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.
Meet the Curators: Donald Albrecht, Curator of Architecture and Design
Experience Cycling in the City: A 200-Year History with the exhibition curator!
Educator Evening: Cycling in the City
Explore the extraordinary diversity of cycling cultures in the city on a free curator tour.
Past Event: Athletes to Activists: Politics of the Playing Field
Olympic sprinter John Carlos, who famously raised a fist in protest during at the 1968 Olympic Games, talks with ESPN’s Howard Bryant.
Educator Day: Wellness and Health Advocacy
Take a holistic look at health and wellness in the city today in this free day for educators.
Past Event: El Pueblo Se Levanta
A screening of "El Pueblo Se Levanta" (1971), which captures the Young Lords of East Harlem in their fight against social injustice.
29th Annual New York City History Day
NYC History Day engages students in the discovery and interpretation of historical topics.
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.
