History Events in New York

Check out happening history events all around New York, NY

ATLANTIC VIBES TOURS

 Fri, 28 Nov at 08:00 pm 240 E 123rd St USD 100

ESRA 100th Anniversary Gala

 Fri, 14 Nov at 07:00 pm Alhambra Ballroom USD 194 to 1,923

Loving II by Hugh Nini & Neal Treadwell

 Thu, 11 Dec at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

Writing Prague: A Conversation with Cynthia Paces [talk]

 Wed, 10 Dec at 07:00 pm Bohemian National Hall Free

Screening of Souleymane’s Story (L’Histoire de Souleymane)

 Thu, 20 Nov at 06:30 pm Maison Française Free

Freewheelin’ Greenwich: A Bob Dylan Tour of Music, Food & Hidden History

 Sat, 22 Nov at 01:00 pm The Bitter End USD 54

Marcia Resnick Memorial

 Wed, 19 Nov at 06:00 pm The Cooper Union

Vintage Film Secret Speakeasy Sunday Dec 7th, 8pm

 Sun, 07 Dec at 08:00 pm The Museum of Interesting Things Secret Speakeasy USD 18

NY Tours For New Yorker’s: Grand Central Secrets & History Tour/Social

 Thu, 13 Nov at 06:30 pm Meet At Pershing Square USD 27

Steve Israel presents The Einstein Conspiracy, with Bradley Tusk

 Mon, 08 Dec at 06:15 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 7 to 27

New Earth Science Regents Labs: The Sky's the Limit

 Sun, 07 Dec at 09:00 am The City College of New York USD 77 to 109

Pickling History & Tasting Event at Essex Market!

 Wed, 19 Nov at 06:30 pm Essex Market USD 10

Rizzoli Holiday Book Fair 2025

 Wed, 03 Dec at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

NYC's Secrets & Lies: Holiday Maritime Stories

 Wed, 10 Dec at 06:30 pm South Street Seaport Museum

Dead Ladies Show NYC #37

 Thu, 13 Nov at 10:00 am The Red Room at KGB USD 13

Midtown Manhattan: Secret Societies Quest Experience

 Fri, 24 Jan at 12:00 pm Grand Central Station USD 10 to 30

Celebrity Chef in New York: Secrets of the Skyline Quest Experience

 Fri, 24 Jan at 12:00 pm 520 West 28th Street by Zaha Hadid USD 8 to 30

Lower East Side M**der Mystery: New York Quest Experience

 Sat, 31 Aug at 01:00 pm Katz's Delicatessen USD 10 to 30

The Psychiatric History of New York: Upper East Side Tour

 Sat, 30 Nov Carl Schurz Park, East End Avenue, New York, NY, USA USD 40

New York Outdoor Escape Game: Lower East Side Hidden Gems

 Thu, 15 Jun at 12:00 pm 7B Horseshoe Bar aka Vazacs USD 10 to 40

Manhattan Quest Experience: Follow Dylan & Streisand in New York

 Fri, 24 Jan at 02:00 am 567 Hudson Street - The White Horse Tavern USD 10 to 30

Midtown New York Outdoor Escape Game: Mob Hits & Hangouts

 Wed, 04 Oct at 12:00 pm Columbus Circle USD 10 to 40

Nikola Tesla in New York: Outdoor Escape Game

 Tue, 13 Dec at 02:00 pm One Times Square USD 8

Klea Blackhurst's EVERYTHING THE TRAFFIC WILL ALLOW

 Sun, 16 Nov at 07:00 pm Chelsea Table & Stage USD 23 to 39

Midtown Manhattan Quest Experience: Unexpected Adventures in the Big Apple

 Thu, 23 Jan at 12:00 pm Maine Monument USD 10 to 30

Banned Things Secret Speakeasy Sunday Nov 23rd 8pm

 Sun, 23 Nov at 08:00 pm The Museum of Interesting Things Secret Speakeasy USD 18

Theatre & Music in Manhattan Outdoor Escape Game

 Mon, 02 Oct at 12:00 pm Radio City Music Hall USD 8 to 30

Downtown New York Outdoor Escape Game: Pirate’s Ghost Secret

 Sun, 01 Oct at 12:00 pm Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House USD 8 to 30

The BIG Shabbat

 Fri, 21 Nov at 06:00 pm North Javits USD 0 to 59

"2025 Salem Witch Trial" by Gretchen Wylder

 Sun, 16 Nov at 09:00 pm Club Cumming USD 21

A Time Travel Adventure Through Basquiat’s Gritty New York:Quest Experience

 Fri, 14 Jun at 12:00 pm 68 E 1st St USD 10 to 30

Roosevelt Island Quest Experience: The Island Game

 Thu, 23 Jan at 12:00 pm Roosevelt Island Tramway - Island station USD 10 to 30

New York Outdoor Escape Game: The Island Game

 Thu, 15 Jun at 12:00 pm Roosevelt Island Tramway - Island station USD 10 to 40

“40 Years of Documentary Arts” w/ filmmaker Alan Govenar in person at Cinema Village in NYC

