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.
Making Black Lives Matter: Tracing the Role of Women in the Black Radical Tradition
Drawing on archival research, oral history, and his work as an organizer in the Movement for Black Lives, Christopher Paul Harris will examine the black radical tradition by centering the ideas of the women who played a critical role in shaping it.
Past Event: Muslim in New York
An evening exploring the extraordinarily rich, multifaceted histories of New York City's major Muslim communities
SABOR & RITMO: International Family Day of Dance
Join us for an amazing day of dance spotlighting New York salsa, kizomba, Puerto Rican bomba, capoeira, and more!
New Amsterdam Circle Benefit
Celebrate spring and support the Museum of the City of New York!
Past Event: Making It Here
Julissa Arce and AJ Gogia talk struggle and success with Sarah Maslin Nir.
Sketch & Sip: A City Seen
Explore photos of 1940s and 1950s New York and then choose one to sketch in this after hours drawing program for adults.
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.
