On May 21, 1910, some 10,000 New Yorkers gathered in Union Square to demand that women receive the right to vote. The rally, the largest woman suffrage demonstration yet held in the country, ...

Chisholm addresses the Democratic Convention while her Supporters Cheer, Jo Freeman, 1972, Reproduction, Courtesy of Jo Freeman Graphic Photograph Join us for a free, full day of professional learning ...

Please note - Seating for this event is first come, first served. Did you know that the Yankees and Dodgers have previously met in the World Series 11 times? Join the Museum of the City of New York ...

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 ...

In the decades after the new Cross-Bronx Expressway bisected the South Bronx in the 1950s, abandonment and arson claimed large swaths of the borough. Facing diminishing revenues, some landlords were ...

The Manuscripts and Ephemera Collection documents the day-to-day life of New Yorkers over the past 300 years. The collection spans the mid-17th century to the present, and is strongest in the mid to ...

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 ...

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

The Museum of the City of New York’s furniture collection documents New York City style from the late 17th to the early 20th century, and illustrates how furniture production, or cabinetmaking, as it ...

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, ...

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 ...