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: "First Generation Off the Reservation" with Muriel Miguel & Louis Mofsie
Artists and Native American New Yorkers Muriel Miguel and Louis Mofsie discuss growing up in the city’s Native communities and how this has influenced their work.
Chancellor's Day: People, Power, & Labor
In this free, full-day program for educators, learn how working people’s movements have shaped New York.
Día de Muertos
Celebrate Dia de Muertos, a holiday observed throughout Mexico that celebrates loved ones we have lost. Enjoy traditional treats and art-making activities.
Spooky City: Fifth Annual Halloween Party
Trick or Treat! Celebrate Halloween at the Museum of the City of New York.
Diwali Family Celebration
Light up your day and celebrate the Hindu Festival of Lights! Enjoy a special performance, make your own diya, and savor a traditional Indian treat.
P Credit Course: Native New York: American Indians and Dutch New Amsterdam
Examine artifacts, hear from experts, and discuss trade between 17th c. Native Americans and the Dutch in this educator course.
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.
