The Theater Collection at the Museum of the City of New York contains over 200,000 accessioned objects that document theatrical performance in New York City from 1785 to present day Broadway ...

To commemorate the centennial of the birth of Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005), the Museum of the City of New York and the Shirley Chisholm Project at Brooklyn College will present the first major museum ...

The experience of walking El Barrio—the Museum of the City of New York’s own neighborhood—would be vastly different without the artworks of Manny Vega (b. Bronx, 1956). His mosaics and murals adorn ...

The Museum of the City of New York offers IDNYC card holders a free Individual membership for one year. To redeem your membership, please complete this online form, and visit us within 30 days of ...

The Museum of the City of New York’s Costume and Textiles Collection is one of the foremost repositories of New York City-centric attire, and is distinguished by its interpretation of clothing not ...

Manny Vega (b. Bronx,1956) is a visual artist who works in various mediums such as graphic design, illustration, printmaking, set and costume design, public art murals and mosaics. Vega was a student ...

In this month’s NYC Discovery Lab, learn how transportation in the city has evolved across the centuries - from the canoe to the horse-drawn streetcar to the subway. Free for ages 18 and under Adults ...

John Hughes Irish immigrant John Hughes became Archbishop of New York in 1850. Known as “Dagger John,” Hughes presided over a period of increased power of the Catholic Church in New York by working to ...

Welcome to the Museum’s Frederick A.O. Schwarz Education Center's educational offerings, online resources and information. Here you can find information about field trips, lesson plans and videos, ...

Keywords: Colony, Fort, Heritage, Map, Symbol, Trade, Dialect, Explore, Longhouse, Native, Wigwam, Entrepreneur, Exchange, Export, Goods, Import, Trade, Wampum ...

New York City has never been known as a place where people keep their views to themselves. Activist New York is an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York about the city’s history of activism ...