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!
Hidden Voices of New York City: David Ruggles Student Workshop (Grades 3-5) - 9:30am
Join us as we learn more about life and organizing of David Ruggles, a black antislavery activist and practical abolitionist who dedicated his life to expanding opportunities for the city’s Black community.
PAST EVENT: Hidden Voices of New York City: Wong Chin Foo Educator Workshop
Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with author Scott D. Seligman and a look at 19th c. journalist and activist Wong Chin Foo, this month’s Hidden Voice.
Hidden Voices of New York City: David Ruggles Educator Workshop
In this virtual talk, celebrate the life and work of David Ruggles, an African American abolitionist whose radicalism challenged the status quo of slavery, and hear from special guest Prithi Kanakamedala.
Hidden Voices of New York City: Elsie Richardson Student Workshop (Grades 3-5) - 11:30am
Join us this Women's History Month as we learn more about life and organizing of Elsie Richardson, a community-based leader in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn who created a model for community development corporations nationwide.
Hidden Voices of New York City: Elsie Richardson Educator Workshop
Explore the life of Elsie Richardson and her fight for community development and racial equality in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. With author Dr. Brian Purnell and special guest Celeste Moses, Richardson’s granddaughter.
Partner Event: COVID Three Years Later: Together, Not Alone
A special event at the Museum of the City of New York, featuring a screening, installation, roundtable, and day-long performance centered around the uptown New York City premiere of the Zip Code Memory Project film, 'Together, Not Alone.' This event marks the three-year anniversary of the Covid-19 Pandemic in New York City by asking: What have we learned and can we do better?
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.
