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!
Making Black Lives Matter: Tracing the Role of Women in the Black Radical Tradition
Drawing on archival research, oral history, and his work as an organizer in the Movement for Black Lives, Christopher Paul Harris will examine the black radical tradition by centering the ideas of the women who played a critical role in shaping it.
5th Annual Teaching Social Activism in the Classroom Conference
How can our students make a difference? How are they already doing so? Hear from the students themselves and the teachers who support them as they present what they care about and how they are making an impact on our city.
Recording New York: Sound, Place, and Civic Identity
Explore the themes of place, memory, and civic commitment in the work of the self-taught, Manhattan-based folklorist Tony Schwartz (1923-2002) and learn how young people can become stakeholders and participants in their communities by listening to historical sound recordings and by making new recordings of their own.
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.
New York at Its Core Seminar Day: City Stories
Join us to go behind-the-scenes and explore how stories and digital games can transform your students’ experience of their city.
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.
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.
