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The Stettheimer Dollhouse in a New Light
The Stettheimer Dollhouse, a beloved highlight of the Museum of the City of New York’s collection, will return to MCNY’s galleries following an extensive conservation project. With a refreshed ...
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(SOLD OUT) An Evening with Dr. Ned Blackhawk
Please note - This event is now sold out and there is no wait list. Join us on November 20th as Dr. Ned Blackhawk presents the Robert A. and Elizabeth R. Jeffe Distinguished Lecture in Urban History, ...
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Shirley Chisholm in Her Own Words
Left: Dr. Zinga A. Fraser, Right: Dr. Farah J. Griffin ...
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Woman Suffrage
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, ...
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Election Day Educator Event: Shirley Chisholm and Civics: From NYC to the Nation’s Capital
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 ...
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From Chisholm's Trail to Harris's Run: The Evolution of Black Women in U.S. Presidential Politics
Left to Right: Dr. Jelani Cobb, Dr. Keisha Blain, Dr. Zinga Fraser, and Sandra Bookman In 1972, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm became the first woman to run on a major party ticket and first woman of ...
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MCNY Halloween Bash: Best of Broadway
Don’t miss our most spectacular Halloween event of the season—our annual MCNY Halloween Bash is back! Step into the spotlight and dress up as your favorite Broadway character for a night of theatrical ...
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Changing the Face of Democracy
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 ...
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Above Ground: Art from the Martin Wong Graffiti Collection
New York’s age of graffiti began on the city streets in the early 1970s. This new movement, often consciously artistic despite its unsanctioned origins, came of age over the next 20 years. Above ...
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Sara Kierstede
Sara Roeloffs was born in Amsterdam in 1627 to Scandinavian immigrant parents. Over her very long life, she would marry three times, and is known today mostly by the last name she used during her ...
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South Bronx
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 ...