Museums Council NYC

Founded in 1939, the Museums Council of New York City is a networking association for the staff of 115 cultural institutions across five boroughs.

[NY Public Library @nypl]

Tomorrow marks the start of Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 Celebrate with NYPL.

The Library is celebrating Pride Month throughout June. Discover book recommendations, join us for free online events, explore illuminating resources, and much more—for all ages.

Learn more: https://t.co/28gQmBWxEA

[Neue Galerie New York @NeueGalerieNY]

Neue Galerie New York is closed for Summer 2026. To ensure the ongoing vitality of our institution, we are undertaking enhancements to our historic building to promote sustainability and improve the visitor experience on every level.

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[Snug Harbor @SnugHarborCCBG]

Celebrate young creativity at the Borough Arts Festival on May 29-31, as student artists from Pre-K through 12 showcase nearly 200 inspiring 2D and 3D artworks. Discover a vibrant exhibition celebrating the talent of NYC public schools. Buy Tickets: https://t.co/rGdSLKdK6R

[Museum of the Moving Image @MovingImageNYC]

In honor of Memorial Day 2026, we're teaming up with @FocusFeatures for 3 FREE screenings of WWII classics:

DARKEST HOUR
DUNKIRK
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (Free for military + veterans)

Plus a preview of @pressurethefilm w/ director Anthony Maras in person!

https://t.co/iLggP6wg6F

[Seaport Museum @SeaportMuseum]

Its #NationalEndangeredSpeciesDay! #Dolphins are some of the ocean smartest (and most playful) swimmers but they still need our help. This #painting from our collection shows a few catching a wave under Wavertree’s bow. Let’s keep our oceans a place where #MarineLife can thrive!

[Intrepid Museum @IntrepidMuseum]

Calling science lovers of all ages!

Visit us at @HudsonRiverPark's free SUBMERGE Marine Science Festival on Saturday, May 16.

We’re excited to be a part of this special annual event that welcomes everyone to explore NYC’s coastal waters, meet wildlife critters up close, dive into local research and more!

Our team will explore how submarines work, and participants will have the chance to build their own submersible vessel!

📍: #HRPK’s Pier 84 at W 44 St.
📅: Saturday, May 16
⏰: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

[NY Public Library @nypl]

Patience and Fortitude were unveiled in May, 1911, just a few days before the Library was dedicated.

Discover how the lions came to be, got their names, and have served as the guardians and symbols of the Library and the city for over a century.

Learn more: https://t.co/8psuiYwM8o

[Museum of the Moving Image @MovingImageNYC]

Cinema and the X-ray were developed concurrently, debuting publicly within days of one another.

Overexposed: Art, Technology, and the Body, traces their illuminating intersections, and more, with works from 1891 to 2025.

Learn more & visit: https://t.co/PNARtsTXjM

[Guggenheim New York @Guggenheim]

Now Open → A Year with Children 2026 🎨

This exhibition features works created by students in grades two through six who participate in Learning Through Art (LTA), the Guggenheim New York’s artist-in-residence program in New York City public schools. LTA partners teaching artists with classroom educators in each of the city’s five boroughs to design projects that connect art and ideas to their classroom studies.

"A Year with Children 2026" is organized by Chitra Ramalingam, Director, Academic Engagement, and Michelle Wohlgemuth Cooper, Senior Manager, School Programs.

"Learning Through Art" and "A Year with Children 2026" are generously supported by Lavazza Group and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Photos: Ariel Williams

[Center for Brooklyn History @brooklynhistory]

The Welcome Center has a wall that has undergone a big revamp! It's now home to 20 paintings, photographs and artifacts hung “salon-style.” Some of them are new to the collection, while others have been here since the 1890s: https://t.co/BMtgz2M9XM
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Photo: Gregg Richards

[MoMA PS1 @MoMAPS1]

Greater New York opens today—and for the first time, admission is free for all!

53 NYC-based artists and collectives take over the entire MoMA PS1 building to show us the city through their eyes, in real time. The result is a sprawling exhibition charged with urgency, featuring a troupe of aluminum cats and rats, surveillance feeds, Katy Perry dressed as a hamburger, e-bikes, and the relentless determination to persist and create through it all.

Stop by opening week and throughout the run for an intimate look into the show:
🗽 April 18 | 50th Anniversary Block Party: curator-led gallery talks, family activities, local food vendors, music. Walk-ups welcome; arrive early.
🗽 May 2, May 30, June 27 | GNY Performances: live premieres across three Saturdays.
🗽 June 6, 14, 21 | GNY Artist Talks: go deeper into artists’ practices.

