The Museums Council of New York will meet on March 26 at Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, NYC from 5:45-8:00 PM. Lauren Kaminsky, Museum Director, will welcome us at a wine reception. Claire Bertrand, curator of the museum and of a new exhibit *When New York Was British,* will lead a tour. The exhibit focuses on the period between the English takeover of New York from the Dutch in 1664 and the British expulsion from the City at the end of the Revolution in 1783. It concentrates on the period of British occupation during the Revolutionary War and the conflict between the Loyalists and Revolutionaries. In addition to period maps, artifacts, and images, there are interactive components including a recreation of one of the infamous Sugar-house prisons. The museum's period rooms, including the Long Room where George Washington bid farewell to his officers before resigning his military commission, will be open. Dinner and the MCNYC meeting will follow in the Fraunces Tavern Restaurant. The Museums Council of New York City is a 40-year-old informal membership association representing virtually all of the City's not-for-profit museums. Staff members of all of these institutions are welcome to the meetings. Recently, we have been inviting museum professionals and people from associated professions to the meetings as well. Other benefits of membership (institutions, rather than individuals, are members), include the Museums Council Directory -- a listing of all of the member museums with staff contact numbers, exhibition schedules, and other relevant information. Copies are available for $5.00/ea + $1.00/order postage and handling. Member institutions also receive a limited number of Museums Council passes, which admit their staff to other member institutions at no charge. If you are interested in more information, contact Eric Siegel, Chairman, at [log in to unmask] If you wish to attend this meeting, please send a check along with your name, institution, department, and phone contact, for $25/person to Amy Fischetti, Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, NY 11004. You can call her at (718) 347-3276 if you require further information. Please make your reservation early, as recent meetings have been sold out. Hope you will join us. Eric Siegel Chairman The Museums Council of New York