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.
Wild Style Graffiti Writing
Explore graffiti styles throughout New York City history in New York at Its Core. Design your own signature style of writing!
Love Yourself Project 10,000 Hearts Campaign
The Love Yourself Project uses a simple yet beautiful medium, the origami heart, to invite people to participate in the thought provoking experience of asking: “What do you love about yourself?”
New York at Its Core Seminar Day: Rhythm & Power
Learn the history of the city by embracing its many beats, from salsa to Sondheim. Enjoy a musical performance, "From Hamilton to Hammerstein," of NYC history and a keynote linking science and hip hop.
POSTPONED - Studio in a School Educator Open House
Educators, students, families, and guardians are invited to join Studio in a School and Museum of the City of New York staff for a tour of the exhibition, The City and the Young Imagination.
Past Event: Divided in a Diverse City
Join Nikole Hannah-Jones and Brad Lander as they examine the value of “diversity” in New York City.
Paint like Pollock
Discover artworks by some of New York City’s most iconic artists and create a painting of your own using various pouring and dripping techniques!
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.
