Past Events
Past Events
Rhythm of the City: Rep Asia
Experience the fusion of Chinese and South Asian sounds and learn to move like we did at the summer Chinatown Block Party 夏日傾情 all over again.
Freedom for One, Freedom for All? Abolition and Woman Suffrage, 1830s – 1920s
Application deadline is March 1! Unpack the intertwined histories of Abolition and Woman Suffrage at the Brooklyn Historical Society and the Museum of the City of New York.
NYC Tots: Summer Class Series
Register for six sessions that focus on exploration and discovery of the city through song, play, and hands-on experiences!
Neighborhood Mapping
Explore different NYC neighborhoods through a scavenger hunt around the Museum, then create a treasure map of your own neighborhood!
Home Is Where the Art Is
Explore Art in the Open: Fifty Years of Public Art in New York to find models, photographs, and video footage tracing the creation of public artworks in New York City from the late 1960s through today.
Past Event: Searching for Soul: New York City in the Age of Hyper-Gentrification
Writers Jeremiah Moss, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, and Vinson Cunningham consider whether or not the city has truly lost its “soul” with cartoonist Julia Wertz.
Past Event: Reduce, Reuse, Rethink: The Future of Waste in NYC
How can New York City, one of the world's most wasteful metropolises, eliminate its trash by 2030?
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.