 Fri, 14 Nov at 01:00 pm Cinema Village

“Quiet Voices in a Noisy World” w/ filmmaker Alan Govenar in person at Cinema Village in NYC

 Fri, 14 Nov at 01:00 pm Cinema Village

Food for Humans Tour at Palladium Times Square

 Fri, 05 Dec at 07:00 pm Palladium Times Square

The Italian American Experience (Session 7)

 Sat, 15 Nov at 01:00 pm Italian American Museum USD 10

Chinese-Caribbean Narratives

 Fri, 21 Nov at 06:00 pm Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY Free

Leo Herrmann: The Untold Story of a Man Who Rescued Max Brod

 Thu, 20 Nov at 07:00 pm Bohemian National Hall Free

Ziggy and Miles, guitar duo

 Fri, 09 Jan at 07:30 pm 3 W 65th St USD 34 to 45

The Rest is Silence: Enlightenment Philosophers Facing Death

 Thu, 13 Nov at 06:00 pm Maison Française Free

Celebrating Recent Work by Susan Boynton

 Thu, 20 Nov at 06:15 pm Heyman Center for the Humanities Free

Exhibition Lecture | Jews as Citizens of the World

 Wed, 19 Nov at 06:30 pm The Grolier Club Free

Tree Tour of Washington Square Park with Christopher Bivens

 Sat, 15 Nov at 11:00 am Washington Square Arch

Epic New York City Scavenger Hunt: Greenwich Ghost Scavenger Hunt!

 Sat, 03 Aug at 10:00 am USD 43 to 86

Buckley: The Life and The Revolution That Changed America

 Wed, 19 Nov at 08:00 pm The National Arts Club Free

New York Cannoli Crawl

 Sat, 13 Dec at 10:30 am Pasticceria Rocco USD 65 to 146

Sohini Chattopadhyay - Claiming Manoobai Chand’s Body

 Wed, 19 Nov at 06:00 pm Fayerweather Hall, Room 513 Free

The Outlaws Who Built NYC: Financial District Tour

 Sat, 26 Apr Financial District USD 40

24th Annual Marc Zeplin Benefit Concert - Super 70's/80's Rock Show w/Super Trans Am & The Gilfords

Sat, 15 Nov at 08:00 pm The Gramercy Theatre

Ghana Tech Summit - 2025 Diaspora Edition (UNGA WEEK)

 Tue, 25 Nov at 02:00 pm Fordham University School of Law USD 0 to 321

Oppenheimer in New York: Upper West Side Walking Tour

 Sun, 11 May 94 Corner Cafe, Broadway, New York, NY, USA USD 42

3 Topics Over Dinner: Indian Food, "Trust Science", "Subversion", & Kirk

 Sun, 16 Nov at 06:00 pm Chote Nawab USD 5

Drop Dead City Film Screening and Q&A

 Mon, 17 Nov at 06:30 pm SVA Theatre USD 11 to 17

Yosef Yerushalmi Annual Memorial Lecture with Naomi Seidman

 Wed, 19 Nov at 06:00 pm Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University Free

Luigi Ballerini, Leonardo's Eels

 Mon, 17 Nov at 06:30 pm SVA, 133 W 21st St Free

Family Amnesia (Book Talk)

 Thu, 11 Dec at 06:00 pm Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY Free

Stephen Casper - Shattered Reflections

 Wed, 03 Dec at 06:00 pm Fayerweather Hall, Room 513 Free

Gaza's Gravediggers

 Wed, 03 Dec at 06:00 pm 40 Loisaida Ave Free

Human Rights Series- 10 years after Charlie Hebdo

 Mon, 24 Nov at 06:00 pm La Maison Française NYU Free

Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velazquez

 Wed, 03 Dec at 06:30 pm Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center Free

Early 1800s Music and Competitive Dance Extravaganza!

