Past Events
Past Events
The Gods of New York: Power, Culture, and Chaos in the 1980s
Join us for a special conversation with acclaimed journalist and author Jonathan Mahler and award-winning filmmaker Ric Burns as they delve into New York City in the 1980s.
Past Event: Facing the Future: Predicting and Preparing for Disease Outbreaks
How can we best predict and prepare for the next disruptive and deadly epidemic? With science reporter Sonia Shah.
Past Event: Working for Bill: Close-Up on a Fashion Legend
Former colleagues of Bill Cunningham offer a rare and revealing glimpse of what it was like to work for the late, great fashion and society photographer.
Kids These Days: The Criminalization of Youth in New York
Examine the history of youth policing in NYC.
Meet the Curators: Donald Albrecht, Curator of Architecture and Design
Experience Cycling in the City: A 200-Year History with the exhibition curator!
Educator Evening: Cycling in the City
Explore the extraordinary diversity of cycling cultures in the city on a free curator tour.
Past Event: Athletes to Activists: Politics of the Playing Field
Olympic sprinter John Carlos, who famously raised a fist in protest during at the 1968 Olympic Games, talks with ESPN’s Howard Bryant.
Exhibitions
Songs of New York
Playful, kinetic, and full of surprises, Songs of New York is an immersive interactive experience that introduces visitors to a full range of music from and about New York City.
Urban Stomp
Immerse yourself in the vibrant dances that have shaped—and been shaped by—the city’s ever-changing cultural landscape.
Robert Rauschenberg’s New York
Features rarely seen photos that reveal Rauschenberg's deep engagement with the real world and his complex relationship with New York City.
