AMERICAN HUNGARIAN LIBRARY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Mission Statement
Further and satisfy interest in and knowledge of Hungarian art, literature, history and science and their contribution to the United States and to serve our broader community providing access to the Library, books, organizing talks, meet-the-author and other cultural events.
About This Cause
The American Hungarian Library and Historical Society, established in 1955 is one of the oldest Hungarian cultural institutions and one of the owners of the Hungarian House in New York City. It was founded by an esteemed group of leaders of the Hungarian emigration, including John Pelenyi, Alexander St. Ivanyi, Baron Francis Neuman de Vegvary, Tibor Eckhardt, and Otto Hámos amongst others. The founders established the Society with the aim to become a home for Hungarian culture in the free world and to further interest in and knowledge of Hungarian literature, art, history and science and their contribution to the United States. The Society amassed various archives and private documents from its founders in addition to an extensive art collection, including works of art exhibited at 1939 World Fair in New York and the International Exhibition of Women Artist at the Riverside Museum. Recently, it has started to collect contemporary art from Hungarian artists with a connection to New York, who have exhibited their work at the Library or the Hungarian House. They can be viewed in our digital archives, the Hungarian Archives. The Library regularly hosts talks with prominent writers, authors, thought leaders and other Hungarians who have made a contribution to the Hungarian cultural heritage and fostering better relationships with the United States.