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.
Snow Globe Making
Create your own snow globe to decorate your home for the holiday. A special holiday snack is included!
Past Event: Holiday Ornaments
Create ornaments to decorate your home for the holiday. A special holiday snack is included!
Educator Evening: Who We Are
Presented to mark the 2020 Census, the exhibition highlights the importance of data as a tool for understanding New York and its residents.
Past Event: Decorating with Amy of Amy’s Bread
Visit the Museum of the City of New York on December 7 from 11am–1pm and decorate a festive winter treat from Amy's Bread.
Past Event: The Ultimate NYC Trivia Night
Put your knowledge of the NYC to the test at our trivia night and happy hour co-hosted with the Gotham Center for New York City History.
NYC Tots: Winter Class Series
Register for six sessions that focus on exploration and discovery of winter in the city through song, play, and hands-on experiences.
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.
