Past Events

Past Events

For Families Saturday, December 24, 11:00am

Hanukkah Family Day

Join us for a family day in celebration of Hanukkah. Create a menorah in time to light the first candle at night!
Special Events Saturday, December 24, 10:00am

Free Blue Marble Ice Cream!

Celebrate the holidays at the Museum of the City of New York with our holiday tradition of FREE Blue Marble ice cream and a sleigh-full of winter-themed activities for children of all ages and NYC exhibitions for everyone.
For Families Sunday, December 18, 11:00am

Music to My Ears

Visit New York at Its Core to learn about artists whose music made a long lasting impact on the city and beyond. Then work with instruments and listen to recordings to inspire a sound maker of your own!
For Families Saturday, December 17, 11:00am

Music to My Ears

Visit New York at Its Core to learn about artists whose music made a long lasting impact on the city and beyond. Then work with instruments and listen to recordings to inspire a sound maker of your own!
Talks Thursday, December 15, 7:00pm

400 Years of History, Live from New York!

Join Sarah Henry and Steven Jaffe, two of the lead curators of "New York at Its Core," for a conversation with Greg Young and Tom Meyers of The Bowery Boys.
Films Wednesday, December 14, 6:30pm

Past Event: Radiant City

Join us for a screening of "Bill Cunningham New York" followed by a conversation with Mickey Boardman and Sally Singer.

Exhibitions

Through October 12, 2026

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.
Through March 19, 2027

The Occupied City

This immersive exhibition transforms the Museum's third floor into a vivid journey through Revolutionary-era New York.
Through October 12, 2026

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.
Through April 17, 2027

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.
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