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Notable New Yorkers Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Staff Picks: Rebel Women

One of the Museum's registrars shares her favorite item in Rebel Women: Defying Victorianism—a cartoon of feminist and radical Victoria Woodhull.
Stanley Kubrick photo from Look Magazine of Leonard Bernstein looking at the piano taken at 1949.
Notable New Yorkers Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Happy Birthday, Leonard Bernstein

August 25 marks the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein. We’re getting in on the world-wide celebration of the conductor, composer, and New Yorker with a few highlights from the Museum’s collection.
A photo of Vera Maxwell fitting a model for Museum of the City of New work's "A Salute to Vera Maxwell" back in 1942.
Notable New Yorkers Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Dressing Sustainably, Then and Now

Valentina Schlee and Vera Maxwell, two of the mid-20th century's defining designers, extolled the merits of a minimalist wardrobe. They created looks that buoyed the nation’s women through the WWII period of L-85 governmental restrictions without feeling deprived.
A museum photo by Frank C. Bangs of George M. Cohan taken in 1910.
City Arts Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Now Playing! George M. Cohan

Last year, the Museum announced a new project to digitize, catalog, and make available the scripts, scores, and sheet music of George M. Cohan. The Museum is excited to announce that the first group of material is now available online. Check it out!