The Museum of the City of New York is a living history of New York City. A lot of American popular culture started in New York including: baseball, Broadway, modern jazz (bebop), Latin jazz (cubop), salsa on2, disco, punk rock, and hip-hop. Argentine tango and reggaeton passed through.
Latin Culture
We Are Still Here! Celebrates Lenape Culture at the Museum of the City of New York
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, “El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇺🇸
Manny Vega’s “Byzantine Bembé, New York” is a Love Letter to “El Barrio,” Puerto Rican, and Yoruba Culture
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, “El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇵🇷 🇧🇷
NYC’s Museum Mile Festival is an Open House Block Party on Fifth Avenue
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Neue Galerie, Guggenheim Museum, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, Jewish Museum, Museum of the City of New York, El Museo del Barrio, Africa Center 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 🇵🇷
UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan
The New York Now: Home Photography Exhibition at MCNY Shows How New Yorkers Make New York City Home
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, “El Barrio,” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇵🇷
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Native American Festival
“We Are Still Here!” celebrates New York’s First People with Native American music and dance, craft workshops, a marketplace, and talks with Indigenous artists; at the Museum of the City of New York in “El Barrio” East Harlem; on Saturday-Sunday, May 4-5, 2024, from 11am-4pm. FREE, but registration recommended. mcny.org 🇺🇸
New York Puerto Rican Art
Byzantine Bembé, New York by Manny Vega, is an exhibition of the New York Puerto Rican artist’s mosaics from the streets of Manhattan’s “El Barrio;’ at the Museum of the City of New York in “El Barrio” East Harlem; from Friday, December 8, 2023 – December 8, 2024. mcny.org 🇵🇷 🇧🇷
About The Museum
The Museum documents New York City history and stories of New York today, which will become exhibitions in the future.
It has historic Theater and Costume & Textiles collections, and has put a large portion of its collection online where it can be enjoyed from anywhere in the world.
The Museum celebrates 100 years in 2023.
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Museum of the City of New York Tickets
Museum of the City of New York
Museum Mile
1220 Fifth Avenue
(between 103rd & 104th St)
“El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan
Subways
(4)(6) 103rd St
From the West Side: (A)(C)(B) to 103rd St and walk across Central Park.