Past Events
Past Events
MCNY Kids Art Studio
Visit the MCNY Kids Art Studio for a fun, hands‑on art experience inspired by the Museum’s exhibitions and collection.
PAST EVENT: Earth Day Celebration
Celebrate Earth Day with a scavenger hunt around the Museum, activities, songs, books, healthy snacks, and more!
Past Event: East Harlem’s Open Air Gallery: A Public Art Walking Tour
Explore the murals, mosaics, and sculptures of East Harlem on this walking tour of the neighborhood.
Past Event: Feeding the Apple: New York's Future Food Supply
Join chef Dan Barber and reporter Julia Moskin to explore how we can revolutionize the way New Yorkers eat.
Future City Lab: Mapping the Past, Present, and Future
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.
Puppet Performance: Goldine’s Story
Enjoy a special shadow puppet performance about a young factory worker during the New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 and create a shadow puppet to take home.
Past Event: Fania All-Stars: Live in Africa
Screening of Leon Gast's "Live in Africa" which offers a glimpse into a particularly soulful moment in Latin music.
Exhibitions
Activist New York
Delve into the drama of social activism in New York City, past and present, with issues as diverse as immigration, civil rights, and sexual orientation.
Raise Your Voice
This immersive installation by Brooklyn-based artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya is inspired by the resiliency of New York’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community.
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.
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.
