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.
"We Like It Like That": The Story of Latin Boogaloo
A screening of "We Like It Like That" followed by a Q & A with its musician stars at El Museo del Barrio
RESCHEDULED -- Art as Necessity in New York City's Public Schools
Join leading advocates and innovators to assess arts education in New York City’s public schools.
Finger-Knitting Bling for Spring
Learn about flowers and plants that can be found blooming all over our city and explore images from our collections. Then join us for an instructional knitting circle for all levels!
Past Event: Cartooning the New Reality
A panel of leading political cartoonists discuss how they are responding to the new administration.
Past Event: Tabula Rasa: Wall Writers Screening
A screening of "Wall Writers: Graffiti in its Innocence" plus a talkback & book signing with director Roger Gastman and three legendary graffiti writers.
The Art of Change: “Artivism” in New York’s Cultural Institutions
Learn how artists have employed spectacle, symbolism, and collective participation to fight for issues of minority representation, highlight racial and gender exclusion, critique curatorial process, and push for fair labor policies.
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.
