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Lamb Chop at the Rockefeller Center observation deck
August 13, 2021 - April 3, 2022

Puppets of New York

Puppets of New York explores the extraordinary, surprising, and diverse history of New York City’s quirkiest residents. Puppets traveled with migrant communities from across the globe as they made their way to the city. 
RUN DMC with a group of men posing next to a car in Hollis, Queens.
June 11, 2021 - September 18, 2022

New York, New Music

A look back at the seismic musical revolution of 1980s New York. #80sMusicNYC
Right side view of the Stettheimer Dollhouse, showing three interior rooms.
November 20, 2020 - October 3, 2022

The Stettheimer Dollhouse

Discover rarely seen miniature works from the Stettheimer Dollhouse created by some of the leading lights of early 20th-century modernism.
Definition Jay from Above. Photographed by Bobbito Garcia.
February 14, 2020 - June 20, 2021

City/Game

Experience the excitement, energy, and evolution of this quintessentially urban sport as played on asphalt and in glittering professional arenas.
Ongoing

Welcome Home

Our Welcome Home series invites readers to learn more about the Museum.
Photograph by Fred W. McDarrah of a group of people with their arms around each other and holding signs related to Pride
Ongoing

Pride = Power!

This series of exhibitions and events invites New Yorkers and visitors from around the world to discover and celebrate LGBTQ history and culture.
Two women who were rebels of the Victorian era. The women are not identified, but defied gender expectations of the time
July 17, 2018 - January 6, 2019

Rebel Women

Defying Victorianism