Past Events
Past Events
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.
Election Day PD: We Are What We Eat - Food and Culture in NYC
Join us to celebrate autumn by examining the history of New York city’s rich food traditions with a nourishing full-day workshop for educators.
The Activist's Media Handbook with David Fenton and Jamal Joseph
Join Progressive PR leader David Fenton and filmmaker, professor, and former Black Panther Jamal Joseph for a conversation about the power and limits of activism today.
Movies for Minis | Ghostbusters (1984)
Get into the spooky spirit with us for a screening of this 1984 supernatural classic, Ghostbusters! Along with the movie, we will also create glow in the dark mason jar skulls and ghosts!
Movies for Minis | Ghostbusters (1984)
Get into the spooky spirit with us for a screening of this 1984 supernatural classic, Ghostbusters! Along with the movie, we will also create glow in the dark mason jar skulls and ghosts!
Past Event: The New Yorkers with Sam Roberts
Sam Roberts presents his new book "The New Yorkers," the story of ordinary and extraordinary individuals who, in a city home to nearly one billion over the course of its lifetime, made their mark in some indelible way.
Past Event: Soul of the City | Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s
An evening of musical performances and stories celebrating the 1960s Village folk revival scene and curated by Richard Barone
Exhibitions
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.
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.
