NYC Treasures

Gothamist is highlighting items from the New York Public Library's first-ever permanent exhibition, The Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's Treasures, which showcases items spanning 4,000 years from the Library's research collections. The objects and the stories behind them are meant to inspire, spark curiosity, and encourage deeper thinking about our history and world—we'll be publishing one NYC-related object a day throughout September, and you can see everything at gothamist.com/treasures.