Louise Mirrer is an American historian who is president and CEO of the New-York Historical Society. Under Mirrer’s direction, the New-York Historical Society has launched a series of exhibitions, including ''Slavery in New York''; ''New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War''; ''A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls''; ''French Founding Father: Lafayette’s Return to Washington’s America''; ''Grant and Lee in War and Peace''; ''Lincoln and New York'', ''Nueva York'' and a rich array of intellectually engaging lectures, debates and family programs. Mirrer inaugurated the Saturday Academy, an American history enhancement program for high-school students, and a new Graduate Institute on Constitutional History. Mirrer also led the Historical Society’s 100-million-dollar campaign for a major renovation of its landmark building on Central Park West, creating new permanent installation galleries and a children's history museum. Mirrer also oversaw efforts to create a Center for Women's History, which opened in the Fall of 2016.
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