Past Events
Past Events
MCNY Kids Art Studio
Join us each week for a fun, hands-on art experience inspired by the Museum’s exhibitions and collection. This drop-in program is designed especially for children ages 3 and up and the adults who care for them.
Criminals Among Us? Fingerprinting and Criminal Background Checks in Pre-WWII New York City
Join scholar Dan Ewert for an exploration of the fraught history of fingerprinting and criminal background checks in pre-WWII New York City. 1.5 CTLE
Focus on Fun
Create a cardboard "camera" and fill it with sketched images of the city inspired by influential NYC photographers
Curators from the Couch: New York at Its Core
Join chief curator Sarah Henry for a conversation with experts connected with our permanent exhibition New York at Its Core.
Frozen Treats, City Streets
Get a virtual taste of ice cream’s history in New York City and learn how to craft make-believe frozen treats using upcycled materials and paper
Past Event: Moonlight & Movies: "Doin’ It in the Park" with Bobbito Garcia, Kevin Couliau & Milani Malik
A conversation with filmmakers Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau -- plus special guest, player Milani Malik -- about the world of NYC pick-up basketball, the subject of their award-winning documentary "Doin' It In The Park."
Curators from the Couch: Activist New York
Join Sarah Seidman, curator of our exhibition Activist New York, for a conversation with experts connected with activist movements in NYC.
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.
