This Is New York: 100 Years of the City in Art and Pop Culture
The Museum of the City of New York celebrates its centennial with a major exhibition featuring over 400 objects, a 16-screen immersive film, and more.
The Museum of the City of New York is celebrating its centennial this year with the exhibition This Is New York: 100 Years of the City in Art and Pop Culture, on view now through July 21, 2024. Explore the many ways that the city has inspired storytelling in film and television, song and poetry, literature, visual and performing arts, and fashion. The full-floor exhibition is organized around the types of urban spaces where the stories of New York are told, showcasing more than 400 objects spanning the last 100 years.
See how the city has captured the world's imagination and interact with the exhibition through digital experiences. “Songs of New York” allows visitors to explore the richness and diversity of each borough through music it has inspired, from “Take the 'A' Train” to “Jenny from the Block”. “Inside New York”, a digital bookshelf, revisits scenes from iconic TV shows and excerpts from literature that animate the unique challenges and opportunities of making a home in a city of eight million people.
A special gallery dedicated to New York on film features “You Are Here”, a 16-screen immersive film featuring clips from hundreds of movies about the city. It also includes the introductory installation “Scenes from the City”, which explores how New York has been used as a movie set over the past century.
Visit the Museum of the City of New York at 1220 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Open Thursdays, 10am–9pm; Mondays–Fridays, 10am–5pm.
To learn more, visit mcny.org.
