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.
Honoring our Veterans
Join the Museum of the City of New York in honoring citizens who have protected the United States. Create a veteran flipbook to learn about and celebrate all that they do for our country!
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.
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.
