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.
Past Event: Trains, Tunnels, and Trees
Historian Jill Jonnes connects the past, present, and future of New York City's physical and infrastructural growth.
Free Election Day PD: New and Now
Spend the day with colleagues immersed in this city’s dynamic past, present, and future.
Resource Fair: Discovering Archives and Databases
Join us for a resource fair featuring the Museum’s collection and the resources at 15 other New York City institutions!
Spooky City: Third Annual Halloween Party
Come for the treats, stay for the tricks! “Trick or treat” on our haunted New York scavenger hunt where you’ll hear spooky tales throughout the Museum.
Past Event: Old Croton Bike Tour
Join NYC H20s Matt Malina for a bike tour of the Old Croton Aqueduct.
Pizza Party: Family Focus Group
Join us for a Family Pizza Party where you can tell us what you’re looking for in future Family Programs and enjoy the Museum for free!
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.
