The American Friends of the Mauritshuis organizes a lecture and reception focusing on the current exhibition at the Mauritshuis BIRDS – Curated by The Goldfinch and Sir Simon Schama. The lecture is presented by Sir Simon Schama (celebrated international art historian, TV presenter and Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University), and Martine Gosselink (General Director, Mauritshuis). The lecture and a reception take place at Penn Club, New York, on 19 May 2026, from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM.
Book your ticket via the American Friends of the Mauritshuis. Proceeds will benefit the American Friends of the Mauritshuis and the Fulbright-AFMh Grant, awarded to an American graduate student in paintings conservation.
For more information or questions, please email Alison: alison@afmauritshuis.org.
In February, the Mauritshuis opened an exciting new exhibition BIRDS – Curated by The Goldfinch & Simon Schama, running until 7 June 2026. Birds – we can’t imagine life without them. To us, birds symbolize freedom, beauty and love. But birds are also pets, a source of food or hunting trophies. The exhibition BIRDS delves into our enduring relationship with the creatures that we love, yet keep in cages. What does our relationship with birds tell us about how we treat the natural world?