Past Events
Past Events
MCNY Kids Art Studio
Visit the MCNY Kids Art Studio for a fun, hands‑on art experience inspired by the Museum’s exhibitions and collection.
3rd Annual Herstory Day
Join us for an intergenerational celebration of women’s history in New York City with a focus on women working to archive, preserve, and uplift their own communities.
Past Event: Rooted in Place: Stories of Home in the City
How do New Yorkers define "home" in a city plagued by housing insecurity? With Tanvi Misra of The Atlantic's CityLab.
Past Event: Rodgers & Hart’s I Married an Angel
How does collaboration fundamentally drive Broadway’s most beloved shows? A conversation and performance co-presented with New York City Center.
DNA Explorers
Learn about the basics of DNA and learn to extract DNA from a piece of fruit!
Past Event: The Power of Representation
Congresswoman Grace Meng and comedian Ronny Chieng of "Crazy Rich Asians" sit down with journalist Sarah Maslin Nir.
Contemporary Chinese Voices
Explore photographs by contemporary Chinese and Chinese-American photographers in the exhibition Interior Lives to discover stories of life in Chinatown.
Exhibitions
Activist New York
Delve into the drama of social activism in New York City, past and present, with issues as diverse as immigration, civil rights, and sexual orientation.
Raise Your Voice
This immersive installation by Brooklyn-based artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya is inspired by the resiliency of New York’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community.
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.
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.
