Monday, March 11th: E.L. Doctorow’s World’s Fair
E.L. Doctorow’s World’s Fair Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Ave., Manhattan) 6:30pm $12 in advance “We stood in the shadow of the Trylon and Preisphere, and I felt these familiar forms, huge and white, granted some sort of beneficence to my shoulders.” So says the narrator of World’s Fair: A Novel, [...]
Wednesday, March 6th: The Science Behind Superstorm Sandy
The Science Behind Superstorm Sandy Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Ave., Manhattan) 6:30pm $12 in advance What does Hurricane Sandy have to teach us about rising sea levels and climate change? What are the policy implications of climate science for our city moving forward: long-term adaptation, more ambitious forms of storm [...]
Monday, March 4th: The Tumultuous Career and Surprising Legacy of John Randel, Jr.
The Tumultuous Career and Surprising Legacy of John Randel, Jr. Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Ave., Manhattan) 6:30pm Free, RSVP required Manhattan’s famous street grid was mapped out in the early 19th century under the leadership of one man: surveyor John Randel, Jr., renowned for his inventiveness, bombast, and irascibility. Randel [...]
Thursday, February 28th: The International Style at the World’s Fair
The International Style at the World’s Fair Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Ave., Manhattan) 6:30pm $12 in advance Unlike the 1937 exhibition in Paris or the 1939 fair in San Francisco, where architectural styles emphasized Modern Classicism, New York’s World’s Fair of 1939-40 showcased the work of an array of cutting-edge [...]
Saturday, February 2nd: New York World’s Fair Film Festival
New York World’s Fair Film Festival Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Ave., Manhattan) 11am-4pm Included with museum admission (get 50% off admission here) From documentaries and promotional films to newsreels and home movies, New York’s 1939–40 World’s Fair produced an array of moving images that captured the innovative spirit of the [...]
Through Sunday, March 31st: $5 Admission to the Museum of the City of New York
Click here for $5 tickets to the Museum of the City of New York. Founded in 1923 and housed in a historic 1930 neo-Georgian building, the Museum of the City of New York boasts a collection of more than 1.5 million images and objects, and features both temporary and ongoing interactive exhibits on the city’s [...]
Tuesday, January 15th: The Future of Staten Island After Sandy
The Future of Staten Island After Sandy Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Ave., Manhattan) 6:30pm $12 in advance The future of Staten Island’s waterfront now stands at the center of public attention in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. Join us for a panel featuring William J. Fritz, College of Staten Island [...]
Thursday, December 6th: ‘The Richest Woman in America’
The Richest Woman in America Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Ave., Manhattan) 6:30pm $12 in advance During the Gilded Age, New York’s millionaires included Carnegies, Vanderbilts, Morgans and Rockefellers — and Hetty Green. Fiercely independent and frugal, Green was a financial genius with a long-term investment strategy that sustained her through [...]
Thursday, November 29th: ‘Endtimes’ Book Talk
Endtimes Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Ave., Manhattan) 6:30pm $12 in advance Join author Daniel R. Schwarz, Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English Literature and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University, for a talk about his new book, Endtimes? Crises and Turmoil at the New York Times, 1999-2009 (State [...]
Thursday, November 15th: Linnaea Tillett: The Practice of Everyday Light
Linnaea Tillett: The Practice of Everyday Light Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Ave., Manhattan) 6:30pm $12 in advance Linnaea Tillett is the founding principal of Tillett Lighting Design Inc. and daughter of renowned textile designers D.D. and Leslie Tillett. She grew up in a household in New York City–where color and [...]
Sunday, November 4th-Saturday, November 10th: Free Admission to the Museum of the City of New York
Explore the Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Ave., Manhattan, open 10am-6pm daily) for free. All exhibitions will be open to the public, including Activist New York, which examines the ways in which ordinary New Yorkers have advocated and exercised their power to shape the city’s, and the nation’s, future. Other exhibition [...]
Saturday, September 29th: Visions for a Re-Imagined East River Esplanade (RSVP Now)
Visions for a Re-imagined East River Esplanade Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Ave., Manhattan) 9am-noon Free, RSVP: info@civitasnyc.org We welcome you to come and share your visions for a re-imagined Esplanade (60th-125th Street) and invite you to join us at 8:30 am for coffee and refreshments. Remarks will begin at 9:00 [...]
Wednesday, August 22nd: ‘Damn Yankees’ + Free Beer (Register Now)
Damn Yankees Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Ave., Manhattan) 6:30pm $12 in advance Join Robert Fleder, former Executive Editor of Sports Illustrated, as he talks about Damn Yankees (Ecco, 2012), a new collection of essays he edited, which demonstrates that no one feels neutral about the Yankees! Fleder assembled a deep [...]
Through Friday, August 31st: $5 Admission to the Museum of the City of New York
Click here for $5 admission to the Museum of the City of New York (advance purchase required). Founded in 1923 and housed in a historic 1930 neo-Georgian building, the Museum of the City of New York boasts a collection of more than 1.5 million images and objects and features both temporary and ongoing interactive exhibits [...]
Sunday, July 15th: Beaux Arts Broadway Walking Tour
Beaux Arts Broadway Walking Tour Purchase tickets for location 1pm $20 in advance In the Master Plan of 1811, Broadway ended at 14th Street, where it intersected with the Bowery. Over the course of the 19th century, other roads were linked together with Broadway heading north to create the vibrant, diagonal thoroughfare that energizes New [...]
Tuesday, June 12th: Visit Top NYC Museums for Free at the Museum Mile Festival
Museum Mile Festival 5th Ave. from 82nd-105th St., Manhattan 6-9pm Free Participating Museums: Museum for African Art El Museo del Barrio Museum of the City of New York The Jewish Museum Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Neue Galerie New York Goethe-Institut New [...]
Through Sunday, May 27th: Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Road to Recreation
New York’s master builder, Robert Moses (b. 1888; d. 1981), will be the subject of concurrent exhibitions on view at the Queens Museum of Art (New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park), the Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street), and the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art [...]
Monday, June 20th: Solar Power in New York City
Harvesting the Sun: Solar Power in New York City Museum of the City of New York (1220 Fifth Ave., Manhattan) 6:30pm $12 non-members, $8 students (reserve here) Celebrate the longest day of the year by exploring the power of the sun and its potential to create a more sustainable urban future with a discussion of [...]
