Past Events
Past Events
MCNY Kids Art Studio
Join us each week for a fun, hands-on art experience inspired by the Museum’s exhibitions and collection. This drop-in program is designed especially for children ages 3 and up and the adults who care for them.
Past Event: Cocktails & Culture: Legends of '80s Hip-Hop
Celebrate the best of '80s Hip-Hop outdoors at the Museum with DJs, an open mic poets' café, and more!
“We Are One”: Women’s Labor Activism in New York City
Join us for this free online workshop exploring the history and legacy of women’s labor activism in New York City. Geared towards educators and open to all. 1.5 CTLE hours.
Behind-the-Scenes at the Museum: Puppets and Activism in New York City
Create your own puppet and learn about the intersections between puppets and activism.
Past Event: Moonlight & Movies | The Muppets Take Manhattan
Join us for a special screening of "The Muppets Take Manhattan" at MCNY!
SOLD OUT! Opening Preview for Puppets of New York
Join us in a happy hour celebration of NYC puppets featuring a performance by The International Puppet Fringe!
MCNY Kids Create: Looking Close and Building Tiny with the Stettheimer Dollhouse
Combine art and engineering in this virtual intergenerational STEAM education program as you draw inspiration from the famous Stettheimer dollhouse to design your own miniature world.
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.
