Cycling in the City
A 200-Year History
March 14 - October 14, 2019
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Discover New York’s rich bicycling heritage.
Cycling in the City traces the bike’s transformation of urban transportation and leisure and explores the extraordinary diversity of cycling cultures in the city, past and present. The exhibition reveals the complex, creative, and often contentious relationship between New York and the bicycle, while underscoring the importance of cycling as the city confronts climate change, energy scarcity, and population growth in the years to come.
On Bicycles A 200-Year History of Cycling in New York City
Exhibition co-curator Evan Friss traces the colorful and fraught history of cycling in New York City. Get it here first—not available in stores until May!
Supporters
Cycling in the City is made possible with lead support provided by Metropolitan Velodrome, Inc. Additional support provided by the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Katheryn C. Patterson and Thomas L. Kempner Jr., Bike New York, Citi Bike, Rabobank International, and George H. Beane.
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Cycling in the City programs are funded in part by Humanities New York with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
What’s On for Cycling in the City
Cycling in the City Family Program
Visit the exhibition Cycling in the City: A 200-Year History to explore cycling cultures in the city, past and present. Then participate in a cycling related activity to take home with you.
