History Events in New York

Check out happening history events all around New York, NY

Hamilton (NY)

 Tue, 21 Jul at 07:00 pm Richard Rodgers Theatre

Hamilton (NY)

 Wed, 25 Mar at 07:00 pm Richard Rodgers Theatre

Ghana Tech Summit - 2026 Ai Edition

 Fri, 24 Apr at 12:00 pm Fordham University School of Law USD 0 to 321

Hamilton

 Thu, 21 May at 07:00 pm Richard Rodgers Theatre-NY

Black History Month: Comedy Night

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm 6 River Ter. Free

Hamilton

 Fri, 26 Jun at 07:00 pm Richard Rodgers Theatre-NY

Oh, Mary!

 Sat, 18 Apr at 08:30 pm Lyceum Theatre

Richard Barone's VILLAGE NIGHTS, Presented by Village Preservation

 Sun, 22 Mar at 07:00 pm The Bitter End

Как возникают и исчезают нации

 Fri, 13 Mar at 07:00 pm SVA Theatre

Special Screening: Hamilton

 Fri, 27 Feb at 06:30 pm Cultural Center, Lycée Français de New York Free

Sofia Coppola and Miranda Barnes in conversation with Nicole R. Fleetwood

 Wed, 25 Feb at 06:30 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

Apple: The First 50 Years

 Tue, 24 Mar at 07:00 pm The Great Hall at The Cooper Union Free

Oh, Mary!

 Sun, 19 Apr at 02:00 pm Lyceum Theatre

The World of Black Film

 Thu, 05 Mar at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

Jayne Anne Phillips + Lily King: Small Town Girls

 Tue, 21 Apr at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 35

Exclusive Access: Ellis Island's Abandoned Infectious Disease Hospital

 Sat, 16 May at 12:00 pm Ellis Island Infectious Disease Hospital USD 428

Black on Screen: Films by Haile Gerima

 Tue, 24 Feb at 05:30 pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Free

Death Becomes Her

 Tue, 24 Feb at 07:00 pm Lunt-fontanne Theatre

Apotheke Academy - PROHIBITION ERA

 Sat, 07 Mar at 02:00 pm Apotheke USD 200

I Love Comedy Tour: NYC’s Funniest Walking Tour

 Fri, 13 Mar at 05:00 pm The Grisly Pear USD 55

The Taverns of New York: A Cocktail Themed Tour of Colonial Manhattan

 Sat, 07 Mar at 02:00 pm Zuccotti Park USD 8 to 75

Women's History Month Keynote Speaker: Eva Reign

 Wed, 18 Mar at 06:00 pm SVA Theatre Free

LGBTQ Secrets of the Met Museum Tour • NYC

 Sat, 11 Apr at 02:30 pm Metropolitan Museum of Art USD 61 to 77

(In-Person) Doris Kearns Goodwin in Conversation

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:30 pm The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center USD 0 to 107

LGBTQ Secrets of the Met Museum Tour • NYC

 Sat, 11 Apr at 11:00 am Metropolitan Museum of Art USD 61 to 77

HARLEM NIGHTS: Celebrating Dandyism

 Sat, 16 May at 08:00 pm 5th&Mad USD 72

Motherhood Unscripted: A Celebration of Caregiving Through Film

 Thu, 05 Mar at 06:30 pm Cocoon Tribeca USD 13 to 45

Pizza Making Class

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm 77 Fulton St USD 80

History Tonight with Jenny Zigrino

 Wed, 25 Feb at 07:00 pm Caveat

2026 Paul Robeson Gala

 Fri, 27 Feb at 07:00 pm The Lighthouse USD 0 to 375

Julien Dore

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Town Hall Theatre - NY

Pizza Making Class

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm 77 Fulton St USD 80

Community Showcase Celebrating Black History Month

 Sat, 28 Feb at 04:00 pm The Conversation Room USD 25 to 50

Grand Central Mystery & History Scavenger Hunt

 Thu, 12 Mar at 07:00 pm Meet in front of The Oyster Bar Restaurant Dining Concourse USD 32

