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: 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.
Past Event: King’s Legacy: The Black Church and Social Activism Today
Reverend Dr. Calvin Butts and Reverend Dr. Johnny Ray Youngblood consider the continuing role of New York’s African American churches in advancing civil rights.
Sense-ational Spring: Wreath Making
Use these elements as inspiration to create a seasonal wreath for your home!
Past Event: Feminists in Fashion with Norma Kamali and Christene Barberich
Designer Norma Kamali and Christene Barberich, co-founder of Refinery29, discuss the connections between fashion and feminism.
Oyster Prints
Learn more about the many uses of this mollusk, including how it purifies New York Harbor today. Then cast your own oyster print from plaster to take home with you!
NYC Tots: Spring in the City
Register for six sessions that focus on exploration and discovery of spring in the city through song, play, and hands-on experiences!
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.
