The Hispanic Society Museum & Library

The Hispanic Society Museum & Library Museum & Library for the study of Hispanic art, literature, and culture. https://linktr.ee/hsml
(1)

Exciting news! 🎉 The Hispanic Society is thrilled to announce the launch of our Digital Collections portal, featuring ov...
09/08/2026

Exciting news! 🎉 The Hispanic Society is thrilled to announce the launch of our Digital Collections portal, featuring over 6,000 hi-res images of works from our collections of prints, photographs, manuscripts, and rare books. With everything from etchings by Francisco de Goya and photographs by Ruth Matilda Anderson to 16th century printed books from the Americas and manuscripts from the Spanish Philippines, the new Digital Collections portal will serve as an invaluable resource for scholars and the general public alike. All objects in the portal are accompanied by detailed cataloguing and metadata.

This initiative is the result of over a year of work by a team comprising experts in digital asset management, cataloguing, photography, Spanish history, and Spanish philology. The project is ongoing, with new objects and collections added to the portal each week, many of which are being made available to the public for the first time.

We are grateful to The Achelis & Bodman Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, GRoW @ Annenberg Foundation, FundaciĂłn MarĂ­a Cristina Masaveu Peterson, Henry Luce Foundation, and Leon Levy Foundation for their generous support of this groundbreaking initiative.

The Digital Collections portal can be accessed via the Hispanic Society website.

For everyone still dreaming of an Italian summer vacation, this might be the next best thing ⛱️Included in the Hispanic ...
09/06/2026

For everyone still dreaming of an Italian summer vacation, this might be the next best thing ⛱️

Included in the Hispanic Society’s World Atlas by Battista Agnese (ca. 1550), this image features extensive inland details and topographical information, more akin to a map than the nautical charts contained in the rest of the atlas, which make extensive use of compass roses and navigational rhumb lines. Agnese was the most prolific 16th-century European producer of manuscript nautical atlases, of which more than 70 survive from his workshop in Venice.

The Hispanic Society Library holds the largest collection of 16th- and 17th-century manuscript Mediterranean nautical charts and atlases in the United States, and the fourth largest such collection in the world.

"Esperanza Cortés: Embroidered Allegories" is now open to the public! 🎉Inspired by an extensive study of the Hispanic So...
09/03/2026

"Esperanza Cortés: Embroidered Allegories" is now open to the public! 🎉

Inspired by an extensive study of the Hispanic Society collection that embraced everything from paintings by Velázquez to traditional bullfighting costumes, "Esperanza Cortés: Embroidered Allegories" weaves together personal histories of triumph and tragedy with broader reflections on cultural heritage and the legacy of colonialism. Combining elements of painting, sculpture, and embroidery, among others, Cortés work deploys a distinctive visual language rooted in iconography, texture, and reimagined materials. The result is a set of objects whose dazzling surfaces belie a deep reflection on the intersection between history and lived experience.

This exhibition is part of the Hispanic Society's annual series "Arte en el Alto Manhattan". Now in its third year, "Arte en el Alto Manhattan" focuses on artists who live and/or work in the museum’s local community in Upper Manhattan.

"Esperanza Cortés: Embroidered Allegories" is on view through November 1st during normal museum hours, Thursday to Sunday, noon to 5pm.

Photos: Alfonso Lozano

09/01/2026

Putting the finishing touches on “Esperanza Cortés: Embroidered Allegories” which opens to the public this Thursday!

Esperanza Cortes

From the sunny seaside of Ayamonte to the earth tones of Elche to the rich mountain greens of AragĂłn, JoaquĂ­n Sorolla's ...
08/30/2026

From the sunny seaside of Ayamonte to the earth tones of Elche to the rich mountain greens of Aragón, Joaquín Sorolla's "Vision of Spain" (1911-1919) is a symphony of color 🎨

This year we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the installation of Sorolla's monumental series at the Hispanic Society with the outdoor kiosk exhibition "A Living Vision: the Sorolla Gallery at 100." Featuring excerpts from letters written by Sorolla during his travels throughout Spain while working on the commission, as well as reproductions of Sorolla's preparatory sketches, the exhibition charts the arduous and inspiring process that led to the creation of Sorolla's masterpiece. In addition, the Hispanic Society is hosting a series of curator talks and special programs that unlock the history and meaning of "Vision of Spain". Visit the link in our bio to learn more and to RSVP for upcoming programs in the series.

Mark your calendars for these great Hispanic Heritage Month programs coming up in September! All programs are free and o...
08/27/2026

Mark your calendars for these great Hispanic Heritage Month programs coming up in September! All programs are free and open to the public. For more information and to RSVP, please visit link in bio.

September 3rd: Cine al Fresco - "La Grande" (Dominican Republic, 2025)

September 5th: "Living Vision: the Sorolla Gallery at 100" Curator Talk Series: Session 2

September 10th: Cine al Fresco - "Blancanieves" (Spain, 2012)

September 12th: "The Man Who Painted Spain" Film Screening and Filmmaker Q&A

September 16th: Hispanic Heritage Month Reception

September 17th: Cine al Fresco - "Rudo y Cursi" (Mexico, 2008)

September 23rd: Artist Talk with Tom Sanford

September 24th: Cine al Fresco - "Sangre y Arena" (USA, 1941)

September 25th: Art and Atrocity in Goya's Prints: the Annual Goya Research Center Symposium

We are excited to announce the honorees at the 2026 Hispanic Society Gala. This year, the Sorolla Medal will be awarded ...
08/25/2026

We are excited to announce the honorees at the 2026 Hispanic Society Gala. This year, the Sorolla Medal will be awarded to Eduardo Costantini and Gloria & Emilio Estefan, along with a special award recognizing the Life & Legacy of Oscar de la Renta.

