Past Events
Past Events
Educator Workshop: Freedom Day! Teaching Civil Rights Taking Action
More than 60 years after the Freedom Day School Boycott of 1964, join educators and curators from the Museum of the City of New York and New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to reflect on the legacy of this historic civic action and how we can take inspiration from the past to act for a better future.
Educator Evening - Above Ground
Join us for an Educator evening focused on integrating graffiti and street art into your curriculum. This event will provide educators with a deeper understanding of graffiti as both an art form and a powerful cultural movement, offering strategies to incorporate its elements into the classroom.
Election Day Educator Event: Shirley Chisholm and Civics: From NYC to the Nation’s Capital
Join us for a free, full day of professional learning for PK-12 educators exploring civic connections for your students through the life of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first woman to run for president on a major party ticket.
Open House for Educators: School-Year Kickoff
Join us at the Museum of the City of New York for a FREE open house and jump-start your school year with an evening of refreshments and learning!
P Credit Course: People of New York: How Individuals Shape History
Educators! Join us this summer for an immersive, interactive, and meaningful in-person course for K-12 educators and explore NYC through the lives of New Yorkers who have shaped and been shaped by the city they call home.
Poetry as Pedagogy: Jazz and Poetry: Avant-Gardes of Resistance
This workshop will focus on the importance of jazz traditions for New York poetry and politics, exploring the interrelation between resistance music and poetry and how we can use both forms of media to more deeply engage our students.
We Are Still Here! Lunaapeew/Lenape Celebration Weekend – Day 1
Enjoy music and dance performances, storytelling, arts and crafts, and activities for all ages during of our inaugural celebration weekend of Lunaapeew/Lenape cultural heritage and NYC's Indigenous community.
Exhibitions
Songs of New York
Playful, kinetic, and full of surprises, Songs of New York is an immersive interactive experience that introduces visitors to a full range of music from and about New York City.
Robert Rauschenberg’s New York
Features rarely seen photos that reveal Rauschenberg's deep engagement with the real world and his complex relationship with New York City.