The Curator's Cup: Tea with Margaret Connors McQuade

Name: The Curator's Cup: Tea with Margaret Connors McQuade
Start: 2026-10-15T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-15T11:00:00-04:00
Location: Museum of the City of New York

When: Thursday, October 15, 2026, 10:00am

Price: Patrons-Only Event | Registration Required

George Washington and other officers riding on horseback down a city street, with a crowd watching — Evacuation Day, Edmund P. Restein, 1870–1880, date depicted November 25, 1783, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Tea with Margaret Connors McQuade and The Occupied City

For members of our Patron Circle, savor treats and Harney & Sons tea while enjoying a behind-the-scenes conversation with Vice President of Collections, Margaret Connors McQuade. Discover the Museum’s remarkable collection from the era of the American Revolution, featuring tankards, furniture, paintings, tea and coffee pots, newspapers, and documents—including objects directly connected to Alexander Hamilton. Together, these fascinating artifacts bring Revolutionary-era New York vividly to life.

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About the Speaker

Margaret Connors McQuade is a native New Yorker and Vice President of Collections at the Museum of the City of New York. Before joining the Museum in 2024, she served as Deputy Director and Head of Collections at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library, where she worked for more than thirty years. She received her Ph.D. from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 2005. She has curated and contributed to numerous exhibitions and has lectured widely, both nationally and internationally. At the Museum of the City of New York, her work focuses on researching the Museum’s collections and expanding public access.

About the Patron Circle

The Museum of the City of New York’s premier patron group deeply values the Museum’s mission to celebrate, document and interpret the City’s past, present, and future. This engaged group of supporters enjoy an array of benefits including unlimited free admission, Museum discounts, and invitations to our exclusive Uptown After Hours Series, Curator’s Cup High Tea, Annual Leadership Welcome, and other members-only events.

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Supporters

The Occupied City: New York and the American Revolution is made possible by presenting partners, the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, an Anonymous Family Foundation, Kenneth C. Griffin and Griffin Catalyst, and The Hearthland Foundation.

Special thanks to our benefactors, Elizabeth K. Belfer, Matt and Marisa Brown, The National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.

Additional support provided by advocates, The Achelis and Bodman Foundation, Chris Brown, Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), Heather and William Vrattos. Thank you to sponsors, Daryl B. Uber and New York State Council on the Arts; and friends, Matthew Breitenbach and Terry Schwartz Breitenbach, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, and Peck Stacpoole Foundation.

Curatorial and collections work on this exhibition is provided by the Laura and Ray Johnson Fund and Robert A. and Elizabeth R. Jeffe.

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Curator's Cup: Tea with Margaret Connors McQuade