Past Events
Past Events
(SOLD OUT) The Museum Party
The Junior Board of the Museum of the City of New York invites you to The Museum Party for an evening of drinks and dancing.
Past: Mobilizing Chinatown: Past and Present on Film
An evening of past and contemporary documentaries about resilience, repression, and mobilization in Chinatown, followed by a talkback with directors Curtis Chin, ManSee Kong, and Betty Yu.
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.
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.
