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.
Family Day of New York Play
Join us for a family day of games inspired by notable people and places of New York City.
Past Event: New York Is My Muse
Speed Levitch and Adrian Benepe explore the contours, gritty and sublime, of New York’s defining landscapes.
Documenting LGBTQ Life
Directors Rodney Evans, Michelle Memran and Conrad Ventur discuss how film can represent and preserve LGBTQ history.
Community Mural
Explore notable New Yorkers who have worked to improve their communities. Then work with others to paint a community-inspired indoor mural.
NYC Tales: Storytime for Tots
Join us for a comforting story circle and a snack as you listen to an interactive storyteller share special tales of New York City!
The David Berg Distinguished Speakers Series: An Evening with Andrew Solomon
Join us for an talk by renowned author Andrew Solomon, followed by a conversation with memoirist and fellow New Yorker Lucette Lagnado.
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.
