Join us on Monday, May 12, 6 pm, for the ceremonial unveiling of a plaque honoring Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and the 150th anniversary of her birth. We’ll be at the site of her art studio where she founded the first museum devoted to contemporary American art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, on West 8th Street. We’ll hear from esteemed speakers about her remarkable impact as an artist, collector, and patron.

This is our 26th plaque unveiling. Our plaque program has honored and marked the homes of local figures from Jane Jacobs to James Baldwin; Allen Ginsberg to Charles Mingus; Frances Perkins to Frank Stella; and Martha Graham to Lorraine Hansberry, as well as historically significant sites such as the former NAACP headquarters, the Fillmore East, and Julius’ Bar.

You can learn more about our plaque program and explore the other plaques here and here.