NY Laughs

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:30 pm 6 River Terrace Free

Museum Of Natural History Scavenger Hunt

 Sun, 29 Mar at 01:00 pm About Coffee USD 49

Ballroom Boom Closing night film & party w Adam Clayton (U2)

 Sat, 07 Mar at 07:00 pm Cinema Village USD 34

Burnout Paradise

 Tue, 17 Feb at 07:00 pm Astor Place Theatre

Trinity Talks: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

 Tue, 10 Mar at 06:00 pm St. Paul's Chapel Free

A Special Musicale: Celebrating 250 Years of the Franco-American Friendship

 Mon, 09 Mar at 07:00 pm The National Arts Club Free

TEDxCUNY 2026: PLAYBACK

 Fri, 17 Apr at 09:00 am Gerald W Lynch Theater USD 0 to 70

Banksy Museum - Flexiticket

 Tue, 04 Aug at 10:00 am Banksy Museum New York

The Enchanting Interiors of Bunny Mellon: Paintings by Snowy Campbell

 Fri, 27 Feb at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

Honoring the Past, Empowering the Present, Protecting the Future

 Fri, 27 Feb at 05:00 pm The Africa Center Free

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5

 Wed, 25 Feb at 06:00 pm The City College of New York Free

The Glory of Love: A Celebration of Lou Reed’s Coney Island Baby

 Mon, 02 Mar at 06:00 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

Absinthe: Myth, Mystery, and Misunderstanding

 Tue, 03 Mar at 06:30 pm Institute of Culinary Education USD 13 to 45

Orange is the new Black!

 Fri, 27 Feb at 05:00 pm Row House Free

Madame Architect Presents: The Davis Center at the Harlem Meer

 Tue, 03 Mar at 06:00 pm Davis Center Free

Allen Ginsberg Centennial

 Wed, 03 Jun at 08:00 pm The Poetry Project USD 10

Lecture | The Irish Literary Renaissance

 Mon, 04 May at 06:30 pm The Grolier Club Free

Houdini Speaks to the Living

 Fri, 06 Mar at 07:00 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

Pizza Making Class

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm 77 Fulton St USD 80

Pizza Making Class

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:00 pm 77 Fulton St USD 80

Paint Me a Road Out of Here - Providence House Movie Screening

 Wed, 11 Mar at 06:00 pm Anthology Film Archives Free

SAVOY 100 HARLEM! Centennial Celebration and Reunion (Day 3)

 Sat, 14 Mar at 12:00 pm NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem Free

Harry Belafonte: "Following Harry" Documentary Film Screening

 Sat, 21 Mar at 04:00 pm First Corinthian Baptist Church Free

Saturday@Harlem is…presents Savoy 100 Harlem

 Sat, 14 Mar at 12:00 pm Harlem Hospital Center, 2fl. Free

Spirituality and The City: Pilgrimage to Ancient Egypt - Met Tour

 Sun, 15 Mar at 10:00 am The Metropolitan Museum of Art USD 95

3/17 @ 6pm: David Antonio Cruz: black/backroom

 Tue, 17 Mar at 06:00 pm PES Futures Free

“Harry Potter and Human Rights”. Lecture by Dmitry Dubrovsky

 Thu, 05 Mar at 07:00 pm White Rabbit's Books USD 13

UNSETTLED IN DAKAR: Architectural Modernity in 20th Century Senegal

 Fri, 27 Mar at 09:30 am Buell Hall Free

Writing Legal Lives: Biography, Memoir and the Law

 Fri, 27 Mar at 10:00 am 365 5th Ave Free

New York at the Brink: “The Gods of New York” with Jonathan Mahler

 Tue, 10 Mar at 06:00 pm 60 Pine St Free

SALSA TOUR IN NYC 2026

 Fri, 15 May at 09:00 am Harlem-125th Street East Train Station Free

In-Person Spanish Guided Tour: Puerto Rico's Art and Ressistance

 Sat, 28 Mar at 01:00 pm New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Free

