• Black Suburbia: From Levittown to Ferguson

    October 1, 2015–January 2, 2016
    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

    Black Suburbia: From Levittown to Ferguson travels through Hempstead, New York; Shaker Heights, Ohio; Compton and Baldwin…

  • Broadway Revealed: Photographs by Stephen Joseph Behind the Theater Curtain

    November 8, 2014–December 13, 2015
    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
    What happens behind the scenes of a Broadway production? Broadway Revealed answers these questions and shines the limelight on the men and…

  • Celebrating 90 Years of the Schomburg

    September 29–September 30, 2015
    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

    Located in the heart of Harlem, the Schomburg’s beginnings reach back 90 years to the Harlem Renaissance, when African-American and…

  • Sinatra: An American Icon

    March 4–September 4, 2015
    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
    Sinatra: An American Icon showcases 100 years of Sinatra legacy and was curated by the GRAMMY Museum® at L.A. LIVE, in collaboration with…

  • Remembering Trailblazing Scholar Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan (1918-2015)

    May 14–August 31, 2015
    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
    Encased in our Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division is a display on the late Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan. The Afrocentric…

  • The Genius of Geoffrey Holder

    July 23–August 29, 2015
    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
    This multi-media exhibition will cover Geoffrey Holder's performing career, his Tony-award winning work as director and costume designer…

  • Curators' Choice: Black Life Matters

    February 5–August 15, 2015
    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
    Curators’ Choice: Black Life Matters launches the Schomburg Center’s 90th anniversary year with an eclectic array of rarely seen collection…

  • Over Here: WWI and the Fight for the American Mind

    July 28, 2014–August 15, 2015
    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    Drawing from collections across The New York Public Library, Over Here: WWI and the Fight for the American Mind explores how public…

  • Celebrating Marriage Equality

    June 26–July 14, 2015
    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

    The New York Public Library recognizes the Supreme Court's June 26, 2015 ruling on the constitutionality of marriage equality with…

  • Sparking the Revolution

    June 26–July 13, 2015
    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    The New York Public Library commemorates the 250th of the Stamp Act and honors the Fourth of July season with a display that charts the…