Past Events
Past Events
(SOLD OUT) The Museum Party
The Junior Board of the Museum of the City of New York invites you to The Museum Party for an evening of drinks and dancing.
MCNY 100 Family Day Celebration
Join us to celebrate our 100th birthday with a kid-centered day of NYC-themed arts and crafts, tasty treats, a silent disco, and more!
Keys to the City Scavenger Hunt: On Location in New York
Calling all New York City Film Buffs! Explore one of the world’s most filmed cities, discover legendary landmarks that have graced the big screens, and feel the movie magic as you and your team solve clues in our daylong scavenger hunt.
Member Lounge – Uptown Jazz Speakeasy
Members! Come join us for a special Member Lounge during the Uptown Jazz Speakeasy featuring costumes, cocktails, and close-up magic!
Uptown Jazz Speakeasy
Dance the night away at our 1920s themed afterparty!
Tin Pan Alley Hits of the '20s
Join us as we celebrate our centennial with a night of live performance and popular tunes of the 1920's!
New York on Film: The Queen
A screening of the ground-breaking 1968 documentary "The Queen," introduced by musician and drag performer Aja of RuPaul's Drag Race!
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.
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.