In celebration of our 50th anniversary, the exhibition is organized by the full MoMA PS1 curatorial team: Jody Graf, Elena Ketelsen González, Kari Rittenbach, Sheldon Gooch, and Andrea Sánchez, led by Connie Butler and Ruba Katrib.

[1-4]: 📸 : @krisgraves. Cevallos Brothers, "Greater New York," 2026. Acrylic paint on wall. Courtesy the artists; fields harrington, "Unfree Freetime (Bike Rental)," 2026. E-bike and bike rack. Courtesy of the artist; Piero Penizzotto, "The Council of las Tías (Mary, Milagros, Cynthia, Nereyda)," 2026. Papier-mâché, foam, metal, and acrylic. Courtesy the artist; Installation views of "Greater New York," 2026, on view April 16-August 19.

[The Metropolitan Museum of Art @metmuseum]

Join us for a series of lectures exploring the evolution of history painting!

"Past Made Present: History Painting from Raphael to Leutze" explores the many facets of history painting, from Raphael’s celebration of the classical world in "The School of Athens" to The Met’s iconic image of "Washington Crossing the Delaware."

🗓️ Sunday, April 26
🕰️ 2 p.m.
🎟️ Get tickets → https://t.co/INml8fd1hk
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Emanuel Leutze (American, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1816–1868 Washington, D.C.), "Washington Crossing the Delaware," 1851. Oil on canvas.

[Center for Brooklyn History @brooklynhistory]

Have you explored our maps portal? We have over 1,500 maps depicting the five boroughs from the seventeenth century to the present: https://t.co/jdtMuxWhZc
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Map of the election districts of the Town of Gravesend, Kings County, N.Y., polling places, Town Hall; [circa 1850?]

[NYC Cultural Affairs @NYCulture]

NYC cultural nonprofits: the World Cup is coming! How will your organization “pitch” in? ⚽Kick off your World Cup planning with a virtual information session for cultural organizations and community-based arts groups on Friday, April 10 at 1:00 PM.

RSVP: https://t.co/zQta2UzTxM

[MoMA PS1 @MoMAPS1]

Part of the fun of visiting MoMA PS1? The discoveries you didn’t expect.

Originally created in 1997 for the exhibition series "Vertical Painting," which spanned our stairwells, Alexis Rockman's "Untitled" is one of the many marks artists have left on our building over the years. Along one of the staircases, a small, magical rat appears clutching a child’s abandoned shoe, a detail that rewards a second look.

As we celebrate 50 years of PS1, Artist Interventions continue to offer glimpses into our evolution, forming the building's "second skin" that has come to define the museum.

🐀 See if you can spot it on your next visit. Admission is free for all!

📷 : by visitor Steve

[Seaport Museum @SeaportMuseum]

⚕️⚓️ Happy National #DoctorsDay! Today we’re revisiting the less-than-pleasant realities of historic #MaritimeMedicine. Learn about this piece of maritime #MedicalHistory on our Facebook and Instagram or come see it in our Maritime City exhibition! https://t.co/HNTmNiHYoB

[Snug Harbor @SnugHarborCCBG]

Fresh herbs are just a windowsill away. On April 2, learn how to grow basil, parsley, and sage at home and discover easy ways to help your plants grow strong and healthy. Buy Tickets Here: https://t.co/h6fh4fzFqv

[Asia Week New York @AsiaWeekNY]

🌼 Explore global stories of art with two special lectures at @frickcollection during AWNY this Friday, Mar 20 & next Monday, Mar 23!

Register now for these enlightening talks!

➡️ https://t.co/8FLeJLdE0z

🏛️ The Frick Collection
📍 1 East 70th St, NYC

#chineseporcelain

[NYC Cultural Affairs @NYCulture]

Cultural orgs: the 2026 Arts & Arts Education Job Fair is happening next month, and the deadline to request a table is coming up on March 27!

This is a great way to connect with people seeking rewarding careers in the arts. Request your table here: 

https://t.co/Z6REw34BVb

[NY Public Library @nypl]

Happy #PiDay! 🥧

Although the day 3/14 refers to the number pi (3.14159265358979...), it's also a time to celebrate pie in edible form.

Food was a major component of the 1939–1940 New York World's Fair, and pie was well represented. Photos from the records of the Fair held at NYPL show fair mascot Elmer preparing pie, the "Pie of Tomorrow" contest winner, a kids' pie-eating contest, and a gigantic pie made for the National Cherry Festival.

Explore the full records of the Fair in our Manuscripts and Archives Division: https://t.co/KMXz3oN2cW