We are thrilled to invite you to a special Basic Printmaking session as part of the New New Yorkers Program! Whether you’re a seasoned artist or a complete beginner, this workshop is perfect for you. This is a free of charge workshop for adults only. No previous experience or sign-up is required—just bring your enthusiasm and creativity.

In collaboration with Family Day join Abang-guard (Maureen Catbagan + Jevijoe Vitug) in a performative tour of their exhibition Makibaka, followed by a drop-in art workshop for families. Families can learn about and create a salakot, a traditional Filipino hat traditionally used by farmers.

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We are thrilled to invite you to a special Basic Printmaking session as part of the New New Yorkers Program! Whether you’re a seasoned artist or a complete beginner, this workshop is perfect for you. This is a free of charge workshop for adults only. No previous experience or sign-up is required—just bring your enthusiasm and creativity.

In collaboration with Family Day, join QM-Jerome Foundation Fellow Umber Majeed for a collage and writing workshop inspired by her exhibition as well as print and photographic materials from the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair. Participants will take on the role of an architect, historian, or tour guide to speculate on pavilions as tools of collective imagination. Whom do we design these pavilions for? Are pavilions really fixed in time?

Worksheets and materials for collaging will be provided. This intergenerational workshop is open to all ages! RSVP to reserve your spot.

Join us for a screening of Nurse Unseen (2023), a powerful documentary uncovering the untold stories of Filipino nurses on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, and their fight against a legacy of colonialism and rising anti-Asian hate. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Abang-guard: Makibaka, the screening will be followed by a reception.

This program provides opportunities for children, teens, and adults with disabilities to engage with their peers and expand their artistic interests through art-making and gallery exploration activities. Each month explores a new theme and different activities. RSVP recommended! 11:30am to 1:00pm: Museum Explorers for children; 2:00 to 4:00pm:
Open Studios for Teens and Adults.

We are thrilled to invite you to a special Basic Printmaking session as part of the New New Yorkers Program! Whether you’re a seasoned artist or a complete beginner, this workshop is perfect for you. This is a free of charge workshop for adults only. No previous experience or sign-up is required—just bring your enthusiasm and creativity.

Join us at the Queens Museum for a Town Hall meeting with Flushing Town Hall! As part of their Cultural Map of Queens initiative, this event invites artists, cultural leaders, and residents to share ideas and collaborate on the future of arts and culture in the borough. Learn about upcoming projects, access art services, and help shape Queens' vibrant cultural scene. Your voice matters—come connect, contribute, and make a difference!

Engage, create, and explore in an inclusive space for children, teens, and adults with disabilities. Each month, discover new themes through hands-on art-making and gallery activities.

Celebrate Black artists and heritage with a day of art-making workshops, movie screenings, and storytime sessions! Participate in workshops like Affirmation Cards & Coloring Pages of Black Artists (1–4pm) or join the Stapledon Arts Workshop (1–2:30pm, RSVP). Enjoy a selection of short films like Hair Love and Cinderella, and family-friendly storytime at 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, or 3:00 pm. All ages are welcome for a fun-filled day of creativity and culture!

This program offers art-making and gallery exploration activities for children, teens, and adults with disabilities. Each month features a new theme and activities for all participants. Museum Explorers runs from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm for children, while OpenStudios takes place from 2:00 to 4:00 pm for teens and adults, providing a creative space to engage with peers and explore the arts.

This program offers art-making and gallery exploration activities for children, teens, and adults with disabilities. Each month features a new theme and activities for all participants. Museum Explorers runs from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm for children, while OpenStudios takes place from 2:00 to 4:00 pm for teens and adults, providing a creative space to engage with peers and explore the arts.

Spread the holiday cheer by joining our 5th Annual Toy Drive! From November 21 to December 15, drop off new, unwrapped toys for children ages 0–14 at the Admissions Desk.

On Sunday, December 15, from 11 AM–2 PM, pick up gifts for your little ones while supplies last. Remaining toys will be donated to local family shelters.

Free and open to all, in partnership with the Kinnect Foundation.

Join us for Tres veces sur, a thought-provoking conversation between Catalina Schliebener Muñoz and Nicolás Cuello on Latin American cultural history and reimagining the "South" in art. Inspired by Schliebener Muñoz’s Buenos Vecinos exhibition, the discussion delves into queer archives, the role of childhood emotions, and animalized portrayals of brown bodies in reshaping stereotypes seen in Disney’s Saludos Amigos and Los Tres Caballeros. Presented in Spanish with live English interpretation.

Celebrate Día de los Muertos with us in a vibrant day of remembrance and fun! Enjoy live dance and music, face painting, art-making, Lucha Libre wrestling, and more—all in honor of our ancestors and loved ones. This festive event brings the whole family together to celebrate life and memory. Free and open to all ages!

Heat up your Sunday dinner and explore Granger and Güt’s constructed village as they discuss gaming architecture’s parallels to discriminatory urban design, modding as a mechanism of imagining beyond constraints, and defined systems of play.

