Past Events
Past Events
MCNY Kids Art Studio
Visit the MCNY Kids Art Studio for a fun, hands‑on art experience inspired by the Museum’s exhibitions and collection.
Water to the World: Think Tank
Explore Port City, 1609-1898, to learn about some of the challenges New Yorkers have faced in the pursuit of fresh drinking water. Use these ideas to design a model plan for another city around the world faced with this challenge.
Water Cycle Art Wheel
Explore connections between water sources and the city. Visit the Future City Lab and start thinking like an urban planner. Use elements of the water cycle to create an artful, scientific wheel.
Build a Boat: Getting Around NYC
Learn about the many waterways that surround our city and discuss challenges that New Yorkers face with water travel in the city. Consider some solutions and use various materials to build a boat of your own. Test it to see if it floats!
Water to the World: Think Tank
Explore Port City, 1609-1898, to learn about some of the challenges New Yorkers have faced in the pursuit of fresh drinking water. Use these ideas to design a model plan for another city around the world faced with this challenge.
Water Color Painting
Join us for a day of painting inspired by the gorgeous waterways of New York City. Explore the exhibition New York at Its Core and work with watercolor paints and wax-resist techniques to paint a view from your perspective.
Reflections of the City
Explore landscape images from our collections that depict the city beautifully reflected on the waterways. Sketch a cityscape reflection of your own to take home with you!
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.
