Past Events

Past Events
A+/P Credit Course: Culture in Motion: Teaching NYC Immigration History Through Dance
Get energized and have FUN this summer as you learn about the history of New York City’s diverse population and rich immigrant cultures through the lens of dance.
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.
Educator Evening: King in New York
Examine Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s role in NYC history and connections to today’s Movement for Black Lives.
NYCity Lab: Immigration, 2000-2050
Examine New York’s history of immigration and current and future trends in the second of this two-day P Credit course for educators.
Educator Evening: Art in the Open
Look back at fifty years of public art in the city on a free curator-led tour.
Free Election Day PD: New and Now
Spend the day with colleagues immersed in this city’s dynamic past, present, and future.
Exhibitions
You Are Here
“You Are Here” draws on the rich archive of movies set in New York, combining thousands of cinematic moments across 16 screens.
Above Ground: Art from the Martin Wong Graffiti Collection
Enter a window into a vibrant subculture of young creators and highlights previously unseen treasures from the Museum’s major collection of graffiti-based art.
Urban Stomp
Through a captivating mix of film, fashion, ephemera, art installations, dance interactives, music, photography, and instruments, the exhibition immerses visitors in the vibrant dances that have shaped—and been shaped by—the city’s ever-changing cultural landscape.