Photography

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Painting of person sitting on M Train going over the Williamsburg Bridge
May 26, 2023 - July 21, 2024

This Is New York

In honor of the Museum’s centennial, this exhibition, which spans a full city block, is organized around the types of urban spaces where the stories of New York are told.
A man and a woman stand on a lawn next to a small replica of the Statue of Liberty.
March 10 - August 27, 2023

New York Now: Home

The first in an ongoing series of triennial photography exhibitions that will engage themes and issues of the contemporary city.
Paul Strand, From the Viaduct, 125th Street, New York, 1915, Photogravure
February 18, 2022 - January 9, 2023

Celebrating the City

A moving celebration of the power of photography to capture New York and New Yorkers featuring Robert Frank and William Klein.
New York from the marshes around the Hackensack River in New Jersey]
April 16, 2021 - May 1, 2022

Rising Tide

Documentary photographer Kadir van Lohuizen illustrates the dramatic consequences of rising sea levels worldwide.
Members of the Park Slope community on the street playing with bubbles.
March 11, 2020 - April 18, 2021

The City Within

See the complex beauty of Brooklyn through the work of celebrated photographers Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb.
Photograph by Fred W. McDarrah of a group of people with their arms around each other and holding signs related to Pride
June 6 - December 31, 2019

PRIDE

Photographs of Stonewall and Beyond by Fred W. McDarrah
Jackie Robinson stands ready to bat in a crowded stadium
Traveling

In the Dugout with Jackie Robinson

Take a behind-the-scenes look at baseball legend Jackie Robinson, including never before seen images of the Brooklyn Dodgers player, the team, and his family.
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.
March 22 - August 22, 2011

Moveable Feast

Fresh Produce and the NYC Green Cart Program