thursday, August 7, 2025

The History of Childhood

Register for this seminar, led by Prof. Steven Mintz, by July 28.