Past Events
Past Events
Family STEAM Workshop: Building the City with The GIANT Room - May 2
Come explore the history of some of NYC’s most iconic sites through hands-on STEAM activities!
Create an Activist Badge
Learn about key social movements, leading activists, and ordinary New Yorkers who have exercised their power to shape the city’s and the nation’s future. Create a badge to inspire change!
Past Event: Right to the City: Screening of Metropolitan Avenue
A screening of the 1985 documentary film “Metropolitan Avenue” on 16 mm, plus a talkback with the film's creators, scholars, and activists.
Museum in the Park: Graffiti Mural
Explore examples of New York City graffiti styles in New York at Its Core. Then design your own signature style of writing to contribute to our graffiti mural!
Salsa Soundmakers
Explore how immigrant and migrant communities in New York City developed salsa into a global phenomenon in Rhythm & Power: Salsa in New York. Then create a salsa soundmaker of your own!
Past Event: In the Steps of Salsa Walking Tour
Explore the barrio of salsa, East Harlem, with folklorist Elena Martinez.
Past Event: Home Video: Media Art in Response to HIV/AIDS
Join Electronic Arts Intermix for an evening of screening and discussion of three videos that reveal how artists and activist documented and reshaped everyday responses to HIV/AIDS.
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.
