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: From "On the Town" to "Naked City": Films of 1940s New York
Join architect, author and filmmaker James Sanders to explore films from 1940s New York
Past Event: I Like the Nightlife, Baby
Join Sarah Maslin Nir, Simonez Wolf, and DJ Lina for a conversation over cocktails about the city's ever-morphing nightlife scene.
Create a New Central Park
Investigate Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux’s plan for Central Park in Port City, 1609-1898. Become an urban planner and design your own version of Central Park.
Ponder a Poem for the City
Discover the celebrated New York-born poet Walt Whitman in Port City, 1609-1898. Write your own poem inspired by the sensations of the city, and illustrate your words to bring the poem to life!
June 8 Chancellor’s Day: Water Ways
From pre-colonial times to today, water has shaped the city’s history. In this full day of programming for educators, learn how water has impacted the city’s growth through a variety of lenses.
Past Event: AIDS, Art and Activism Today
Artists and activists discuss new models of HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and campaigns today.
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.
