In observance of Independence Day,  the Chancellor Robert R Livingston Masonic Library will be closed for business from Thursday, July 4th - Sunday, July 7th.  We apologize for any inconvenience,

The Robert R Livingston Masonic Library of the Grand Lodge of New York 2019 Free Monthly Lecture Series: Lecture No. 7 French Influencers On The Development of Freemasonry The Library is pleased and proud to announce the Seventh Lecture of Read More ...

The Livingston Library is proud to announce the Eighth Lecture of our 2019 Free Monthly Lecture Series. This month’s lecture Worshipful Michael Radigan will discuss how the teachings of Ancient Freemasonry influenced George Washington’s development of a uniform symbol for Read More ...

On October 5, 2019, Alex Vastola assisted M.’.W.’. William Sardone, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of the State of New York, in the opening of a 1919 time capsule excavated from the cornerstone of Read More ...

This month we are proud to welcome back Brother Jorge Romeu to present his research providing a historic overview of the history of the presence of Grand Lodges in the Spanish Antilles during the 19th century. Freemasonry appeared, first and Read More ...

  This month the Livingston Masonic Library is glad to welcome C.F. William Maurer to speak about George Washington and the celebration of the bicentennial of Washington's birth. In addition to touching up the contribution from Brother Sold Bloom who Read More ...

In conjunction with President's week, we will have the letter written by George Washington to Elkanah Watson & Francois Cassoul thanking them for their gift of a Masonic apron on view until Friday, February 21, 2020.

  With the dramatic rise of Freemasonry in the eighteenth century, art played a fundamental role in its practice, rhetoric, and global dissemination, while Freemasonry, in turn, directly influenced developments in art.  Professor Wolf’s lecture provides an overview of diverse approaches Read More ...