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November 10, 2023 - January 15, 2024

Gingerbread NYC: The Great Borough Bake-Off

It's time for the annual Great Borough Bake-Off! We invited bakers from across the five boroughs to design New York City-inspired gingerbread creations.
November 18, 2022 - October 22, 2023

City of Faith

Look under the surface of New York’s image as a secular city and discover the complex and often surprising relationships that connect religion to public space.
September 16, 2022 - September 18, 2023

Food in New York

Examine how food creates a powerful social network that binds New Yorkers to each other and with countless others across the globe.
March 10 - August 27, 2023

New York Now: Home

The first in an ongoing series of triennial photography exhibitions that will engage themes and issues of the contemporary city.
November 11, 2022 - January 16, 2023

Gingerbread NYC: The Great Borough Bake-Off

It's our first-ever Great Borough Bake-off! We invited bakeries and bakers from each borough to design New York City-inspired gingerbread creations.
February 18, 2022 - January 9, 2023

Celebrating the City

A moving celebration of the power of photography to capture New York and New Yorkers featuring Robert Frank and William Klein.
May 20, 2022 - January 8, 2023

Analog City

Uncover the array of tools, technologies, and lost professions that supported New York City as it exploded into a global metropolis in the pre-digital era.
November 20, 2020 - October 3, 2022

The Stettheimer Dollhouse

Discover rarely seen miniature works from the Stettheimer Dollhouse created by some of the leading lights of early 20th-century modernism.
June 11, 2021 - September 18, 2022

New York, New Music

A look back at the seismic musical revolution of 1980s New York. #80sMusicNYC
January 22, 2020 - May 15, 2022

Collecting New York's Stories

How can objects tell the dynamic and eclectic stories of New Yorkers? Find out through select items from the Museum's collections.
April 16, 2021 - May 1, 2022

Rising Tide

Documentary photographer Kadir van Lohuizen illustrates the dramatic consequences of rising sea levels worldwide.
August 13, 2021 - April 3, 2022

Puppets of New York

Puppets of New York explores the extraordinary, surprising, and diverse history of New York City’s quirkiest residents. Puppets traveled with migrant communities from across the globe as they made their way to the city. 

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