Past Events
Past Events
A+/P Credit Course: Culture in Motion: Teaching NYC Immigration History Through Dance
Hit the books and the dance floor this summer as you learn about the history of New York City’s diverse population and rich immigrant cultures through the lens of dance!
P Credit Course: People of New York: How Individuals Shape History
Educators! Join us this summer for an immersive, interactive, and meaningful in-person course for K-12 educators and explore NYC through the lives of New Yorkers who have shaped and been shaped by the city they call home.
Poetry as Pedagogy: Jazz and Poetry: Avant-Gardes of Resistance
This workshop will focus on the importance of jazz traditions for New York poetry and politics, exploring the interrelation between resistance music and poetry and how we can use both forms of media to more deeply engage our students.
We Are Still Here! Lunaapeew/Lenape Celebration Weekend – Day 1
Enjoy music and dance performances, storytelling, arts and crafts, and activities for all ages during of our inaugural celebration weekend of Lunaapeew/Lenape cultural heritage and NYC's Indigenous community.
Teaching Through the Movies
Join us for an immersive day and learn film analysis tools you can use to engage students in close reading of movies and media. 5 CTLE credits.
Poetry as Pedagogy: Nuyorican Poetry
Join us to explore the power of poetry and the connections to political action in New York City. This workshop will introduce educators to the Nuyorican Poetry Movement and illuminate its connections to the activist group the Young Lords.
Poetry as Pedagogy: Poetry at the Intersection of Feminism and Black Power: Audre Lorde & June Jordan
Explore Black Feminist poetry in New York in the 20th century, focusing on the writing and activism of poets Audre Lorde and June Jordan, and create your own inspired poetry.
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.
