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Two children creating an artwork with colored pencils.

For Families Saturday, September 26, 11:00am

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.

Uptown Bounce 2021

For Adults Saturday, August 7, 2:00pm

Canceled: Uptown Bounce (Back) 2021

Uptown Bounce is back and in person! The Museum of the City of New York, El Museo del Barrio, and The Africa Center are delighted to co-present our popular, annual summer block party.

Colorful drawing of a subway with pink, orange, and yellow letters painted onto the side of the NYC subway train car. In the background there is a brown and yellow building, green trees, and a blue sky.

For Families Thursday, July 22, 10:00am

MCNY Kids Create: City as Canvas - Graffiti Art in New York City

Recommended for ages 7 and up. Sketch your own ideas as you explore the Museum’s graffiti art collection and hear about the NYC "writers” who made graffiti into a worldwide phenomenon.

Brightly colored oil painting on canvas entitled Howard the Duck by Lee George Quiñones in the style of graffiti art. Lee’s name appears with the force of a thunderbolt on a brick wall and Howard the Duck shields himself with the lid of a trashcan. There’s a message in the top-left corner that says: “Graffiti is a art, and if art is a crime, let God forgive all.”

For Educators Wednesday, July 21, 5:00pm

Summer PD Workshop | City as Canvas: Graffiti Art in New York City

Learn and sketch with fellow educators as you explore highlights from the Museum’s graffiti art collection and learn the history of this homegrown artistic movement. 1.5 CTLE hours.

Governor Koike head shot

For Adults Tuesday, July 20, 7:30pm

Past Event: Leading Tokyo Today: A Conversation with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike

A conversation with Governor Yuriko Koike of Tokyo, Japan.

Krush Groove (1985)

For Adults Thursday, July 15, 7:00pm

Past Event: Moonlight & Movies | Krush Groove

Join us for an '80s hip-hop happy hour followed by an outdoor screening of the classic 1985 film Krush Groove.

Benny Benack head shot

For Adults Friday, July 9, 5:00pm

Past Event: Cocktails & Culture: Swing Into Summer

An after-hours evening at the Museum with live music, art-making, and more!

Exhibitions

Miniature buildings from New York City carved out of wood

Through October 12, 2026

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.

George Washington and other officers riding on horseback down a city street, with a crowd watching

Through March 19, 2027

The Occupied City

This immersive exhibition transforms the Museum's third floor into a vivid journey through Revolutionary-era New York.

Characters from Alice in Wonderland flying over Manhattan in a small airplane

Through October 12, 2026

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.

A white line drawing against a black background by artist June Lee Van Dunk

Through April 17, 2027

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.