What happens when an object's lender can't be found? Read the bittersweet story about how a registrar tracked down the doll's rightful owner 30 years later.
New York City’s public school system is one of the most racially segregated in the U.S. Should the Department of Education do more to ensure that schools are as diverse at the city’s overall population? Or should the onus be on parents to determine where their children go to school?
What if all of New York’s energy needs were supplied using methods that do not deplete the earth’s limited resources and do not result in climate change-inducing greenhouse gas emissions? How realistic is such a goal?
It has been called the greatest love story of all time; take the opportunity to revisit the romance with a pictorial re-telling from the Museum’s collection.
Peter Pan made his Broadway debut on November 6, 1905, just under a year after appearing for the first time on the London stage. Over 100 years later the boy who wouldn’t grow up can still draw our attention.
High on a shelf of the legendary Russ & Daughters Appetizing store was an object that perfectly encapsulated the story of New York at Its Core, and a tool that helped launch a 100-year old business.
Jamaica, Queens was home to Rufus King, one of our first senators. Inside his former farmhouse–still standing today–was a medicine chest, and inside the chest….well, you’ll have to read on to find out.
By Dr. Derrick León Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Derrick León Washington is a cultural anthropologist, dancer, and an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow at the Museum of the City of New York. His fieldwork in Brazil, Cuba, Costa Rica, Spain, Mexico City, Washington D.C., and New York City has helped produce numerous conference papers and performance practice workshops. He curated the exhibition Rhythm & Power: Salsa in New York. He’s the co-editor of the upcoming CUNY Center of Puerto Rican Studies published book: Rhythm & Power: Performing Salsa in Puerto Rican and Latino Communities. Complimenting his scholastic work, he’s currently working on an interactive music and dance project that demonstrates how the artistic traditions of the Iberian Peninsula, pre-Columbian Americas and West Africa inspired several hybrid forms of popular music in the Western Hemisphere.