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Graphic showing an anthropomorphized fountain drink and popcorn with text below "Movies for Minis"
Saturday, September 24, 2022 - Saturday, February 25, 2023

Movies For Minis

Our series of monthly film screenings and workshops for families to enjoy together.!
With their backs to the camera, three people are standing in front of a farmer’s market booth at the Union Square Greenmarket. There are stacks of garlic, beets, and carrots from left to right.
Monday, June 27, 2022 - Saturday, December 31, 2022

Eat Your Heart Out

Savor all the flavors of the city in this series of tastings, demonstrations, and talks with NYC's most fascinating chefs, food purveyors, and scholars.
Freedom Week written in colorful letters on a black background.
Saturday, June 11, 2022 - Friday, June 17, 2022

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.
An intersection in NYC with a yellow taxi stopped at a light, and five pedestrians crossing the street.
Monday, February 07, 2022 - Friday, August 30, 2024

Capturing the Changing City

Conversations with artists, writers, and historians about how they interpret the New York scene -- on the page, through the lens, on screen, and beyond.
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.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Leading Cities Today

Conversations exploring how urban leaders locally, nationally, and globally are facing the major challenges and opportunities of our moment.
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. 
Wednesday, September 08, 2021 - Monday, October 11, 2021

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.
The words "Cocktails & Culture" in a white circle on a blue and purple background.
Saturday, January 01, 2022 - Sunday, January 28, 2024

Cocktails & Culture

Extended evening hours at the Museum -- with DJs and live music, drinks and snacks, and more.
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
Tuesday, March 02, 2021 - Monday, May 17, 2021

Revisiting the Harlem Renaissance

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