To join this program, please download Lego Fortnite on your preferred gaming device. Alternatively, you can tune in through YouTube Live. Please check back for a stream link.

Please join us for an opportunity for tea and conversation with artist Nsenga Knight in the gallery on select Fridays and Saturdays during the run of her exhibition Close to Home.

Food culture played a pivotal role in the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair. Close to Home will host a scheduled series of social gatherings by serving tea in this installation. With this act of hospitality, Knight calls on viewers to consider the power of sensorial and experiential engagement to foster understanding, connection, and appreciation among people from various corners of the world.

This two year fellowship provides artists rent-free studio space and a full-time salaried position at the Museum, encouraging co-creation, relationship building, situated research, and experimentation alongside QM’s staff and communities. Independent exhibitions have developed from each fellow’s engagement with the complexities of the Museum’s site, current and future programming, and QM’s archives of materials related to the 1939-1940 and 1964-1965 New York World’s Fairs that occurred in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

Please join us for an opportunity for tea and conversation with artist Nsenga Knight in the gallery on select Fridays and Saturdays during the run of her exhibition Close to Home.

Food culture played a pivotal role in the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair. Close to Home will host a scheduled series of social gatherings by serving tea in this installation. With this act of hospitality, Knight calls on viewers to consider the power of sensorial and experiential engagement to foster understanding, connection, and appreciation among people from various corners of the world.

Yonta is a beautiful young woman growing up in the city of Bissau a generation after her nation has gained independence. She develops a secret crush on Vincente, a good friend of her family and a hero of their country’s struggle, beginning a story of unrequited love in the developing city.

Please join us for an opportunity for tea and conversation with artist Nsenga Knight in the gallery on select Fridays and Saturdays during the run of her exhibition Close to Home.

Food culture played a pivotal role in the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair. Close to Home will host a scheduled series of social gatherings by serving tea in this installation. With this act of hospitality, Knight calls on viewers to consider the power of sensorial and experiential engagement to foster understanding, connection, and appreciation among people from various corners of the world.

Visitors who are blind or have low vision are invited to join Cameron A. Granger, Nsenga Knight, and Catalina Schliebener Muñoz in a virtual verbal description tour of their respective exhibitions, 9999, Close to Home, and Buenos Vecinos. Using various media and approaches across sculpture, printmaking, painting, collage, and video, these three artists engage with archives and history to reframe and consider new perspectives.

Step into the musical journey of pianist and composer Wajdi Cherif, as he unveils his latest project, “Jazz Explorations 2024”, a music program that features a captivating blend of original compositions and reimagined jazz standards. Experience the power of a jazz trio presenting an inspired and interactive performance filled with spontaneous musical dialogues. Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of music and inspiration.

Please join us for an opportunity for tea and conversation with artist Nsenga Knight in the gallery on select Fridays and Saturdays during the run of her exhibition Close to Home.

Food culture played a pivotal role in the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair. Close to Home will host a scheduled series of social gatherings by serving tea in this installation. With this act of hospitality, Knight calls on viewers to consider the power of sensorial and experiential engagement to foster understanding, connection, and appreciation among people from various corners of the world.

At Socrates Sculpture Park (32-01 Vernon Blvd)

Free with advance registration

Connect with nature through a series of experimental art-making workshops led by Noguchi Educators at nearby Socrates Sculpture Park. These workshops are free and open to all ages. Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-registration is highly recommended, with a limited number of walk-up spots available. All participants will be given a free pass to visit The Noguchi Museum after the program.

Please join us for an opportunity for tea and conversation with artist Nsenga Knight in the gallery on select Fridays and Saturdays during the run of her exhibition Close to Home.

Food culture played a pivotal role in the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair. Close to Home will host a scheduled series of social gatherings by serving tea in this installation. With this act of hospitality, Knight calls on viewers to consider the power of sensorial and experiential engagement to foster understanding, connection, and appreciation among people from various corners of the world.

Please join us for a birding walk through Flushing Meadows Corona Park (FMCP) with birder and guide Haley Scott. This walk is organized in conjunction with the museum’s ongoing effort to retrofit its entire park-facing facade with decals that make glass visible to birds and prevent deadly bird collisions. Learn about the impacts of urban infrastructure on bird populations and the available solutions to mitigate these impacts, while observing the wide range of local and migratory bird species in FMCP.

During each workshop of this series, two artists from different Indigenous backgrounds are invited to lead concurrent drop-in artmaking activities where the materials and methods of making are in dialogue with one another. The public is invited to participate and experience a range of techniques for working by hand, while fostering informal conversation and exchange across Indigenous practices, languages, and forms of knowledge.

In conjunction with her solo exhibition, to reverberate tenderly, artist sonia louise davis invites musicians Rena Anakwe, Sarah Galdes, and Sugar Vendil to improvise with her three steel instruments, or sounders, for the second of two performances in the gallery space. Performers will use percussion, string, voice, and other experimental techniques to respond to the exhibition’s multi-sensory environment and davis’ large-scale mural, score for Queens Museum (2023).