Gingerbread NYC: The Great Borough Bake-Off

Through October 12, 2026 Museum of the City of New York Another Wonderland

Celebrates the rescue and restoration of a major New Deal–era mural cycle created for the children’s ward at Gouverneur Hospital, featuring Lewis Carroll’s beloved characters exploring 1930s New York City.

Ongoing Museum of the City of New York He Built This City

Explore Joe Macken’s monumental model and discover the extraordinary vision behind one of the most ambitious handmade representations of New York City ever created.

Ongoing Museum of the City of New York The Occupied City

This immersive exhibition transforms the Museum's third floor into a vivid journey through Revolutionary-era New York.

Ongoing Museum of the City of New York New York at Its Core

What made New York New York? Follow the story of the city’s rise and consider its future in our changing world.

Ongoing Museum of the City of New York Timescapes

Watch the history of New York City unfold in this 28-minute film.

Ongoing Museum of the City of New York Starlight

This brilliant light installation suspended above the Rotunda is one of the Museum’s most photographed features.