WhoFish - Local Events and Activities

Title:	Dining in Transit
Date:	6/20/2025 - 10/26/2025
Address:	The New York Historical, 170 Central Park West, at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street), New York, NY 10024
Location:	New York, NY
Hours:	Tuesday – Sunday: 11 am – 5 pm, Friday: 11 am – 8 pm
Cost/Cover:	free - $24
Web Page:	https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/dining-in-transit
Contact Info:	(212) 873-3400

Details:

Take a trip through the history of travel and the innovative ways ocean liners, trains, and airplanes catered to passengers’ appetites and expectations during the first half of the 20th century. French chefs were hired, signature meals introduced, and multi-course holiday meals served high in the sky. An array of distinctive objects—from souvenir menus to promotional recipe books, employee handbooks, and collectible tableware—illustrate how transportation companies focused on memorable culinary experiences to attract and retain customers. The exhibition also explores the racialized hiring practices of the Pullman Company that recruited formerly enslaved Black men to be railroad cooks and waiters and the exacting physical requirements used by airlines in their hiring of women. Among the highlights of the exhibition are dozens of beautifully designed menus from the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library’s vast collection, recipe books published by railroads and airlines, and a look at food trends that influenced meals served onboard.