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.
Future City Lab: STEAM
Learn, act, and engage in the company of innovative artists, scientists, historians, and educators. Each day’s lab will feature cutting edge thinking via immersive experiences.
Family Party and Alexander Hamilton’s Disco
Join us for an evening of fun and history! Enjoy Alexander Hamilton’s Disco where young guests and their parents will groove to the music from the hit Broadway Hamilton and other pop dance masterpieces spun by our house DJ.
Past Event: Performance & Protest in Public Art
Tania Bruguera and Kate Gilmore examine performance art as a medium for critiquing politics, gender, and society.
Past Event: Epic Histories with Mike Wallace and Nell Irvin Painter
Historians Mike Wallace and Nell Irvin Painter discuss the rewards and challenges of writing sweeping narrative history.
Past Event: New York’s Golden Ice Age
A conversation celebrating the city's golden age of figure skating and ice hockey, followed by virtuosic skating in the Museum's Rotunda!
Public Art in the City: Mural Making
Explore photographs, models, and videos of works by artists such as Red Grooms, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, and Kara Walker. Collaborate with families to create a collective indoor mural!
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.
