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.
29th Annual New York City History Day
NYC History Day engages students in the discovery and interpretation of historical topics.
3rd Annual Herstory Day
Join us for an intergenerational celebration of women’s history in New York City with a focus on women working to archive, preserve, and uplift their own communities.
DNA Explorers
Learn about the basics of DNA and learn to extract DNA from a piece of fruit!
Contemporary Chinese Voices
Explore photographs by contemporary Chinese and Chinese-American photographers in the exhibition Interior Lives to discover stories of life in Chinatown.
Jackie Robinson Family Day
Learn about Jackie Robinson’s career as the first African American to play in Major League Baseball!
Black Futures
Explore images from our collections and learn from local community organizations, artists and activists to envision Black Futures.
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.
