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Two children creating an artwork with colored pencils.

For Families Saturday, September 26, 11:00am

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.

An educator examines a touchscreen that showcases the stories of people from NYC’s past.

For Educators Monday, July 6, 10:00am

P Credit Course: People of New York

Examine the past, present, and future of the city through the lives of individual New Yorkers in this P Credit course for educators. 3 P Credits/45 CTLE

Map of New York City, including outer boroughs. Colored sections mark different languages spoken in each location.

Exhibitions Friday, June 26, 1:30pm

Curators from the Couch: Who We Are

Join Monxo López for a conversation with experts connected with our exhibition Who We Are: Visualizing NYC By The Numbers.

A woman stands in front of a Recruitment Board for Spanish-speaking Substitute Auxiliary Teachers in New York City public schools.

For Educators Thursday, June 18, 5:00pm

Bilingual in the Big Apple: Puerto Rican Education Activism and the Fight for Bilingual-Bicultural Education

Join scholar Lauren Lefty as she discusses the long path to securing the right to bilingual and bicultural education in the nation’s most linguistically diverse city. 1.5 CTLE

NYC Champions & Change Makers

For Adults Wednesday, June 17, 6:00pm

NYC Champions & Change Makers

Join us, virtually, as we pay tribute to the countless acts of heroism – great and small – across the five boroughs.

Image, left: Courtesy NBA; Image right: Courtesy Eric Haze

For Adults Friday, June 12, 1:30pm

Curators from the Couch: Basketball in New York

Join Lilly Tuttle, curator of our exhibition City/Game: Basketball in New York, for a conversation with NBA Legend Sam Perkins and artist Eric Haze.

Image shows a flyer for the New York City school boycott on February 3, 1964. The flyer features a photo of a Black boy staring out a broken school window. Under the photo is a quotation: “I don’t have a good integrated school.”

For Educators Thursday, June 4, 9:00am

CANCELLED: Chancellor’s Day | Agitate, Educate, Organize: Tracing the History of Activism in NYC Schools

Explore the intersection between activism and education and the movement to desegregate city schools in this free day for educators.

Exhibitions

Miniature buildings from New York City carved out of wood

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.

George Washington and other officers riding on horseback down a city street, with a crowd watching

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.

Characters from Alice in Wonderland flying over Manhattan in a small airplane

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.

A white line drawing against a black background by artist June Lee Van Dunk

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.