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: Unexpected Pairings: Katz's Delicatessen & Teranga
Chef Pierre Thiam of Teranga and Jake Dell of Katz's Delicatessen explore the world of comfort food in NYC with The Times' Julia Moskin.
Past Event: Big Fun: Indigenous Art & Performance as Resistance
Join us for an evening of poetry, music, and art celebrating radical urban Native American resistance, resilience, and activism with Indigenous artists.
Chancellor’s Day | Who We Are: Data, the Census, and Us
Explore the power of data to delve into our urban environment and the lives of New Yorkers in this free, full-day program for educators.
Lunar New Year Celebration — Year of the Rat
Gung Hay Fat Choy! Come ring in the Lunar New Year as we celebrate the coming of the Year of the Rat.
Member Appreciation Night
Museum Members will enjoy a special evening featuring an open bar, passed hors d'oeuvres, exhibition tours, music, and more!
Past Event: Getting Out the Census: Counting New Yorkers in 2020
Community and civic leaders discuss their efforts to ensure that every single New Yorker is counted in the 2020 Census.
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.
