Past Events

Past Events
Taking Venice
Explore the controversy around Robert Rauschenberg's win at the 1964 Venice Biennale.
Bilingual in the Big Apple: Puerto Rican Education Activism and the Fight for Bilingual-Bicultural Education
Join scholar Lauren Lefty as she discusses the long path to securing the right to bilingual and bicultural education in the nation’s most linguistically diverse city. 1.5 CTLE
NYC Champions & Change Makers
Join us, virtually, as we pay tribute to the countless acts of heroism – great and small – across the five boroughs.
Curators from the Couch: Basketball in New York
Join Lilly Tuttle, curator of our exhibition City/Game: Basketball in New York, for a conversation with NBA Legend Sam Perkins and artist Eric Haze.
CANCELLED: Chancellor’s Day | Agitate, Educate, Organize: Tracing the History of Activism in NYC Schools
Explore the intersection between activism and education and the movement to desegregate city schools in this free day for educators.
Curators from the Couch: #CovidStoriesNYC
Sean Corcoran, curator of photography, will join photographers who have submitted their images to #CovidStoriesNYC, which is MCNY's initiative to document the perspectives and stories happening around New York during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Past Event: The City We Became: A Conversation with N.K. Jemisin
Award-winning writer N.K. Jemisin discusses her latest novel "The City We Became."
Exhibitions
Above Ground: Art from the Martin Wong Graffiti Collection
Enter a window into a vibrant subculture of young creators and highlights previously unseen treasures from the Museum’s major collection of graffiti-based art.
Urban Stomp
Immerse yourself in the vibrant dances that have shaped—and been shaped by—the city’s ever-changing cultural landscape.
Robert Rauschenberg’s New York: Pictures from the Real World
Features rarely seen photos that reveal Rauschenberg's deep engagement with the real world and his complex relationship with New York City