Harlem Art, Taste, and Heritage Trail: A 2-Hour Cultural Walking Tour

 Fri, 03 Apr at 02:00 pm 39 W 119th St USD 589 to 909

Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

 Sat, 04 Apr at 12:00 am Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

The Sturbridge Show

 Fri, 20 Mar at 01:00 pm The Altman Building USD 20 to 40

America at 250 – A Global Perspective

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:00 pm Maison Française Free

Gold Medals and Grit: Secrets and Lies

 Sun, 29 Mar at 03:00 pm A.A. Thomson & Co., South Street Seaport Museum, Water Street, New York, NY, USA

Pizza Making Class

 Thu, 16 Apr at 07:00 pm 77 Fulton St USD 80

The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:30 pm Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center Free

A Conversation with Smokey Stevens

 Thu, 23 Apr at 07:30 pm The Drama Book Shop Free

The Many Lives of Alexandra Danilova

 Mon, 20 Apr at 06:00 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

 Fri, 22 May at 12:00 am Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

Guided Tour

 Fri, 30 Jan at 02:00 pm Dyckman Farmhouse Museum USD 0 to 7

Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

 Mon, 22 Jun at 12:00 am Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

 Wed, 24 Jun at 12:00 am Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

She Shaped the Seaport: Secrets and Lies

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm A.A. Thomson & Co., South Street Seaport Museum

Who Built America?

 Thu, 05 Mar at 06:00 pm National Academy of Design Free

Book Launch: Older Jews and the Holocaust

 Thu, 19 Mar at 05:00 pm Center for Jewish History Free

Thee Most Irish Drink: An Evening with Maura Clare of Smuggling Nun

 Tue, 17 Mar at 08:00 pm The National Arts Club Free

Sailors’ Snug Harbor Historical Tour

 Sun, 03 May at 01:00 pm Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden

Ballroom: A History, A Movement, A Celebration

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:30 pm 20 Cooper Sq Free

Maxim Matusevich. Book Presentation: Six Trains of No Return

 Wed, 11 Mar at 07:00 pm White Rabbit's Books USD 13

Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

 Thu, 07 May at 12:00 am Radio City Music Hall Tour Experience

Black Voices

 Sat, 28 Feb at 04:00 pm Christ Church New Brighton

Human Rights Series: The “New” Antisemites

 Tue, 14 Apr at 06:00 pm La Maison Française NYU Free

Mystery and Wonder Exhibition Gallery Tour

 Sat, 14 Mar at 11:00 am The Vincent Astor Gallery, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Free

(IN-PERSON) Dr. Sarah Abrevaya Stein: Family Papers

 Tue, 17 Mar at 07:00 pm The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center Free

Harlem Genealogy Fair 2026

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:30 am 360 Lenox Ave Free

Outsider: Freud

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm 15 W 16th St, New York, NY, United States, New York 10011

Matisse in the Americas: Recent Developments in Matisse Studies

 Thu, 02 Apr at 06:00 pm Maison Française Free

This Land Sprouts Resistors: Land Day 2026 | Organized by Kaleem Hawa

 Fri, 20 Mar at 08:00 pm The Poetry Project USD 10

Visiting Governors Island

 Sun, 15 Mar at 11:00 am Governors Island Ferry Free

Merikey Socials Presents HERstory In Motion

 Sat, 07 Mar at 12:00 pm 630 9th Ave USD 82

The Woman from Hamburg

 Thu, 05 Mar at 07:00 pm 15 W 16th St, New York, NY, United States, New York 10011

Silly Soundies Secret Speakeasy Sun Mar 1st 8pm

 Sun, 01 Mar at 08:00 pm The Museum of Interesting Things - the loft in soho USD 18

Gold Medals and Grit: Secrets and Lies

 Sun, 29 Mar at 03:00 pm 213 Water St Free