Past Events
Past Events
MCNY Kids Art Studio
Join us each week for a fun, hands-on art experience inspired by the Museum’s exhibitions and collection. This drop-in program is designed especially for children ages 3 and up and the adults who care for them.
Signs in the City: Outdoor Advertising and the New York City Skyline
Learn how outdoor advertising structures and commercial signage have shaped and defined the New York City skyline over the past century—and continue to do so today.
Past Event: Songs of War and the Journey Home
Revisit the hauntingly beautiful songs and poetry of the Great War in this evening of conversation and performance.
Past Event: '60s Fashion with Anna Sui and Andrea Aranow
Iconic fashion designers Anna Sui and Andrea Aranow reflect on how the 1960s "Youthquake" and its aftershocks influenced their work.
POSTPONED: Mod New York Educator Evening
Due to forecasted weather conditions this event has been postponed until further notice.
Past Event: Immigrants and the Sanctuary City: Then & Now
How does the current moment for immigrants in NYC look against the the city’s historic identity as the nation’s "melting pot"?
Herstory Day
Celebrate women’s history in New York City with Reshma Saujani, Founder of Girls Who Code, and Misty Copeland, American Ballet Theatre, Principal Dancer.
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.
