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Through a Different Lens
Stanley Kubrick PhotographsKing in New York
Discover this civil rights leader’s connection to the city.Beyond Suffrage
A Century of New York Women in PoliticsArt in the Open
Fifty Years of Public Art in New YorkNew York Silver
Then and NowNew York at Its Core
What made New York New York? Follow the story of the city’s rise from a striving Dutch village to today’s “Capital of the World,” and consider its future in our changing world.Activist New York
Passions and causes of an in-your-face kind of town.Timescapes
Watch the history of New York City unfold in this 28-minute film.Stettheimer Dollhouse
A visitor favorite from the Museum's collection.Starlight
This brilliant light installation suspended above the Rotunda is one of the Museum’s most photographed features.Elegance in the Sky
The Architecture of Rosario Candela
Rebel Women
Defying Victorianism
Germ City
Microbes and the Metropolis
Chinatown Stories
Photographs by Chien-Chi Chang and Thomas Holton
A City for Corduroy
Don Freeman's New York
Reginald Marsh
Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) is well-known as an American realist painter and printmaker who was based in New York City.
Worth & Mainbocher
Explore the fashion legacy of Worth & Mainbocher.
America's Mayor
Learn about the controversial tenure (1966–1973) and dramatic times of New York's 103rd mayor, John V. Lindsay.
The Greatest Grid
Explore the history of Manhattan’s famous grid of numbered streets and avenues—the largest feat of urban planning in the city's history.
Activist New York Online
Connect with issues of activism in the city today, discover a wealth of educational resources and more.
Through a Different Lens
Stanley Kubrick Photographs
A City Seen
Todd Webb's Postwar New York, 1945-1960
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