Past Events
Past Events
[POSTPONED] Educator Workshop: Freedom Day! Teaching Civil Rights Taking Action
More than 60 years after the Freedom Day School Boycott of 1964, join educators and curators from the Museum of the City of New York and New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to reflect on the legacy of this historic civic action and how we can take inspiration from the past to act for a better future.
Campaign for a Clean City
Discover how New Yorkers have been actively campaigning for a cleaner and healthier city in the exhibition Activist New York. Join the cause by creating your own campaign poster!
Past Event: After Stonewall
A screening of "T.V. Transvestite" followed by a conversation with director Simone di Bagno, Celso Satori LaBeija, Willyum LaBeija, and Joe Jeffreys.
Campaign for a Clean City
Discover how New Yorkers have been actively campaigning for a cleaner and healthier city in the exhibition Activist New York. Join the cause by creating your own campaign poster!
Nature-Inspired Wearable Art
Explore the nature-inspired designs of the extravagant jewelry and decorative arts in the exhibition Gilded New York. Design and create your very own piece of wearable art!
Past Event: Revisiting New York's New Deal
Reexamine New York City’s pivotal role during the New Deal.
Past Event: Todd Webb’s New York
Join Daniel Okrent and Julia Van Haaften to examine Todd Webb’s iconic photographs of 1940's New York street life.
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.
Urban Stomp
Immerse yourself in the vibrant dances that have shaped—and been shaped by—the city’s ever-changing cultural landscape.
Robert Rauschenberg’s New York
Features rarely seen photos that reveal Rauschenberg's deep engagement with the real world and his complex relationship with New York City.
