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A depiction of Yorkville businesses in gingerbread
November 8, 2024 - January 12, 2025

Gingerbread NYC

It's time for the annual Great Borough Bake-Off! We invited bakers from across the five boroughs to design New York City-inspired gingerbread creations.
A mosaic of a woman with a red skirt.
December 8, 2023 - January 6, 2025

Byzantine Bembé

Explore the visual storytelling of El Barrio’s own artist and mosaicist Manny Vega.
Painting of person sitting on M Train going over the Williamsburg Bridge
May 26, 2023 - July 21, 2024

This Is New York

In honor of the Museum’s centennial, this exhibition, which spans a full city block, is organized around the types of urban spaces where the stories of New York are told.
Watercolor of Central Park showing Belvedere Castle in the Summer.
February 9 - June 16, 2024

Four Seasons of Central Park

These four quietly iconic watercolors by Frederick Brosen capture a year in some of the most historic places in this verdant urban masterpiece.  
A graphic image of various objects including a teapot, a bench and a dress.
October 13, 2023 - April 21, 2024

People, Place, and Influence

Delve into the founding mission for the Museum by highlighting key aspects of this unique collection.
A crowd of people stand around a table with food containers. The man in the center is opening a case of water bottles to distribute.
November 18, 2022 - October 22, 2023

City of Faith

Look under the surface of New York’s image as a secular city and discover the complex and often surprising relationships that connect religion to public space.
A large clear sphere, similar to a snowglobe sits at the center of the image with signs that read 'eating' and 'trading' above it.
September 16, 2022 - September 18, 2023

Food in New York

Examine how food creates a powerful social network that binds New Yorkers to each other and with countless others across the globe.
A man and a woman stand on a lawn next to a small replica of the Statue of Liberty.
March 10 - August 27, 2023

New York Now: Home

The first in an ongoing series of triennial photography exhibitions that will engage themes and issues of the contemporary city.
Graphic with the text "Gingerbread NYC" shaped out of iced cookies and "The Great Borough Bake-off: in black script.
November 11, 2022 - January 16, 2023

Gingerbread NYC: The Great Borough Bake-Off

It's our first-ever Great Borough Bake-off! We invited bakeries and bakers from each borough to design New York City-inspired gingerbread creations.
Paul Strand, From the Viaduct, 125th Street, New York, 1915, Photogravure
February 18, 2022 - January 9, 2023

Celebrating the City

A moving celebration of the power of photography to capture New York and New Yorkers featuring Robert Frank and William Klein.
View of Analog City Anteroom
May 20, 2022 - January 8, 2023

Analog City

Uncover the array of tools, technologies, and lost professions that supported New York City as it exploded into a global metropolis in the pre-digital era.
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