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.
2021 Louis Auchincloss Prize Presentation & Reception
Join us in honoring artist Faith Ringgold’s contributions to New York City's art museums and activist movements!
11th Annual International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival
MCNY hosts one day of the 11th Annual International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival!
Past Event: Moonlight & Movies | Behind the Summer of Soul
A panel discussion with the producers of Questlove's documentary, "Summer of Soul," about the historic Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969.
Disability Justice Poetry Slam
A poetry slam and open mic night to amplify and celebrate disability voices!
Women’s Suffrage and Voting Rights Now Grades 4-12
In this free student webinar, discover diverse leaders within the women’s suffrage movement and the tactics they used to expand voting rights.
Women’s Suffrage and Voting Rights Now Grades 4-12
In this free student webinar, discover diverse leaders within the women’s suffrage movement and the tactics they used to expand voting rights.
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.
