Museum of the City of New York : Exhibitions

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Future at Home

	THE FUTURE AT HOME: AMERICAN FURNITURE, 1940-1955
	Dec 19, 2009 through Feb 8, 2010 Explore the height of the modern movement in American home design

Valentine

	WITH LOVE FROM NEW YORK CITY
	Feb 6, 2010 through Feb 26, 2010 Valentines from the Museum's permanent collection

VanDerZee

	JAMES VAN DER ZEE: HARLEM PHOTOGRAPHER
	Feb 10, 2010 through Feb 24, 2010 A portfolio of work by the renowned 20th-century photographer

TWA Terminal by Eero Saarinen

	EERO SAARINEN: SHAPING THE FUTURE
	Nov 10, 2009 through Jan 31, 2010 Explore the work of this master of 20th-century architecture

	WITHIN THE WOODS
	Oct 9, 2009 through Nov 1, 2009 Landscape Drawings by Mary Reilly

	THE EDGE OF NEW YORK: WATERFRONT PHOTOGRAPHS
	Sep 5, 2009 through Nov 29, 2009 Historic and contemporary images of New York City's changing waterfront

	NEW YORK 400: STREETSCAPES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
	Sep 5, 2009 through Nov 8, 2009 A selection of paintings, prints, and photographs from the Museum's collections

Dutch Seen

	DUTCH SEEN
	Jun 10, 2009 through Sep 13, 2009 New York Rediscovered

Last Chance_Amsterdam

	AMSTERDAM/NEW AMSTERDAM
	Apr 4, 2009 through Sep 27, 2009 The Worlds of Henry Hudson

Last Chance_Mannahatta

	MANNAHATTA/MANHATTAN
	May 20, 2009 through Oct 12, 2009 A Natural History of New York City

Urban Abstractions

	URBAN ABSTRACTIONS: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION
	May 1, 2009 through Aug 16, 2009 Distinctive photographs exploring visual experimentation and abstraction in New York's urban landscape

Andrew Jones Stoops of Manhattan

	STOOPS OF MANHATTAN
	Mar 18, 2009 through Aug 9, 2009 Railings & Shadows: Paintings by Andrew Berrien Jones

Valentina Label

	VALENTINA
	Feb 14, 2009 through May 17, 2009 The life and career of legendary fashion pioneer Valentina Sanina Schlee.

Stettheimer Dollhouse

	UNSEEN WORKS: STETTHEIMER DOLLHOUSE
	Mar 10, 2009 through May 3, 2009 Unseen Works From the Stettheimer Dollhouse

	PARIS/NEW YORK: DESIGN FASHION CULTURE 1925-1940
	Oct 3, 2008 through Feb 22, 2009 A landmark exhibition exploring the artistic relationship between two world capitals from 1925-1940

Eudora Welty Photograph Home by Dark

	EUDORA WELTY IN NEW YORK: PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE EARLY 1930S
	Nov 7, 2008 through Feb 16, 2009 Depression-era photographs of New York and Mississippi as captured by the compassionate lens of Eudora Welty

South Bronx, New York Photograph, Ray Mortenson

	BROKEN GLASS
	Nov 14, 2008 through Apr 12, 2009 Photographs of the South Bronx by Ray Mortenson

Growing and Greening

	GROWING AND GREENING NEW YORK
	Dec 11, 2008 through Apr 22, 2009 How must New York and New Yorkers change to make a sustainable urban future possible?

New York High Line Neil Denari

	NEW YORK FAST FORWARD: NEIL DENARI BUILDS ON THE HIGH LINE
	Jun 10, 2008 through Oct 12, 2008 Acclaimed architect Neil Denari's uniquely cantilevered building heralds the transformation of the historic High Line.

	STREET DANCE: THE NEW YORK PHOTOGRAPHS OF RUDY BURCKHARDT
	Feb 1, 2008 through Apr 13, 2008 Experience the urban environment through the work of this singular and unconventional photographer

	UNDER NEW YORK SKIES: NOCTURNES BY YVONNE JACQUETTE
	Feb 1, 2008 through May 11, 2008 Nighttime views of the city by one of America's most distinguished contemporary painters

Manhattan Noon

	MANHATTAN NOON: PHOTOGRAPHS BY GUS POWELL
	Dec 15, 2007 through May 18, 2008 A glimpse of the everyday, inspired by the poems of Frank O'Hara

	JOHN SLOAN'S NEW YORK
	Nov 15, 2007 through Mar 23, 2008 Explore streets, sidewalks, and rooftops of early 20th century New York through the work of this important Ashcan artist

	THE GLORY DAYS: NEW YORK BASEBALL 1947-1957
	Jun 27, 2007 through Dec 31, 2007 Visit a golden era when New York ruled baseball and vice versa

	THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD: EMBRACING AN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY
	Apr 22, 2007 through Nov 25, 2007 A look at the heyday of 20th-century Jewish immigrant life through the lens of the pioneering Yiddish newspaper

Campaigning for President Al Smith

	CAMPAIGNING FOR PRESIDENT: NEW YORK AND THE AMERICAN ELECTION
	Jun 24, 2008 through Nov 4, 2008 New York's role in American politics from the inauguration of George Washington to the present

	NEW YORK RISES: PHOTOGRAPHS BY EUGENE DE SALIGNAC
	May 4, 2007 through Oct 28, 2007 Discover the works of an unknown master who documented the building of New York's iconic structures

	FACING FASCISM: NEW YORK AND THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
	Mar 23, 2007 through Aug 12, 2007 An investigation of ordinary New Yorkers who responded to an impending global crisis

	SETTING THE STAGE: SCENIC DESIGNS BY DONALD OENSLAGER
	Feb 14, 2008 through May 4, 2008 Creations from one of theater's most legendary scenic designers

Cross Bronx Expressway

	ROBERT MOSES AND THE MODERN CITY: REMAKING THE METROPOLIS
	Feb 1, 2007 through May 28, 2007 Remaking the Metropolis

	A CITY ON PAPER: SAUL STEINBERG'S NEW YORK
	Dec 1, 2006 through Mar 25, 2007 A unique vision of the city by one of its most beloved artists

	CATHOLICS IN NEW YORK, 1808-1946
	May 16, 2008 through Dec 31, 2008 A social & political history of the diverse group of people who established the formidable Catholic presence in New York

	WILLING TO BE LUCKY: AMBITIOUS NEW YORKERS IN THE PAGES OF LOOK MAGAZINE
	Oct 21, 2006 through Jan 3, 2007 Ambitious New Yorkers in the pages of LOOK magazine

	SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: THE BELLEVUE HOSPITAL WALL OF PRAYER
	Sep 1, 2006 through Sep 17, 2006 The Bellevue Hospital Wall of Prayer

	BLACK STYLE NOW: HIP HOP FASHION IN NEW YORK CITY
	Sep 9, 2006 through Feb 19, 2007 A groundbreaking exploration of hip hop style and the black fashion revolution

	IT'S IN THE BAG: PURSES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
	Oct 7, 2006 through Jan 28, 2007 Purses from the Museum's Costume Collection

	THEATER DRAWINGS BY ROBERT MILES PARKER
	Jul 21, 2006 through Jan 28, 2007 Whimsical sketches of the Theater District's architectural treasures

Jamaica Bay 239

	PORTRAIT OF JAMAICA BAY
	Feb 10, 2007 through Apr 22, 2007 Photographs by Travis Roozée

	THE DESIGNS OF ALVIN COLT: COSTUMES AND CHARACTERS
	Feb 17, 2007 through Jul 8, 2007 Designs for some of Broadway's most memorable costumes

	NEW YORK CREATIVE: PORTRAITS BY EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER
	Jun 27, 2006 through Oct 15, 2006 Portraits of celebrated writers, painters, and performers by Everett Raymond Kinstler

	THE HIGH STYLE OF DOROTHY DRAPER
	May 2, 2006 through Oct 9, 2006 The life and career of New York's decorating maven

	WE SKATE HARDCORE: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM BROOKLYN'S SOUTHSIDE
	May 25, 2006 through Aug 6, 2006 Photographs from Brooklyn's Southside by Vincent Cianni

	ON THE COUCH: CARTOONS FROM THE NEW YORKER
	Apr 6, 2006 through Aug 6, 2006 Psychotherapy-themed humor from The New Yorker magazine

	LEARNING FROM DISASTER
	Apr 18, 2006 through Jun 13, 2006 A look at the strengths and vulnerabilties of a city in the aftermath of disaster

	NEIGHBORHOOD EXPLORERS
	May 2, 2006 through Jul 9, 2006 Transforming the Park Avenue Viaduct

	SHERRIL SCHELL: UNKNOWN MODERNIST
	Apr 12, 2006 through Jun 13, 2006 Rarely seen works from a pioneer of modern photography

	TRANSFORMED BY LIGHT: THE NEW YORK NIGHT
	Dec 21, 2005 through May 7, 2006 Explore how illumination shaped the modern city

	THE MYTHIC CITY: PHOTOGRAPHS OF NEW YORK BY SAMUEL H. GOTTSCHO, 1925-1940
	Nov 1, 2005 through Apr 9, 2006 Samuel Gottscho's photographs of New York between the world wars

