Sketching New York Lives
Learn about notable New Yorkers through their portraits , explore the art of silhouette portraits, and make a silhouette portrait of yourself!
Teddy Bears for Teddy Roosevelt
Celebrate President’s Day by making your own teddy bear and learn about President Roosevelt’s impact on NYC as Police Commissioner.
A is for Activist: New York City Tots
A special program for children ages 2-4 years old. Explore objects, stories, and songs in the exhibition ‘Activist New York’, design your own flower pot, and plant a seed to take home.
SciCafe: Amazing Anemones
Join Estefanía Rodríguez, associate curator in the Museum’s Division of Invertebrate Zoology, for an exciting underwater journey to meet sea anemones.
MulchFest
Bring your holiday tree to a designated city park to be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city!
Climate Countdown – Film Screening & Panel Discussion
Join us for the first screening event of the Climate Countdown webseries at Columbia University. The event will showcase episodes from the series, as well as two seperate expert panel discussions on the webseries and climate media at large.
Greening the Global Economy: Robert Pollin
Robert Pollin gives a lecture about his book, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Katrina vanden Heuvel (editor, and publisher of The Nation). The event will be followed by a reception. Copies of Greening the Global Economy will also be on sale at the event.
People’s Climate Movement Pop-Up
The organizers of the People’s Climate March (now the People’s Climate Movement) are calling for a National Day of Action this October 14 to demand bold action on climate change.
Our People’s Climate Movement Pop-Up at the Flatiron Plaza will be a central location where people can show their support for climate action in 60 seconds or less.
Night Sky: The Moon and Taurid Meteor Shower
Our Urban Park Rangers will be your guides to the solar system, discussing the science, history, and folklore of the universe. The Taurid Meteor Shower produces 5-10 meteors per hour. In between, we will use telescopes to explore the night sky.
Fall Field Day
NYC Parks presents the first-ever Fall Field Day, at Highbridge Park in Manhattan. Kids, teens, and their families are invited to relive classic and nostalgic field day activities as they are re-introduced to a new generation. With an array of activities fit for all ages and abilities, Fall Field Day will have something for everyone to enjoy!
Revelry by the River Oktoberfest
Join us for a night celebrating Solar One programs and the Renewables Industry in New York City & Across the Atlantic.
Judith Gura & Kate Wood Book Talk, Interior Landmarks: Treasures of New York
Authors Judith Gura and Kate Wood focus on 47 colorful examples of the city’s current 117 interior landmarks. From the infamous Tweed Courthouse, centerpiece of the largest corruption case in New York history, to the glamorous Art Deco Rainbow Room, to the modernist Ford Foundation Building, whose garden-filled atrium prefigures green design, Gura and Wood examine the original construction and style, exceptional design features, materials, and architectural details, as well as the challenges to preserving these landmark interiors.
Redefining Greenways in New York City
As catalysts for alternative transportation, connections between communities and parks, and stormwater management strategies, greenways build upon a legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted’s “parkways” that linked citizens to urban green spaces in a pre-automotive era. Now, as bicycle commuting becomes increasingly viable, greenways support linkages across the urban environment. Furthermore, they often offer ecological resiliency through plantings and new habitats. Designs recall, or even incorporate New York City’s long history of industry, infrastructure and planning. But what makes a path a Greenway?
Thunder and Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future
Lauren Redniss, author of Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, debuts her new title. Developed while she was an artist in residence at the Museum, Thunder & Lightning: Weather, Past, Present, Future brings Redniss’s unique style to a journey to the driest desert on Earth, to an island in the Arctic, and beyond. She considers the danger and beauty of weather, how it informs our history, and the forces that drive these meteorological events.
Questions for a Resilient Future: What Connects Culture and Conscience
The Center for Humans and Nature, in partnership with the Museum’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation and the public radio program On Being, considers how the tapestry of humanity is woven. What does it mean to be human? Explore the interactions of culture and morality and meet other curious thinkers at the annual gathering, Questions for a Resilient Future.
Open House New York Weekend
For two days each October, the Annual Open House New York Weekend unlocks the doors of New York’s most important buildings, offering an extraordinary opportunity to experience the city and meet the people who design, build, and preserve New York.
My Dog Loves Central Park Fair
Come, sit, stay, and celebrate Central Park and its dog community! Tails will be wagging as Central Park Conservancy and its program for dog lovers, Central Park Paws, host you and your canine for an afternoon of contests, training tips, games, and more.
The future of fashion walks the new High Bridge
A glimpse of the High Bridge suggests it was fated to become a fashion runway one day.