Past Events
Past Events
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.
Signs in the City: Outdoor Advertising and the New York City Skyline
Learn how outdoor advertising structures and commercial signage have shaped and defined the New York City skyline over the past century—and continue to do so today.
POSTPONED: Mod New York Educator Evening
Due to forecasted weather conditions this event has been postponed until further notice.
Future City Lab: STEAM
Learn, act, and engage in the company of innovative artists, scientists, historians, and educators. Each day’s lab will feature cutting edge thinking via immersive experiences.
Past Event: Back to School with Frederick Wiseman
A screening of “High School II,” which examines life at an alternative public school in East Harlem.
Future City Lab: Art, Culture, Fashion
Learn, act, and engage in the company of innovative artists, scientists, historians, and educators. Each Future City Lab will feature cutting edge thinking via immersive experiences.
Chancellor’s Day: Beyond Suffrage
Celebrate the women who changed politics in this full-day workshop for high school educators.
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.
