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.
Music to My Ears
Visit New York at Its Core to learn about artists whose music made a long lasting impact on the city and beyond. Then work with instruments and listen to recordings to inspire a sound maker of your own!
Fareed Zakaria on America and Trump
Join us for an evening with Fareed Zakaria, global thinker, columnist, and CNN Host speaking on "America and Trump."
My City Lab: New York Then and Now
Children and adults will work together on hands-on activities to explore the daily life of New Yorkers dating back to the Lenape living in Mannahatta to the people who reside here today.
Gotham Groove
Join us this Saturday or Sunday for a 32-hour opening weekend extravaganza celebrating New York at Its Core, the Museum’s new landmark permanent exhibition.
My City Lab: New York Then and Now
Children and adults will work together on hands-on activities to explore the daily life of New Yorkers dating back to the Lenape living in Mannahatta to the people who reside here today.
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.
