Museum of the City of New York Announces Completion of Illuminating New York City History Through Material Culture

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Truman Capote’s “Black and White Dance”

Monday, June 19, 2017 by Lindsay Turley

By Lindsay Turley, Director of Collections

Lindsay Turley oversees projects involving the stewardship and access of the Museum's collections objects.

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Mora (b. 1849). Mrs. William Seward Webb (neé Lila O. Vanderbilt).
Notable New Yorkers Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Vanderbilt Ball

In the spring of 1883, the solemnity of Lent didn’t stand a chance against the social event on the mind of all of New York’s elite society: Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt’s fancy dress ball.
Stage ensemble from the Midnight Frolic with Will Rogers (center), 1917. From the Theater Collection. Museum of the City of New York, 74.92.51
City Arts Tuesday, July 1, 2014

The Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic

It’s a sweltering July evening in 1915 and the lights have just come up after the finale of a Ziegfeld Follies show at the New Amsterdam Theatre on 42nd Street. You dread walking out into the muggy night and long for a cool escape. But you’re in luck tonight because it’s the premiere of Flo Ziegfeld Jr.’s new revue, the Danse de Follies!
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Museum Architect Apprentice Program

Thursday, June 15, 2017 by Kubi Ackerman

By Kubi Ackerman, Director, Future City Lab

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Behind-the-Scenes Tuesday, October 11, 2016

The Future City Lab

Introducing The Future City Lab, a new space where visitors will explore solutions for various challenges the city faces.
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The Sounds of Patriotism

Monday, June 12, 2017 by Morgen Stevens-Garmon

By Morgen Stevens-Garmon, Associate Curator, Theater Collection

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Stage ensemble from the Midnight Frolic with Will Rogers (center), 1917. From the Theater Collection. Museum of the City of New York, 74.92.51
City Arts Tuesday, July 1, 2014

The Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic

It’s a sweltering July evening in 1915 and the lights have just come up after the finale of a Ziegfeld Follies show at the New Amsterdam Theatre on 42nd Street. You dread walking out into the muggy night and long for a cool escape. But you’re in luck tonight because it’s the premiere of Flo Ziegfeld Jr.’s new revue, the Danse de Follies!
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The Life Cycle of a Loan

Tuesday, May 30, 2017 by Miranda Hambro and Matt Heffernan

By Miranda Hambro and Matt Heffernan

Miranda Hambro is the Core Exhibition Registrar and Matt Heffernan is a Registrar in the Collections Department.

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The Beheading of President Andrew Jackson

Sunday, May 14, 2017 by Madeleine Hazelwood

By Madeleine Hazelwood, Associate Registrar

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Landmarks Thursday, February 16, 2017

The New Colossus

How the poem that gave us the iconic verse, “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” made the Statue of Liberty a symbol of immigration and refuge.
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Fort George Amusement Park

Monday, May 8, 2017 by Victoria Martens

By Victoria Martens, Senior Photographer

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Contemplating and Commemorating Rapid Transit in New York City

Monday, April 24, 2017 by Madeleine Hazelwood

By Madeleine Hazelwood, Associate Registrar

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Photographer unknown. Engineers in tunnel during construction of present IRT at City Hall Station. ca. 1900. Museum of the City of New York. 46.245.2
Landmarks Thursday, July 11, 2013

Ghosts of the 6 Train

New York City’s vast transit system is in a constant state of flux, expanding to fill the needs of underserved areas and simultaneously contracting due to budget cuts or obsolescence. Abandoned subway stations across the city remind us of how transit has changed over the years.
Stanley Kubrick. Life and Love on the New York City Subway. Passengers reading in a subway car. 1946. Museum of the City of New York. X2011.4.10292.30D
City Arts Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Riding the Subway with Stanley Kubrick

As most New Yorkers know, the subway system is the lifeline of New York City. In 1946, Stanley Kubrick set out to capture the story of New York City’s subway commuters.
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Resuscitating Ruby’s Dolls

Monday, April 17, 2017 by Phyllis Magidson and Chris Piazza

By Phyllis Magidson and Chris Piazza

Phyllis Magidson is the Museum of the City of New York's Curator of Costumes & Textiles.

Chris Piazza is Brooklyn-based artist.

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Activism Under the Lens: Educator Evenings at the Museum of the City of New York

Child, Fourth of July, East Harlem, NYC, Erika Stone, 1973, MCNY Collection 2012.3.40

Join the Museum's Andrew W. Mellon Predoctoral Fellows for evenings of informative talks and lively discussions exploring social activism in New York City’s past and present. See below for upcoming talks in the series.

Learn about sources in the exhibitions Activist New York and New York at Its Core available to support your students’ learning in the Museum and online, and leave with resources for your classroom. The events are geared towards educators but open to all with interest in the topics.

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Event Tuesday, April 25, 5:00pm

Recording New York: Sound, Place, and Civic Identity

Explore the themes of place, memory, and civic commitment in the work of the self-taught, Manhattan-based folklorist Tony Schwartz (1923-2002) and learn how young people can become stakeholders and participants in their communities by listening to historical sound recordings and by making new recordings of their own.
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