History Events in New York

Check out happening history events all around New York, NY

50th Anniversary of the Concert of the Century

 Tue, 05 May at 07:00 pm 57th Street and Seventh Ave, New York, NY, United States, New York 10019

Ghana Tech Summit - 2026 Ai Edition

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

Richard Barone's VILLAGE NIGHTS, Presented by Village Preservation

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

A Foggy Tale - NYC Screening (3/21 1230PM)

 Sat, 21 Mar at 12:30 pm Scandinavia House

INTREPID: Battle of the Big Bands (May 23, 2026)

 Sat, 23 May at 07:00 pm Intrepid Museum USD 53 to 116

Apple: The First 50 Years

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

Special Lecture & Book Signing by Lung Ying-tai | 龙应台专题演讲暨签售会

 Mon, 30 Mar at 06:30 pm SVA Theatre USD 39

Jayne Anne Phillips + Lily King: Small Town Girls

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

Harlem Gospel Experience & History Tour

 Sun, 05 Apr at 09:45 am Apollo Theater USD 75

The Royal Bloom

 Sat, 09 May at 05:00 pm Museum of the City of New York USD 23

Exclusive Access: Ellis Island's Abandoned Infectious Disease Hospital

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

Death Becomes Her

 Mon, 16 Mar at 07:00 pm Lunt-fontanne Theatre

Black on Screen: The Legacy of Audre Lorde

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:30 pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Free

Phil Penman: Street Scenes Exhibition - Vernissage

 Thu, 02 Apr at 06:00 pm Leica Store and Gallery New York Free

Women's History Month Keynote Speaker: Eva Reign

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

New York on Film: Drop Dead City

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Lower Manhattan USD 5

Queen of Magic, An Homage to Madame Adelaide Herrmann

 Fri, 17 Apr at 07:00 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol Glen Matlock + Q&A – NYC Premiere | Doc’n Roll

 Thu, 30 Apr at 08:00 pm Cinema Village USD 21

Exclusive Access: Ellis Island's Abandoned Infectious Disease Hospital

 Sat, 16 May at 12:00 pm Ellis Is, New York, NY 10004, United States

(In-Person) Doris Kearns Goodwin in Conversation

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

Secrets Grand Central Tour & Social

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:30 pm Pershing Square USD 28

HARLEM NIGHTS: Celebrating Dandyism

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

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

Julien Dore

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

LGBTQ Secrets of the Met Museum Tour • NYC

 Sat, 11 Apr Metropolitan Museum of Art USD 61 to 77

Apotheke Academy - PROHIBITION ERA

 Sat, 07 Mar Apotheke USD 200

Phil Penman: In Conversation + Book Signing

 Tue, 07 Apr at 06:30 pm Leica Store and Gallery New York Free

F.W. Murnau's Faust with Live Accompaniment

 Wed, 25 Mar at 09:30 pm Nitehawk Cinema - Williamsburg

Lecture | The Irish Literary Renaissance

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

InsightALT: “Tevye’s Daughters”

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

Museum Of Natural History Scavenger Hunt

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

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

Downtown Discovery Walk: Women's History Month Edition

 Sat, 21 Mar at 04:00 pm Roxy Hotel 2 Sixth Ave

Century of Black Theater Making: Living Legacy Gwendolen Hardwick

Thu, 19 Mar at 07:30 pm The Apollo's Victoria Theater 1

Women's History Month Tasting Event at Essex Market

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:30 pm Essex Market USD 13

TEDxCUNY 2026: PLAYBACK

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

SALSA TOUR IN NYC 2026

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

Tales of Vice: Exploring the Lower East Side's Former Red-Light District Walking Tour

 Sun, 22 Mar at 11:00 am Lower East Side

UNSETTLED IN DAKAR: Architectural Modernity in 20th Century Senegal

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

Making Manhattan: NYC's Women-owned Businesses

 Fri, 27 Mar at 04:00 pm Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College Free

Burnout Paradise

 Tue, 17 Feb Astor Place Theatre

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

Allen Ginsberg Centennial

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

Pizza Making Class

 Thu, 26 Feb 77 Fulton St USD 80

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

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

Lectures on Tap - "Awakened Consciousness: Early Paleolithic Art Explored"

 Wed, 18 Mar at 06:30 pm Upper West Side USD 55

Re-mapping the world: Ukraine - from periphery to center in world politics

 Tue, 17 Mar at 06:30 pm Goethe-Institut New York Free

After5Society - Censored Screens: Cinema Under Totalitarian Rule

 Mon, 16 Mar at 06:30 pm NoMad (address found in email confirmation) USD 30

MadaMind 2026: Women's History Month Conference + Celebration

 Sat, 21 Mar at 11:00 am 7 Lispenard St USD 79 to 275

The Bible and History Tour at the MET: Where History Comes Alive

 Sat, 21 Mar at 10:30 am The Metropolitan Museum of Art Free

A History of Queens Through Plants

 Sat, 04 Apr at 11:00 am Queens Botanical Garden USD 0 to 6

Is Preservation Hindering Housing Creation in New York?