 Wed, 10 Dec at 06:30 pm Middle Collegiate Church USD 13 to 18

Deep Dive: Listening to

 Wed, 10 Dec at 06:30 pm Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center Free

IIJS Film Series: "From Darkness to Light"

 Mon, 01 Dec at 06:00 pm Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University Free

Sins and Signatures: A Musical Book Launch

 Mon, 08 Dec at 06:00 pm La Maison Française NYU Free

Self-Guided Interior Tour

 Thu, 10 Sep at 01:00 pm Morris-Jumel Mansion USD 12

State Anti-Intellectualism and the Campaigns Against Critical Thinking

 Tue, 18 Nov at 06:00 pm Maison Française Free

Conversation | Raffaella della Olga on Typescripts at Clark Art Institute

 Tue, 18 Nov at 06:30 pm The Grolier Club Free

Writing Fashion

 Tue, 09 Dec at 06:00 pm 20 Cooper Sq Free

What's So Funny About Antisemitism

 Wed, 19 Nov at 02:00 pm University Place Free

Queer Out: City Touring: Grand Central (Inside Tour)

 Sun, 21 Dec at 12:00 pm Grand Central Terminal Free

Polyhymnia: Nocturnes - Tudor Settings of The Lamentations of Jeremiah

 Sat, 07 Mar at 07:30 pm Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church USD 28 to 38

Twilight Tour: Death in New York (Lower Manhattan)

 Thu, 06 Feb Lower Manhattan USD 36

Hamilton The Musical! Lower Manhattan Walking Tour

 Sun, 19 Oct Castle Clinton National Monument USD 30 to 39

The Speakeasy Adventure: A Tipsy Trip Through History

 Tue, 07 Nov at 04:30 pm 8th Avenue Side of One Worldwide Plaza USD 36

Lecture | New Discoveries about Winston Churchill’s Autobiography

 Tue, 09 Dec at 06:00 pm The Grolier Club Free

Death in New York: Extended Daylight Tour (Lower Manhattan)

 Sat, 31 May Lower Manhattan USD 44

Amazing Scavenger Hunt Adventure - New York Lower Central Park, NY

 Sat, 21 Jun Columbus Circle USD 49

New York Cannoli Crawl

 Wed, 03 Dec at 10:30 am Pasticceria Rocco USD 65 to 146

Exhibition Lecture | Fashions on Paper: The Words of Regency Dress

 Tue, 16 Dec at 06:30 pm The Grolier Club Free

An Epic, Fun-Filled Scavenger Hunt! - Central Park Adventure!

 Thu, 29 Aug at 08:00 am 72 E 72nd St USD 17

AfroPicks “Fire, Drum & Memory: Changó Through the CCCADI Archives”

 Wed, 03 Dec at 05:00 pm CCCADI Ilé Oyin Free

Artist Panel Discussion: Greg Carideo, Naudline Pierre, and Rose Salane

 Wed, 10 Dec at 06:00 pm The FLAG Art Foundation Free

Shaping Jewelry Collections in Museums at NYC Jewelry Week 2025

 Wed, 19 Nov at 10:00 am The Jewelry Library at Maison 10 Free

Richard II at Astor Place Theatre

 Tue, 28 Oct Astor Place Theatre

NYE: Times Square Drinking Adventure with Live Ball Drop View

 Wed, 31 Dec at 04:30 pm One Worldwide Plaza USD 322

Visiting the National Museum of the American Indian

 Sun, 08 Mar at 11:45 am National Museum of the American Indian Free

New Years Eve 2026: Open Bar and Live Ball Drop Viewing NYC

 Wed, 31 Dec at 04:30 pm One Worldwide Plaza outside the business entrance on 8th Avenue between 49th Street and 50th Street USD 349

NY Laughs

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

Classics: King Arthur and Robin Hood | Upper East Side

 Sun, 29 Mar at 03:00 pm Greenwald Hall at Temple Emanu-El USD 0 to 39

The Life Scale Revolution in European Painting

 Wed, 18 Feb at 06:00 pm The Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery Free

Parking 60 - The Obama Musical

 Sun, 16 Nov at 01:00 am Daryl Roth Theatre

Parking 68 - The Obama Musical

 Sun, 23 Nov at 01:00 am Daryl Roth Theatre

Death Becomes Her

 Thu, 29 May at 07:00 pm Lunt-fontanne Theatre

Speakeasy Pub and Prohibition History Tour NYC

 Sun, 01 Jan at 04:30 pm Outside the 8th Avenue business entrance to One Worldwide Plaza USD 38

New York: Greenwich Village Haunted Tour

 Wed, 17 Jan St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery

New York Ghost Tour: The Ghost of Wall Street

 Sat, 27 Sep at 03:00 pm 25 Broadway USD 8 to 25

New York Ghost Tour: Trapped in Greenwich Village

 Sat, 27 Sep at 03:00 pm 131 E 10th St USD 8 to 25

Harlem Arts Alliance Townhall Meeting

 Fri, 23 May at 10:00 am Harlem School of the Arts

Ghosts of Greenwich Village New York: Outdoor Escape Game

 Wed, 01 Feb at 07:00 pm 131 E 10th St USD 10 to 40