Past Events
Past Events
Free Late-Night Wednesdays
Visit MCNY for free on Wednesdays until 9 p.m., and explore the Museum’s full slate of current and critically acclaimed exhibitions.
Past Event: Gastronativism: Food and Politics
Fabio Parasecoli, Marion Nestle, and Krishnendu Ray discuss the ways in which food becomes the object of and motivation for local and global politics.
Past Event: Uptown Bounce: Afrobeats
FREE! Groove to Afrobeats at Uptown Bounce!
Past Event: Uptown Bounce: I Love the '90s
FREE! Celebrate the best tunes and styles of the '90s with our opening edition of Uptown Bounce 2022, featuring DJ Misbehaviour plus a fashion installation from 5001 Flavors.
Past Event: Moonlight & Movies | Desk Set
An outdoor screening of the classic 1957 Hepburn-Tracy movie "Desk Set" - plus a happy hour with live jazz!
Past: Virtual Zine Workshop
Join us for a virtual zine workshop, in collaboration with The New York Public Library. Learn about the history of zines in activist movements, and then make your own!
Past Event: Moonlight & Movies | Hedwig and the Angry Inch
An outdoor, singalong screening of the cult rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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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.