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:00 pm The Morgan Library & Museum Free

NYU Wagner and the NYU Women's Leadership Forum present NYC Firsts

 Wed, 25 Mar at 09:00 am Main Event Space, 105 East 17th Street, Free

Writing Legal Lives: Biography, Memoir and the Law

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

ГОРОД, ОСТАВШИЙСЯ НА ХОЛСТЕ. Лекция Николая Малинина

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm White Rabbit's Books USD 34

What’s Happening? Film Series: A More Perfect Union

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:30 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

Film Screening - The Eyes of the Rainbow: Assata Shakur in Cuba

 Sat, 28 Mar at 08:30 pm Teachers College Columbia University USD 18

Lectures on Tap-"A Brief History of Feminism"

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:30 pm Lower East Side USD 41

Central Park "Cherry Blossom" Spring Fitness Walk

 Sat, 28 Mar at 01:00 pm Tavern On the Green USD 19

Screening of Four Daughters (Les Filles d'Olfa)

 Thu, 09 Apr at 06:30 pm Maison Française Free

Harry Belafonte: "Following Harry" Documentary Film Screening

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

NYC Free Tour por Times Square, Broadway, Grand Central y la NY Biblioteca

 Sat, 28 Feb at 03:00 pm Bryant Park Public Restroom Free

Change My Mind [NYC Premiere + Q&A]

 Sat, 11 Apr at 07:00 pm Bohemian National Hall 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

The Sturbridge Show

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

LGBTQ in Real Estate Networking + Architect's Tour of SNMVC - NYC

 Thu, 02 Apr at 06:00 pm Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center USD 0 to 23

America at 250 – A Global Perspective

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

Walking & Reading The Pickled City, w/ Paul van Ravestein & Monique Mulder

 Sat, 11 Apr at 02:00 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 10 to 40

Washington DC and Monuments Day Tour from New York

 Sat, 18 Apr at 07:45 am 790 7th Ave USD 119

Walk&Talk - Spanish nights

 Sun, 12 Apr at 01:30 pm Castle Clinton National Monument Free

A Conversation with Smokey Stevens

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

The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II

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

May Day and the Commons

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:30 pm The Great Hall at The Cooper Union 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

30th Annual American Art Conference: Boundless Horizons

 Wed, 13 May at 05:30 pm Heritage Auctions USD 109 to 375

Trees of Snug Harbor Walk

 Sun, 05 Apr at 11:00 am Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden

FILM SCREENING: Seeds For Liberation

 Thu, 21 May at 06:30 pm The People's Forum USD 13 to 45

Dead Ladies Show NYC #39

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm The Red Room at KGB USD 13

Harlem Genealogy Fair 2026

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

Guided Tour

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

Heritage Farm and Compost tour

 Sat, 25 Apr at 11:00 am Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden

Book Launch: Older Jews and the Holocaust

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

Battle of Long Island 250th Anniversary: Brooklyn

 Sat, 22 Aug at 08:00 am Oculus World Trade Center Free

Ballroom: A History, A Movement, A Celebration

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

Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour

 Sat, 28 Mar at 01:00 pm Green-Wood Cemetery

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

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

Women's History Month " I See You Queen"

 Sat, 28 Mar at 12:00 pm 281 W 114th St USD 34

Human Rights Series: The “New” Antisemites

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

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

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

Matisse in the Americas: Recent Developments in Matisse Studies

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

Searching for San Juan Hill Walking Tour IN-PERSON PROGRAM

 Wed, 18 Mar at 02:30 pm Josie Robertson Plaza Free

Gold Medals and Grit: Secrets and Lies

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

House & Studio Tour

 Wed, 01 Apr at 03:00 pm The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation USD 0 to 25

Free Screening "Hidden Figures"

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church Free

Seventh Regiment 25th Anniversary Reunion

 Fri, 11 Sep at 06:00 pm Park Avenue Armory USD 50 to 1,069

Trivia Tuesday with NYC Trivia League at Time Out Market Union Square

 Tue, 10 Mar at 08:00 pm Time Out Market Union Square Free

Sailors’ Snug Harbor Historical Tour

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

Universal Child Care: The Fight Then and Now

 Tue, 24 Mar at 07:00 pm The People's Forum USD 0 to 5

Harlem Theaters: From Hammerstein's Harlem Opera House to the Apollo Theate

 Thu, 09 Apr at 11:00 am Harlem, New York USD 29

The 29th Annual "Gandhi-King Season For Nonviolence" Educational Event!

 Fri, 27 Mar at 09:00 am New York Society for Ethical Culture Free