Past Events
Past Events
Family Program: Build Upper Manhattan LEGO Event
Let’s build Upper Manhattan using 100,000 LEGO Blocks!
Past Event: Soul of the City: Juneteenth with Martha Redbone Roots Project
We celebrate Juneteenth with a free outdoor concert by Martha Redbone Roots Project.
Past Event: Cocktails & Culture: Songs of Freedom
Celebrate Black joy and artistry with DJ LiKWUiD, Shanelle Gabriel & friends at our Freedom Week edition of Cocktails & Culture!
Past: The Playwright as Activist: Lorraine Hansberry's Legacy
Playwright Lynn Nottage leads a discussion with fellow writers about activism, theater, and the legacy of Lorraine Hansberry.
Past: Community Arts as Activism Workshop
Kick off the Museum of the City of New York’s first-ever "Freedom Week: A Journey into Art and Activism" with our first celebration of freedom through art-making for families and children.
Past: I Too Am America: On Loving and Leading Black Men & Boys
Join authors Shawn Dove and Nick Chiles for a celebration of stories of loving, learning and leading for and by Black men and boys, including a special reading and conversation around their acclaimed book, I Too Am America: On Loving and Leading Black Men & Boys.
Virtual Student Workshop—Raise Your Voice: AAPI Creativity in Resistance (Grades 4–8)
In this virtual workshop, students will hear from multidisciplinary artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya and examine the resiliency of New York's Asian American and Pacific Islander community and their solidarity across past and present activist movements through the stories of Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X.
Exhibitions
Activist New York
Delve into the drama of social activism in New York City, past and present, with issues as diverse as immigration, civil rights, and sexual orientation.
Raise Your Voice
This immersive installation by Brooklyn-based artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya is inspired by the resiliency of New York’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community.
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.
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.
