The Society's Visual Arts department, dedicated to fostering a better understanding of art in the American regions beyond U.S. borders from the pre-Columbian era to the present day, produces gallery exhibitions, illustrated catalogs, and a variety of public programs. The department boasts the longest-standing private space in the U.S. dedicated to exhibiting and promoting art from Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada.

Founded in 1961, the Italian Institute of Culture of New York is an official branch of the Italian government dedicated to the promotion of Italian language and culture in the United States through the organization of cultural events.

The Armory was built by New York State’s Seventh Regiment of the National Guard, the first volunteer militia to respond to President Lincoln’s call for troops in 1861. Members of what was known as the “Silk Stocking” Regiment included New York’s most prominent Gilded Age Families including the Vanderbilts, Van Rensselaers, Roosevelts, Stewarts, Livingstons and Harrimans. Built as both a military facility and a social club, the reception rooms on the first floor and the Company Rooms on the second floor were designed by the most prominent designers and artists of the day including Louis Comfort Tiffany, Stanford White, Herter Brothers and Pottier & Stymus. The Armory’s 55,000 square foot drill hall, reminiscent of the original Grand Central Depot and the great train sheds of Europe, remains one of the largest unobstructed spaces of its kind in New York. A marvel of engineering in its time, it was designed by Regiment veteran and architect Charles W. Clinton, later a partner of Clinton & Russell, architects of the Apthorp Apartments and the famed, now demolished, Astor Hotel. The building is currently used as a cultural center.

This Georgian-style building has been the home to the first women’s club in NYC since their relocation from Madison Ave. in 1916. Founded in 1903 by suffragist, social activist, and diplomat Florence Jaffray Harriman, the Colony Club’s prominent members have included: Astors, Morgans, and Rockefellers.

This red-brick, Georgian-style church is noted for its dome with lantern top, and the spacious auditorium with galleries on three sides.

An 18th century English-style building houses the oldest men’s club in NYC. Prominent members of the Union Club have included: Dwight D. Eisenhower, John Jacob Astor IV, Ulysses S. Grant, and Cornelius Vanderbilt.

These two mansions (7 and 9 E. 72nd St) are the embodiment of sophisticated Parisian design. Once occupied by wealthy, prominent New Yorkers of the late 19th century, they were bought by private school Lycée Français in 1964 and recently sold to the emir of Qatar.

These two mansions (7 and 9 E. 72nd St) are the embodiment of sophisticated Parisian design. Once occupied by wealthy, prominent New Yorkers of the late 19th century, they were bought by private school Lycée Français in 1964 and recently sold to the emir of Qatar.

Originally commissioned (but never occupied) by heiress Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo in 1885, this ornately decorated neo-French Renaissance mansion remained vacant until 1921 when it was converted into a storefront with two upper apartments. In 1983, the building was purchased and rehabilitated by Ralph Lauren, and now serves as its flagship store.

Now the Consulate General of Italy, this building is one in a series of early 20th century neo-Federal town houses: 680 & 684 by McKim, Meade & White, 686 by Delano & Aldrich, and 690 by Walker & Gillette. Clad in rusticated limestone and brick, they boast grand ornamental columned entries and elegant dormer windows.

Formerly the Oliver D. Filley House, this mansion is now home to the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute, an organization founded in 1954 dedicated to promoting Spanish language and culture.

With one hundred feet of frontage along fashionable Park Avenue, this neo-Federal townhouse is a rarity that surprisingly remained on the market for nearly two decades before eventually finding a buyer in 2008.

Financed by John D. Rockefeller Jr., this neo-Gothic church was originally home to the Park Avenue Baptist Church, whose outspoken liberalist pastor used to draw crowds large enough to spill into the avenue's traffic.