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Past Events

School Boycot Flyer, Image shows a young African American boy peering through a hole in a broken window of his public-school building.
For Educators Saturday, February 28, 10:00am

Educator Workshop: Freedom Day! Teaching Civil Rights Taking Action

More than 60 years after the Freedom Day School Boycott of 1964, join educators and curators from the Museum of the City of New York and New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to reflect on the legacy of this historic civic action and how we can take inspiration from the past to act for a better future.
A crowd of people stand around a table with food containers. The man in the center is opening a case of water bottles to distribute.
For Adults Thursday, December 1, 6:30pm

Religion, Race, and Urban Space in NYC

In this talk, curator Azra Dawood will be joined by three leading scholars of religion in New York City, Nathaniel Deutsch, Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, and Hussein Rashid, to explore the intersections of the public and private, the political, secular and sacred.

Exhibitions

Bob Dylan, Karen Dalton, and Fred Neil performing at Café Wha?, Greenwich Village, February 8, 1961. Photo by Fred W. McDarrah. © Fred W. McDarrah/MUUS Collection.
Through August 2, 2026

Songs of New York

Playful, kinetic, and full of surprises, Songs of New York is an immersive interactive experience that introduces visitors to a full range of music from and about New York City.
RR New York
Through April 19, 2026

Robert Rauschenberg’s New York

Features rarely seen photos that reveal Rauschenberg's deep engagement with the real world and his complex relationship with New York City.
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