Urban Issues | Museum of the City of New York

Open Sat & Sun, 10am–6pm; Mon, Thurs, & Fri 10am–5pm. Get Tickets Now.

The Museum will close at 5pm on April 20th.

Spend your Spring Break at MCNY with scavenger hunts, arts & crafts, storytime and more!

Museum will be open Tuesday April 23rd and Wednesday April 24th.

Mid-1800s print of people ice skating on a large rink. City buildings are visible in the background.

December 20, 2017 - April 15, 2018

New York on Ice

Skating in the City

Landscape of a river and surrounding banks. Two figures stand on the closest bank, and a tall aqueduct is visible behind them

September 2 - December 31, 2017

To Quench the Thirst of New Yorkers

The Croton Aqueduct at 175

Two people in the middle of a street in Tribeca, NYC

November 10, 2017 - September 23, 2018

Art in the Open

Fifty Years of Public Art in New York

Panoramic view from the Brooklyn Bridge tower circa 1916

November 9, 2016 - April 23, 2017

Mastering the Metropolis

New York and Zoning, 1916-2016

December 1, 2006 - March 25, 2007

Robert Moses and the Modern City

Remaking the Metropolis

December 11, 2008 - April 22, 2009

Growing and Greening New York

PlaNYC and the Future of the City

December 6, 2011 - July 15, 2012

The Greatest Grid

The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011

June 6 - October 28, 2012

Reimagining the Waterfront

Manhattan's East River Esplanade

September 13, 2012 - February 10, 2013

From Farm to City

Staten Island, 1661-2012

January 23 - September 2, 2013

Making Room

New Models for Housing New Yorkers