# Know-How for a New Era: City Living/City Learning, circa 1400-1550: Opening Reception

Know-How for a New Era: City Living/City Learning, circa 1400-1550: Opening Reception at Hunter College, Thursday 29 October 2026, 18:00.

- Venue: Hunter College, Park Avenue 695, 10065 New York
- Go to page: https://huntercollegeart.com/2026/09/22/know-how-for-a-new-era-city-living-city-learning-circa-1400-1550-opening-reception-thursday-october-29-6-8pm/

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An opening reception for the exhibition Know-How for a New Era: City Living/City Learning, circa 1400-1550. The Hunter College Art Galleries present the show, curated by Cynthia Hahn and Nina Rowe with Harper Montgomery and Hunter and CUNY Grad students. It brings together over fifty illustrated books, images, and objects capturing city living and intellectual life in northern Europe between roughly 1400 and 1550, focused on illuminated manuscripts and printed books commissioned by the newly rich. Lenders include The Morgan Library and Museum, The New York Public Library, Princeton University Library, and Les Enluminures Gallery, among others.

## Dates

- Thursday 29 October 18:00 — Hunter College

Written by a model, sources: [hunter.cuny.edu](https://www.hunter.cuny.edu/event/know-how-for-a-new-era-city-living-city-learning-circa-1400-1550/)

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