Lilly Tuttle has been a curator at the Museum of the City of New York since 2012. In that time she has curated numerous exhibitions including City Game: Basketball in New York (2020), Analog City: NYC ...
Join us for a special screening of Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn, 1983, 82 mins), widely regarded as the first hip-hop film, capturing the early days of graffiti, breakdancing, DJing, and MCing in New ...
New York’s age of graffiti began on the city streets in the early 1970s. This new movement, often consciously artistic despite its unsanctioned origins, came of age over the next 20 years. Above ...
The Stettheimer Dollhouse, a beloved highlight of the Museum of the City of New York’s collection, will return to MCNY’s galleries following an extensive conservation project. With a refreshed ...
Left: Dr. Zinga A. Fraser, Right: Dr. Farah J. Griffin ...
Please note - This event is now sold out and there is no wait list. Join us on November 20th as Dr. Ned Blackhawk presents the Robert A. and Elizabeth R. Jeffe Distinguished Lecture in Urban History, ...
Bring your family on a weekend to learn more about NYC in a Storytime program facilitated by one of our museum educators in connection with the NYC Discovery Lab, a weekend drop-in series of family ...
Please note - Seating for this event is first come, first served. Did you know that the Yankees and Dodgers have previously met in the World Series 11 times? Join the Museum of the City of New York ...
To commemorate the centennial of the birth of Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005), the Museum of the City of New York and the Shirley Chisholm Project at Brooklyn College will present the first major museum ...
The Museum of the City of New York’s Costume and Textiles Collection is one of the foremost repositories of New York City-centric attire, and is distinguished by its interpretation of clothing not ...
Between 1820 and 1860, 3.7 million immigrants landed in New York Harbor—at a time when the city’s population numbered less than one million. No laws existed to regulate or curtail the flow of ...