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.
StoryTime @ MCNY: Neighborhood Faces and Places
Welcome to Storytime @ MCNY! Join us every Friday for free New York City-inspired, picture-book readings for families and caretakers with children from ages 18 months to 5 years.
Centennial Gala After Party
FOR NEW YORKERS 35 & UNDER: Join us for our 100th birthday celebration featuring cocktails, late-night bites, dancing, and the unveiling of our newest exhibition!
Centennial Gala
Join us for an evening of dinner and dancing as we celebrate 100 years since our founding and honor Michael R. Bloomberg for his steadfast dedication to New York City and his continuous support of the Museum.
Hidden Voices of New York City: Wong Chin Foo Student Workshop (Grades 3-5) - 11:30am
Join us this Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month as we learn more about the life and organizing of Wong Chin Foo, a key leader in the debates against the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
Hidden Voices of New York City: Wong Chin Foo Student Workshop (Grades 3-5) - 9:30am
Join us this Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month as we learn more about the life and organizing of Wong Chin Foo, a key leader in the debates against the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
Moonlight & Movies: Americanish
Join us for a screening of Americanish (Iman Zawahry, 2022)
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.