Past Events
Past Events
Free Late-Night Wednesdays
Visit MCNY for free on Wednesdays until 9 p.m., and explore the Museum’s full slate of current and critically acclaimed exhibitions.
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.
NYC Discovery Lab - Nature in the City - April 13
In celebration of Earth Day, visit the Museum’s NYC Discovery Lab each weekend in April to learn how the environment in New York City has changed over time.
New York on Film: Pariah
Join us for a screening of "Pariah" (2011), director Dee Rees's debut film about the social and emotional journey of Alike, a queer young Black woman in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn in the 2010s.
NYC Discovery Lab - Nature in the City - April 7
In celebration of Earth Day, visit the Museum’s NYC Discovery Lab each weekend in April to learn how the environment in New York City has changed over time.
NYC Discovery Lab - Nature in the City - April 6
In celebration of Earth Day, visit the Museum’s NYC Discovery Lab each weekend in April to learn how the environment in New York City has changed over time.
Hidden Voices: Arab American Heritage Month - Session 3
This April, celebrate Arab American Heritage Month by learning about New Yorkers whose lives helped shape our city in this free virtual student webinar for grades 3-5.
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.
