MCNY Live

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1220 Fifth Ave at 103rd St., Open Thursday through Monday 10am-6pm

We've curated this selection of highlights from the Museum's public programs that brings the best of New York to you. MCNY Live features conversations with artists, authors, politicians, and more who speak about their experiences as New Yorkers. Topics range from aspects of everyday life to addressing the issues that are shaping the city's future.

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Uptown Bounce 2020: From Street to Screen

The Museum of the City of New York, El Museo del Barrio, and The Africa Center co-present a virtual version of our annual block party.

New York's Communities of Color and the Police: A Historical Perspective

A virtual discussion about how communities of color have experienced and responded to the police in twentieth-century New York.

Virtual Museum Mile Festival

Eight New York City museums joined together to create the first ever day-long virtual Museum Mile Festival on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, from 9 am to 9 pm.

The City We Became: A Conversation with N.K. Jemisin

Speculative fiction and Hugo award-winning writer N.K. Jemisin sits down with organizer and activist Whitney Hu to discuss her novel, The City We Became (March 2020).

"Is Now When I Should Panic": A Conversation with Roz Chast

In this live Q & A, cartoonist Roz Chast discusses some timely examples of her art, which often features anxiety-riddled city-dwellers and their quirky and relatable tendencie.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Conversation

Justice Ginsburg discusses growing up in Brooklyn, her love of music, and a quarter century on the nation’s highest bench with NPR legal correspondent Nina Totenberg.

Explore even more full episodes of our past programs on YouTube