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.

Get creative and relax with drinks in after hours Sketch & Sip sessions at the Museum this spring and summer. Simon Levenson, fine artist and professional art instructor, will guide you through sketching exercises as you explore the artwork on view. Each session features a different theme and visits to special exhibitions such as New York at Its Core and A City Seen.

See below for upcoming sessions.

The story of New York salsa, an up-tempo performance of percussive Latin music and Afro-Caribbean-infused dance, is one of cultural fusion, artistry, and skilled marketing. Rhythm & Power: Salsa in New York (on view through November 26, 2017) illuminates salsa as a social movement from the 1960s to the present, exploring how immigrant and migrant communities in New York City—most notably from Cuba and Puerto Rico—nurtured and developed salsa, growing it from a local movement playing out in the city’s streets