Museum of the City of New York

Explores the past, present, and future of New York City and celebrate its heritage of diversity, opportunity, and perpetual transformation – enables us to present a variety of exhibitions, public programs, and publications, all investigating what gives New York its singular character.

Information

Location	1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Directions	6 Train to 103rd Street; walk three blocks west 2, 3 Train to 110th Street; walk one block east to Fifth Avenue, then south to 103rd Street
Hours	Tuesday - Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays
Cost	Suggested $5 with college ID
Website	http://www.mcny.org
Additional Info	Free admission on Sundays between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.

Current Exhibitions

With Love From New York City (February 5, 2010 - February 28, 2010)
The Museum is sharing Valentine's Day with visitors by way of a special exhibition, featuring some 45 valentines from the collection. Some sweet, some corny, many adorable, all heartfelt, these Valentine's Day greetings were either crafted by hand or manufactured between 1840 and 1940.

Only in New York: Photographs from LOOK Magazine (November 17, 2010 - April 10, 2010)
Exploring New York City from the mid-1940s until the early 1960s, the exhibition Only in New York: Photographs from LOOK Magazine accompanies the publication of the first-ever book devoted to the museum's extraordinary LOOK photography collection. To LOOK's editors and photographers, among them Stanley Kubrick, New York was both a newly emergent international capital of world-class museums and glamorous nightclubs as well as a hometown for millions who rode its subways and thrilled to its baseball teams. The exhibition features images from the book and historic LOOK magazines, which demonstrate how LOOK used images to tell its national readership about the city they called "the world's most exciting."

NEW YORK 400: STREETSCAPES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS (On Continuous View)
Focusing on street scenes, many of the works on display have never before been exhibited. These urban views highlight the work and taste of important people in the Museum’s history, among them the founding curator of the Museum’s Prints and Photographs Collection, Grace M. Mayer; significant early donors to the collections such as J. Clarence Davies and the Federal Art Project, Work Projects Administration; and pioneers in the field of documentary photography, including Victor Prevost, the Byron Company, Berenice Abbott, and Jessie Tarbox Beals.

Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York (On Continuous View)
Timescapes, a 25-minute multimedia experience, traces the growth of New York City from a settlement of a few hundred Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans to its present status as one of the world’s great cities. Created by Jake Barton of Local Projects and James Sanders, co-writer of the PBS series New York: A Documentary History, and narrated by actor Stanley Tucci, the film features animated maps and archival photographs, prints, and paintings from the Museum’s collections.

New York Interiors (1690-1906) (On Continuous View)
New York Interiors (1690-1906) features elements of New York domestic environments from the late 17th through the early 20th centuries. On display are objects that illuminate aspects of daily life including recreational pursuits and various domestic technologies.

Trade: A History of New York City Ports and Commerce (On Continuous View)
New York City is known for commerce, but how did it get started? Wander through the ports of New York and discover their vital role in building the city. From beaver pelts and defense systems to Wall Street stock tickers and the park at Battery Park, explore the changing face of New York City waterfront.

New York Toy Stories (On Continuous View)
Explore New York childhood through toys, games, piggy banks, cast-iron vehicles, and the Stettheimer doll house – all owned or made by New Yorkers.



For more information, please visit the Museum of the City of New York website.