First Look Opening Reception: The Occupied City

When: Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 6:00pm
Price: 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

In this exclusive First Look Opening Reception for our Patrons, enjoy early access to The Occupied City: New York and the American Revolution before the exhibition opens to the public. Light bites and drinks will be served.

Contact developmentdept@mcny.org to register or if you have any questions. 

Not a Patron? Join today to attend this exclusive event!

Join the Patron Circle

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

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

Additional support provided by advocates, Chris Brown, Heather and William Vrattos, Matt and Marisa Brown, Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), and The Achelis and Bodman Foundation. 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. 

Carnegie Corporation of New York, Griffin Catalyst, The National Endowment for the Humanities, The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

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

Join MCNY!

Want free or discounted tickets, special event invites, and more?