Past Events

Past Events

For Adults Friday, September 25, 8:00pm

(SOLD OUT) The Museum Party

The Junior Board of the Museum of the City of New York invites you to The Museum Party for an evening of drinks and dancing.
For Adults Wednesday, October 21, 7:00pm

Empty City

Writers Garnette Cadogan, Luc Sante, and Vinson Cunningham discuss the impression that emptiness has left on the city in the past, and consider representations of this moment and how they influence how we think about public space.
Exhibitions Tuesday, October 20, 1:30pm

Curators from the Couch: Activist New York and Voting Rights

Join curator Sarah Seidman, organizer Brea Baker, and Dr. Peniel Joseph, Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at University of Texas at Austin, for a converstaion connected to voting rights and our exhibition Activist New York.
Classes & Workshops Wednesday, October 14, 7:00pm

Protest City

Consider how moments of protest and social unrest have remade New York City's public spaces—and how, in turn, public space has shaped the movements that have helped transform our world with architect Mabel Wilson, photographer Mark Clennon, and New Yorker writer Vinson Cunningham.

Exhibitions

Through October 12, 2026

He Built This City

Explore Joe Macken’s monumental model and discover the extraordinary vision behind one of the most ambitious handmade representations of New York City ever created.
Through March 19, 2027

The Occupied City

This immersive exhibition transforms the Museum's third floor into a vivid journey through Revolutionary-era New York.
Through October 12, 2026

Another Wonderland

Celebrates the rescue and restoration of a major New Deal–era mural cycle created for the children’s ward at Gouverneur Hospital, featuring Lewis Carroll’s beloved characters exploring 1930s New York City.
Through April 17, 2027

Halumii Ktapihna

Encounter the enduring presence and living cultures of the Lenape/Lunáapeew—the original people of Lenapehoking/Lunaapeewáhkiing, the land now known as New York City and its surrounding region.
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