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.
The Activism of Yuri Kochiyama
Explore the life and legacy of Japanese American activist, Yuri Kochiyama in this online course for educators offered by the Museum of the City of New York.
Partner Event: Transforming Hamlet: from Bard to BBQ
This month, two iconic cultural institutions present distinct takes on one of theatre’s most famous tragedies. The Metropolitan Opera’s Hamlet and the Public Theatre’s Fat Ham each use Shakespeare’s drama in vastly different ways, creating an exciting, real-time dialogue about response, adaptation and inspiration.
Keys to the City: BX Marks the Spot
50 Clues, 1 Grand Prize. How Well Do You Know New York?
2022 Spring Symposium & Luncheon
Join us in celebrating the designs of Norma Kamali and the world of fashion.
Past Event: Beautiful Country: An Evening with Qian Julie Wang
Writer Qian Julie Wang delivers the annual Jeffe Distinguished Lecture in Urban History.
Partner Event | Everything for Dawn: A Serial Video Opera
Join Experiments in Opera, a New York City-based company, for a sneak peek at their epic video opera Everything for Dawn. Written over three years by 15 writers and composers, this 10-episode serial represents a radical new approach to opera.
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.
