Uncover New York's past: Check out the city's oldest relics

We admit that New York City is relatively young, especially compared with London and Paris, but that doesn't mean we aren't still steeped in history. We asked institutions from around Gotham to show us the oldest items in their permanent collections that hail from the area. The results, which you can check out in our slide show, provide peeks at the city's evolution from Native American settlement to 16th-century colony to an emerging world-class metropolis.

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