Past Events
Past Events
The Gods of New York: Power, Culture, and Chaos in the 1980s
Join us for a special conversation with acclaimed journalist and author Jonathan Mahler and award-winning filmmaker Ric Burns as they delve into New York City in the 1980s.
Past Event: "Is Now When I Should Panic?": A Conversation with Roz Chast
Join cartoonist Roz Chast, a keen observer and documenter of NYC's faces, places, and personalities, for a virtual look at her work.
Curators from the Couch
Robert A. and Elizabeth Rohn Jeffe Chief Curator and Deputy Director Sarah Henry will be joined by information designer Giorgia Lupi, a partner at Pentagram, and artist and computer scientist Brian Foo.
POSTPONED: Satchmo in East Berlin
On this International Jazz Day, join us for a screening of a rare complete concert film of Louis Armstrong and His All Stars in East Berlin in 1965.
POSTPONED: Who We'll Be: Imagining the Future City
Educators, planners, and artists, and philanthropists talk about how to meet the challenges of the city's changing demographics in the future.
Earth Day—Online!
Download activities and storytime videos to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day with the Museum of the City of New York.
Past Event | P Credit Course: People of New York
Examine the past, present, and future of the city through the lives of individual New Yorkers in this P Credit course for educators.
Exhibitions
Songs of New York
Playful, kinetic, and full of surprises, Songs of New York is an immersive interactive experience that introduces visitors to a full range of music from and about New York City.
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
Features rarely seen photos that reveal Rauschenberg's deep engagement with the real world and his complex relationship with New York City.
