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.
The Young Lords and Health Activism Student Workshop (Grades 4–12)
Free Student Workshops: "The Young Lords and Health Activism.” See highlights from the exhibition "Activist New York" to learn about the Young Lords’ health activism and creative actions against inequality and poverty. (Grades 4–12)
Revisiting the Harlem Renaissance: Visual Arts and Black Design
Explore the visual arts of the Harlem Renaissance with Jeffrey C. Stewart and Margaret Rose Vendryes.
Revisiting the Harlem Renaissance: Poetry and the New Negro Literacy
Jeffrey C. Stewart reflects on the poets and the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance with Mahogany L. Browne.
Past: Reimagining Violence Prevention
Times reporter Ashley Southall leads an expert discussion about how urban communities are developing new approaches to violence prevention.
Revisiting the Harlem Renaissance: Art is Philosophy
The opening event in our "Revisiting the Harlem Renaissance" series with Jeffrey C. Stewart.
Rising Tide: Visualizing the Human Costs of the Climate Crisis
A conversation about the human costs of the global climate crisis with photographer Kadir van Lohuizen and other experts.
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.
