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Installation shot of "Raise Your Voice," showing vibrant, colorful drawings of individuals with text.

AAPI Month at MCNY

Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month at the Museum of the City of New York through exhibitions, events, and digital content that highlights the voices of the AAPI community in NYC.

Freedom Week written in colorful letters on a black background.

Freedom Week: A Journey into Art & Activism

Freedom Week: A Journey into Art & Activism celebrates the relationship between activism and art in its many forms—visual art, theater, spoken word & poetry, music, dance, and song.

Image of Soul of the City Series: skyscraper and instruments held in the air.

Soul of the City: Live @ MCNY

Our series of live intimate concerts and conversations.

In the center of the image, there is yellow text that reads “Leading Cities” and directly underneath white text that reads “Today.” On each of the borders is a skyline of skyscrapers from different cities.

Leading Cities Today

Conversations exploring how urban leaders locally, nationally, and globally are facing the major challenges and opportunities of our moment.

All in This Autumn

Join us inside, outside, and online and go "all in" to make the most out of the season with the Museum of the City of New York.

3 puppets created by NYC Kids Project standing on brown wood table, with bright blue background. One male puppet, Latinx, with dark hair, green tshirt , blue jeans , is holding a white cane. One male puppet with light skin and red hair uses a wheelchair and wears red pants, blue shirt with stripes on the arms. One female puppet, African-American has a colorful flowered dress over a lavender shirt and hair in two braids with white bows.

Puppets of New York Performance Series

Join us at the Museum this fall for a special series of live, outdoor performances featuring local puppeteers, educators, and performance groups.

Cocktails & Culture

Extended evening hours at the Museum -- with DJs and live music, a Poets' Cafe, drinks and snacks, and more.

A tour group standing under the marquee of the Apollo Theater

Curator-Led Walking Tours

MCNY curators lead walking tours around NYC.

Augusta Savage with one of her pieces, Paul Robeson head shot, Author Langston Hughes [far left] with [left to right:] Charles S. Johnson; E. Franklin Frazier; Rudolph Fisher and Hubert T. Delaney

Revisiting the Harlem Renaissance

Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Jeffrey C. Stewart leads a four-part series about the arts of the Harlem Renaissance.

Envisioning Alternatives to Policing

Ashley Southall of The New York Times speaks with leaders, activists, and scholars about alternatives to policing in New York City and beyond.

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