Eduardo F. Costantini is an economist, entrepreneur, collector, and philanthropist. He is the president and principal shareholder of Consultatio and leads real estate projects in Argentina, Uruguay, and the United States. He is the Founder and President of MALBA (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires). The Malba-Costantini Collection comprises more than 2,770 works of modern and contemporary Latin American art and is considered one of the world's most significant publicly exhibited collection of its kind.

Together, Gloria and Emilio Estefan have helped shape the global sound and cultural influence of Latin Music. Recipients of multiple Grammy Awards, the Gershwin Prize, and the Presidential Medial of Freedom, the Estefans have forged an indelible legacy that spans music, television, film, sports, theater, and philanthropy. In 2025, Gloria Estefan marked 50 years in entertainment with the album "RaĂ­ces", produced by Emilio Estefan, which received both Grammy and Latin Grammy awards. In 2027, their musical "Basura", based on the documentary "Landfill Harmonic" will debut on Broadway.

Born in the Dominican Republic and shaped by the great ateliers of Madrid and Paris, Oscar de la Renta brought together the romance of European couture with the optimism of New York. After apprenticing under Cristóbal Balenciaga and working at Lanvin, he established his eponymous fashion house in New York in 1965. From the beginning, Oscar de la Renta defined a singular vision of beauty: exquisite craftsmanship, expressive color, feminine silhouettes, and a sense of glamour that was both sophisticated and exuberant. His designs made the art of dressing feel effortless, joyful, and unmistakably modern. Today, Oscar de la Renta is one of the world’s most distinguished luxury fashion houses, encompassing ready-to-wear, bridal, accessories, jewelry, handbags, shoes, and fragrance. More than six decades later, the house continues to evolve while remaining true to Oscar’s enduring belief in beauty, craftsmanship, femininity, and the extraordinary moments for which we dress.

Tickets and information at https://hispanicsociety.app.neoncrm.com/forms/2026-gala-registration

Getting up close and personal with Anna Hyatt Huntington's monumental bronze equestrian statue of El Cid (1927) as it un...
08/22/2026

Getting up close and personal with Anna Hyatt Huntington's monumental bronze equestrian statue of El Cid (1927) as it undergoes restoration in advance of its 100th anniversary.

Although the statue was originally conceived to form part of the sculptural decoration of Audubon Terrace, the first casting was offered by Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington as a gift to the city of Seville, where it still stands today. The first replica was installed at the Hispanic Society on August 15th, 1927. Additional replicas can be found across the globe, including in San Diego, San Francisco, and Buenos Aires.

The statue depicts one of Spain's national heroes, Rodrigo DĂ­az de Vivar, known as El Cid. An 11th century Castilian knight, El Cid led the conquest of Valencia in 1094 and was immortalized in the epic poem "El Cantar de Mio Cid." Archer Huntington produced a translation of "El Cantar de Mio Cid" published between 1897 and 1903.

Among the treatments being applied to Anna Hyatt Huntington's statue are the removal of old lacquer, the application of a new patina, and re-lacquering.

We are grateful to GRoW @ Annenberg Foundation for their support of this project.

For we invite you to take a stroll through two of the over 176,000 photographs in the collection of the Hispanic Socie...
08/19/2026

For we invite you to take a stroll through two of the over 176,000 photographs in the collection of the Hispanic Society. Photography has played an important role at the Hispanic Society since its founding. Archer Huntington built a large personal collection of photographs and sponsored photographic expeditions across the Hispanic world. Today, the museum is home to an important collection of early photographs, including the first known photographs of the Philippines, early photographs of Machu Picchu, and tens of thousands of negatives by Ruth Matilda Anderson depicting Spanish landscapes and culture.

In September, the Hispanic Society will launch a dedicated digital collections portal that will make many of Anderson's photographs available to the public for the first time. Stay tuned for more updates about this exciting project.



~

Ruth M. Anderson, Street in Horta, Island of Faial, Azores, silver gelatin print, 1930 (detail)
Charles Clifford, Calle Alcalá and Fountain of Cibeles, Madrid, calotype, 1853 (detail)

Join us this fall on Audubon Terrace for an exciting slate of programs commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month. Throughout...
08/17/2026

Join us this fall on Audubon Terrace for an exciting slate of programs commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month. Throughout September and October, enjoy film screenings, concerts, artist and curator talks, language workshops, book fairs, and more as part of the annual celebration highlighting the cultural and artistic legacies of Hispanic Americans. All programs are free and open to the public, though RSVP is required. Visit the link in bio to explore the full schedule and register for specific programs.

Address

613 W 155th Street
New York, NY
10032

Opening Hours

Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 12pm - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

Telephone

+12129262234

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Hispanic Society Museum & Library posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Establishment

Send a message to The Hispanic Society Museum & Library:

Shortcuts

Share

Category