Past Events
Past Events
(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.
Past Event: The Ultimate (Virtual) NYC Trivia Night: Summer Edition
Put your knowledge of the NYC to the test at our virtual Trivia Night co-hosted with the Gotham Center for New York City History.
City as Canvas: Live Session with Daze, Artist and Graffiti Writer
Meet Daze, a prolific artist regarded as one of the most acclaimed graffiti writers of his time. Hear about his time as a young artist growing up in New York City and participate in an interactive drawing activity to create your own pieces and designs.
Past Event: Moonlight & Movies | The Dominican Dream: Live Q & A
Former basketball star Felipe López talks to director Jonathan Hock about "The Dominican Dream," Hock's 2019 film about López's life.
Curators from the Couch: Activist New York/19th Amendment
Join curator Sarah Seidman and experts connected to our exhibition Activist New York for a discussion on 100 years since the 19th Amendment's ratification.
Past Event: Uptown Bounce 2020: Street to Screen
FREE! Join us for a virtual version of our annual Uptown Bounce block party, co-presented with El Museo del Barrio and The Africa Center.
Photographing City Life: Live Session with Photographer Janette Beckman
Meet the photographer who captured many youth cultures, including through her street photography and photos of hip hop legends before they were famous, and discover how to tell stories through the camera.
Exhibitions
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.
The Occupied City
This immersive exhibition transforms the Museum's third floor into a vivid journey through Revolutionary-era New York.
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.
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.
