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.
SOLD OUT: Curator Walking Tour – Chelsea and Beyond: Meat Market to Moynihan
Explore Chelsea and beyond with MCNY's chief curator Sarah Henry!
Past Event: Moonlight & Movies | Wild Style
An outdoor screening of Wild Style preceded by a conversation with director Charlie Ahearn, hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash, and music journalist Jeff Mao.
EVENT CANCELED: “Native New Yorkers are still here!” with the Cultural Children’s Center of Native America
Honor and celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the Museum of the City of New York with the Children’s Cultural Center of Native America (CCCONA) to learn about the contemporary and historical presence of Indigenous New Yorkers.
EVENT CANCELED: “Native New Yorkers are still here!” with the Children’s Cultural Center of Native America
Honor and celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the Museum of the City of New York with the Children’s Cultural Center of Native America (CCCONA) to learn about the contemporary and historical presence of Indigenous New Yorkers with a puppet performance.
Curator Walking Tour – The World in Morningside Heights
Discover the international communities that have flourished in Morningside Heights, once known as New York City's "Acropolis", with MCNY fellow Azra Dawood.
“The Colors of Frida | Los colores de Frida” Performance for Families with Teatro SEA
Experience this special bilingual performance about the great Mexican painter Frida Kahlo by Teatro SEA, which combines storytelling, music, visual arts, puppets, and audience participation.
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.
