Member and Community Preview of The Occupied City

When: Thursday, April 30, 2026, 6:00pm
An engraving from 1776 depicting a fire in New York
Franz Xaver Habermann, Représentation du Feu Terrible à Nouvelle Yorck, 1776. Museum of the City of New York (27.10.2)

In this exclusive Member and Community Preview, enjoy early access to The Occupied City: New York and the American Revolution before the exhibition opens to the public. Light bites will be available, and there will be a cash bar. 

Registration is limited to 2 per membership. Contact membership@mcny.org to register for this event or if you have any questions.

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Occupied City 2

Related Exhibition - Opens May 1, 2026

The Occupied City

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

The Occupied City: New York and the American Revolution is made possible by presenting partners, an Anonymous Family Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and Kenneth C. Griffin and Griffin Catalyst. 

Special thanks to our benefactors, Elizabeth K. Belfer, The National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom, The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council.

Additional support provided by advocates, Chris Brown, Heather and William Vrattos, Matt and Marisa Brown, Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), and The Achelis and Bodman Foundation. Thank you to sponsors, Daryl B. Uber and New York State Council on the Arts; and friends, Matthew Breitenbach and Terry Schwartz Breitenbach, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation and Peck Stacpoole Foundation.

Curatorial and collections work on this exhibition is provided by the Laura and Ray Johnson Fund and Robert A. and Elizabeth R. Jeffe. 

Carnegie Corporation of New York, Griffin Catalyst, The National Endowment for the Humanities, The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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