So many social, cultural, artistic and culinary innovations started in NYC, we hardly know where to start. But we tried.
Winner of the 2016 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for drama, this hip-hop musical about founding father Alexander Hamilton chronicles his complicated life.
Approximately 32,000 cyclists pedal their way through all five boroughs on a traffic-free, 40-mile course.
Enjoy free classical music concerts across all five boroughs.
The world-famous display of Independence Day fireworks takes place over the Hudson River.
Get access to hundreds of venues not ordinarily open to the public.
Watch (or try to find a way to participate in) the largest marathon in the world.
The world’s most famous parade kicks off the holiday season.
Celebrity hosts ring in the new year with live music performances and thousands of revelers.
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Download free walking tours of NYC history, including "This Hallowed Ground: Slavery in New York" and "The New York Freedom Trail."
This 19th-century landmark with stunning architecture serves as a vibrant arts and education center, with exhibitions and tours of the restored synagogue.
The city's oldest museum explores NYC's fascinating past.
El Museo del Barrio on Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile is the nation’s leading Latinx and Latin American cultural institution.
Watch history come alive at this living history village.
Jazz legend Louis Armstrong's former Queens home now serves as a tribute to his life and legacy.
LGBTQ+-owned and -operated walking tour company inspired by the deep history and invigorating stories of the LGBTQ+ community in NYC and across the globe.
New York Historical Tours provides first class private guided experiences throughout New York City.
The center preserves the history of the free African American communities of Weeksville, Brooklyn.
This historic attraction was the site of a significant conference during the Revolutionary War.
The Tenement Museum is a portrait of immigrant life in 19th- and early 20th-century New York City.
Though few associate NYC with America's federal government, Wall Street is where it all began.
This landmarked farmhouse, built in 1785, is a museum celebrating the history of Queens.
This monument honors the free and enslaved Africans who were buried in Lower Manhattan.
This expansive museum uses oral histories, video, photographs and written documents to bring to life the experiences of this vibrant immigrant community.
The American Family Immigration History Center at Ellis Island allows you to explore your family's arrival in America.
The Museum of the City of New York captures the spell the City casts to a T.
Founded in 1863 as the Brooklyn Historical Society, the center preserves the borough's 400-year history.
Part of the Smithsonian, the NMAI displays exhibitions on Native cultures of the western hemisphere.
This National Historic Landmark is a cultural and educational institution that houses a museum and lush gardens.