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.
Community Care Fair
What does care mean to you? Join us for a family day to explore objects, traditions, and stories of people caring for one another.
2018 Louis Auchincloss Prize Gala and Presentation
The Museum of the City of New York will present its 2018 Louis Auchincloss Prize to Jason Robert Brown at a gala dinner.
Past Event: Activist New York: The Next Generation
Journalist Amy Goodman talks to leading youth activists about today's potentially game-changing mobilizations, from gun control to immigrant rights.
Past Event: Sweet & Sour: Chinese Food and Immigrant Identity
A conversation about the role of cooking and cuisine in the making of Chinese-American culture and identity with leading restaurateurs.
Diwali Family Celebration
Light up your day and celebrate the Hindu Festival of Lights! Enjoy a special performance, make your own diya, and savor a traditional Indian treat.
Chancellor’s Day: Microbes and the Metropolis
Uncover the complex story of New York’s long battle against infectious disease and its implications today.
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.
