From frozen ponds to Madison Square Garden, ice skating has become a quintessentially New York pastime, woven into the city’s urban fabric in ways large and small. Inspired by our exhibition, New York on Ice: Skating in the City (on view through April 2018), join us for a series of programs that explore the elaborate spectacle and competitive sport in the 20th-century and beyond.
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Alexander Hamilton and DeWitt Clinton Statues Conservation
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Guard for a Night, as Told by Two Registrars
Thursday, December 7, 2017 by
Future City Lab: Central Park Then and Now
Future City Lab: Getting Around
New York on Ice Programs

Through a Different Lens Programs

Through a Different Lens: Stanley Kubrick Photographs (on view through January 6, 2019) examines a formative phase in the career of one of the 20th century’s most renowned filmmakers. Stanley Kubrick was just 17 when he became a staff photographer at LOOK magazine in 1945, training his camera on his native city and capturing the pathos of ordinary life with a sophistication that belied his age.