	HARLEM IS...MUSIC: PORTRAITS BY CARL VAN VECHTEN
	Jan 28, 2006 through Apr 17, 2006 Original photographs of African-American musicians, singers, and composers from Harlem

	NEW YORK COMES BACK: MAYOR ED KOCH AND THE CITY
	Oct 20, 2005 through Mar 26, 2006 Mayor Ed Koch and the City

	STILL NEW YORK: WATERCOLORS BY FREDERICK BROSEN
	Nov 8, 2005 through Apr 2, 2006 Watercolors by Frederick Brosen

Douglas Levere,
NATIVE AMERICAN MUSEUM STATUES AND MTA HEADQUARTERS, MANHATTAN, 1997

Bowling Green, Foot of Broadway

	NEW YORK CHANGING: DOUGLAS LEVERE REVISITS BERENICE ABBOTT'S NEW YORK
	Jul 26, 2005 through Nov 13, 2005 Rephotographing Berenice Abbott's masterpiece

	ONCE UPON A TIME: MCLOUGHLIN CHILDREN'S BOOKS FROM THE LIMAN COLLECTION
	Nov 15, 2005 through Jan 16, 2006 McLoughlin Children's Books from the Liman Collection

	THE DESTRUCTION OF LOWER MANHATTAN: PHOTOGRAPHS BY DANNY LYON
	Jun 21, 2005 through Sep 18, 2005 Danny Lyon's photographs of a vanishing neighborhood, 1966-67

	NEW YORK FAST FORWARD: BUILDINGS BY ENRIQUE NORTEN/TEN ARQUITECTOS
	Jun 6, 2005 through Oct 30, 2005 The architecture of Enrique Norten

Grim map of New York

	TOLERANCE AND IDENTITY: JEWS IN EARLY NEW YORK
	May 10, 2005 through Oct 2, 2005 An exploration of North America's oldest Jewish community

Hat Fashion 1949
Norman Parkinson Ltd/Fiona Cowan
Courtesy Staley Wise Gallery

	GLAMOUR, NEW YORK STYLE
	Feb 14, 2005 through Jul 4, 2005 Glamorous costumes, people, and locations from over 200 years of New York history

Carlos Anderson, Curtain Time, c.1935, Lithograph, 16 x 23 inches, Gift of NYC W.P.A. Art Project, From the Collection of the Museum of the City of New York

	INDUSTRY AND IDLENESS
	Jul 1, 2005 through Sep 18, 2005 Prints from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York

	EL BARRIO: PUERTO RICAN NEW YORK
	Jan 21, 2005 through Jun 12, 2005 East Harlem as an incubator of New York Puerto Rican identity

	THE GATEHOUSE
	Mar 1, 2005 through Jun 7, 2005 The first in a series on innovative new architecture in the city

	PERFORM: A HISTORY OF NEW YORK THEATER AND BROADWAY
	Oct 1, 2004 through Jul 31, 2009 The history of theater in New York

	RADICALS IN THE BRONX
	Nov 9, 2004 through Mar 30, 2005 Exploring the origins of the cooperative housing movement in New York

	THREE ON THE SUBWAY: NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY PHOTOGRAPHS
	Oct 13, 2004 through Jan 17, 2005 Photographs by Bruce Davidson, Sam Hollenshead, and Camilo Jose Vergara

	PICTURING NEW YORK: THE PAINTINGS OF PETER RUTA
	Apr 14, 2004 through Oct 11, 2004 The Paintings of Peter Ruta

	MAGNUM'S NEW YORKERS
	Feb 4, 2004 through Jul 25, 2004

	NEW YORK'S MOYNIHAN
	Mar 29, 2004 through Sep 26, 2004

	GLASS AND GLAMOUR: STEUBEN'S MODERN MOMENT, 1930-1960
	Nov 7, 2003 through Apr 25, 2004 Steuben's Modern Moment, 1930-1960

	BIG & GREEN: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
	Oct 17, 2003 through Jan 19, 2004 Towards sustainable architecture in the 21st century

	HARLEM LOST & FOUND
	May 3, 2003 through Jan 4, 2004 Tracing the architectural history of a vibrant neighborhood

TWO-FOR-ONE PASS

Cars, Culture, and the City

VIRTUAL EXHIBITION

Explore The Glory Days of New York Baseball, 1947-1957 online.

WERE YOU THERE?

Tell us your memories of the Lindsay Era.

BRING YOUR GROUP

Book a group tour of Only in New York: Photographs from LOOK Magazine or Legacy: The Preservation of Wilderness in New York City Parks.

BIRTHDAY PARTIES

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VOLUNTEERS & INTERNS

Learn about volunteering and interning at the Museum.