The Curator's Cup: Afternoon Tea with Lilly Tuttle

Join us for  The Curator's Cup featuring MCNY Curator, Lilly Tuttle. Get a behind-the-scenes at the Museum and learn more about her work as a curator. The talk will be accompanied by a selection of fine teas provided by Harney & Sons alongside delicious sandwiches and sweet treats.

Part of our series, The Curator's Cup: Afternoon Tea at MCNY. 

About the Speaker:
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 Before Computers, and People, Place, and Influence: The Collection at 100 (2023). She has also served as co-curator on exhibitions including This is New York: 100 Years of the City in Art and Pop Culture (2023) and New York at Its Core (2016), and most recently Art Deco City: New York Postcards from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection (2024).  

Lilly received a Ph.D. in U.S. History from NYU and a B.A. from Yale in American Studies. She often speaks to graduate students about the field of public history, has served in leadership roles in the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians, and is a member of the New York Academy of History. 

Event Logistics:

• This event will take place in The Bruno A. Quinson conference room (3rd Floor).  
• Please contact programs@mcny.org with any questions or ticketing issues.
• All sales are final; refunds not permitted. Exchanges and credit for future programs only. Programs and dates may be subject to change.