Events
What's happening
2026 Louis Auchincloss Prize
Two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author Colson Whitehead will receive the Prize at a public program moderated by Wesley Morris, a critic at The New York Times who writes about art and popular culture.
TCS New York City Marathon Watch Party
Cheer on this year’s TCS New York City Marathon runners from one of the best spots on Fifth Avenue.
Gingerbread NYC Daytime Member Hours
During our Member Hours, members can enjoy early access to Gingerbread NYC before the exhibition opens to the public.
After-School Kids Art Studio
Join us each week for a fun, hands-on art experience inspired by the Museum’s exhibitions and collection. This drop-in program is designed especially for children ages 3 and up and the adults who care for them.
Free Late-Night Wednesdays
Visit MCNY for free on Wednesdays until 9 p.m., and explore the Museum’s full slate of current and critically acclaimed exhibitions.
Raise Your Voice: Curator-led Tour
Take a closer look at Raise Your Voice with curator Sarah Seidman in this one-hour tour about one object or tool that activists used to propel social movements in New York City.
A+/P Credit Course: Occupied: New York and the American Revolution
Change the way you understand the American Revolution. Drawing on The Occupied City: New York and the American Revolution, this interactive course explores the Revolutionary period in New York through the lens of individuals living in and around the city at that time.
Exhibitions
The Occupied City
This immersive exhibition transforms the Museum's third floor into a vivid journey through Revolutionary-era New York.
Halumii Ktapihna
Encounter the enduring presence and living cultures of the Lenape/Lunáapeew—the original people of Lenapehoking/Lunaapeewáhkiing, the land now known as New York City and its surrounding region.
