Past Events
Past Events
Free Late-Night Wednesdays
Visit MCNY for free on Wednesdays until 9 p.m., and explore the Museum’s full slate of current and critically acclaimed exhibitions.
Past Event: The Forgotten History of Roosevelt Island: A Walking Tour
Once a site of healthcare innovation, Roosevelt Island's abandoned buildings have stories to tell about NYC's historic approach to public health.
Past Event: No Vietnamese Ever Called Me N****r
A screening of "No Vietnamese Ever Called Me N****r" (1968), which takes an unflinching look at the righteous anger of black anti-war protesters.
NYC Tots: Spring Class Series
Register for six sessions that focus on exploration and discovery of spring in the city through song, play, and hands-on experiences.
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.
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.
