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.
MCNY Kids Create: City as Canvas - Graffiti Art in New York City
Recommended for ages 7 and up. Sketch your own ideas as you explore the Museum’s graffiti art collection and hear about the NYC "writers” who made graffiti into a worldwide phenomenon.
Summer PD Workshop | City as Canvas: Graffiti Art in New York City
Learn and sketch with fellow educators as you explore highlights from the Museum’s graffiti art collection and learn the history of this homegrown artistic movement. 1.5 CTLE hours.
Past Event: Leading Tokyo Today: A Conversation with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike
A conversation with Governor Yuriko Koike of Tokyo, Japan.
Past Event: Moonlight & Movies | Krush Groove
Join us for an '80s hip-hop happy hour followed by an outdoor screening of the classic 1985 film Krush Groove.
Past Event: Cocktails & Culture: Swing Into Summer
An after-hours evening at the Museum with live music, art-making, and more!
MCNY Kids Create: Patterns and Rhythms in NYC Jazz
Dive into the world of jazz in New York City and create your own rhythms and patterns with New York-based musicians Sarah Elizabeth Charles and Victoria Smith.
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.
