Exhibitions

Current Exhibitions

Stirring the Melting Pot: Photographs from The New York Historical Collections

November 28, 2025 - March 29, 2026

View the immigrant experience in New York through the faces and places photographers have captured over time.

The Recordings: Voices from the Shoah Tapes

November 28, 2025 - March 29, 2026

A powerful new audio installation presents for the first time selections from the audio archive of Shoah, the landmark documentary by French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann.

Declaring the Revolution: America’s Printed Path to Independence

November 14, 2025 - April 12, 2026

Experience the greatness of the American Revolution through rare, historical printings from the David M. Rubenstein Americana Collection

The Gay Harlem Renaissance

October 10, 2025 - March 8, 2026

A thrilling exhibition invites visitors to immerse themselves in the richness of Black LGBTQ+ life in the 1920s and 1930s.

Stirring the Melting Pot: Photographs from The New York Historical Collections

November 28, 2025 - March 29, 2026

View the immigrant experience in New York through the faces and places photographers have captured over time.

Stirring the Melting Pot: Photographs from The New York Historical Collections

November 28, 2025 - March 29, 2026

View the immigrant experience in New York through the faces and places photographers have captured over time.

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Upcoming Exhibitions

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Old Masters, New Amsterdam

May 1, 2026 - August 30, 2026

This first-of-its-kind exhibition uses the paintings of Rembrandt and his contemporaries to help us envision life in the little Dutch settlement that would become New York.

Democracy Matters

June 19, 2026 - January 10, 2027

Why does democracy matter? What does it look like in action? Art from The New York Historical collections explores the original promise of and continuing progress toward American Revolutionary ideals of liberty and equality.

You Should Be Dancing: New York, 1976

October 2, 2026 - March 7, 2027

In 1976, New York City was in crisis. Its youth rescued and reinvigorated it. You Should Be Dancing transports the visitor to a year of contradictions for New York City.

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Old Masters, New Amsterdam

May 1, 2026 - August 30, 2026

This first-of-its-kind exhibition uses the paintings of Rembrandt and his contemporaries to help us envision life in the little Dutch settlement that would become New York.

Old Masters, New Amsterdam

May 1, 2026 - August 30, 2026

This first-of-its-kind exhibition uses the paintings of Rembrandt and his contemporaries to help us envision life in the little Dutch settlement that would become New York.

Learn More

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