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Poster of a dramatic train crash.
Jul 2, 2025
Silent in Jacksonville: Norman Studios’s “Race Films”
Rating: G
Es-pranza Humphrey
Es-pranza Humphrey

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Poster of a woman in profile with her hair made out of flowers.
Jul 24, 2025
Songs for the Anti-Nuclear Movement
Rating: PG-13
Poster of a dramatic train crash.
Jul 2, 2025
Silent in Jacksonville: Norman Studios’s “Race Films”
Rating: G
Poster of a woman with long hair cowering in front of a psychedelic background.
May 27, 2025
New Acquisition: Theater Posters by Don Bruno
Rating: PG-13
Poster of the Axis of Evil being ground under the foot of Uncle Sam.
May 14, 2025
Grind These Heels in Our Wheels: Some World War Two Posters from the Museum’s Collection
Rating: PG-13
Poster of a man lifting a steel girder with a single hand.
Apr 29, 2025
Splitting the G: Guinness Posters Before Social Media
Rating: PG-13
Poster of a small caveman child screaming on top of a rock.
Apr 17, 2025
The Subway Sun: A Discussion with the Curator
Rating: G
Poster of a fleet of hot air balloons in a whimsical setting.
Mar 10, 2025
Meeting Molly Crabapple: A Future Exhibition
Rating: PG-13
A stylized image of a genie depicted in a poster
Feb 18, 2025
Nike and Afrofuturism
Rating: G
Poster of a naked woman driving a giant ogre in the back of her car.
Jan 29, 2025
The Allure of the Open Road
Rating: PG-13
A digital poster of various Chinatown businesses
Jan 21, 2025
Poster House Artist in Residence Christina Young: Celebrating Chinatown
Rating: G
a poster featuring a community member from manhattan's chinatown surrounded by related products and ephemera.
Jan 20, 2025
Poster House Artist in Residence Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya: We Are Chinatown
Rating: G
an illustration of small businesses in chinatown.
Jan 20, 2025
Poster House Artist in Residence Christina Young: Make Memories in Chinatown
Rating: G
A photo of a group of people
Dec 20, 2024
A Year In Review With Our Executive Director
Kid-Friendly, Rating: G
A photo of a library with books on shelves and a conference table with chairs
Dec 9, 2024
Introducing the Rene Wanner Research Library
Rating: G
Poster of a pilgrim on an empty landscape at night, holding a gun.
Nov 27, 2024
Posters in Context: Hope of a Nation
Rating: G
a green square with black lettering
Nov 15, 2024
the rise and fall of brat
Rating: PG-13
Poster of a half-naked witch being crucified.
Oct 31, 2024
The Laboratory of Hallucinations: Posters for the Grand Guignol
Rating: PG-13
An open door with the words Poster House written on a piece of paper
Oct 4, 2024
Spanish Language Offerings Arrive at Poster House!
Rating: G
Photograph of a woman operating a letterpress printing press.
Sep 20, 2024
Poster-Making Adventures with Mary Bruno
Rating: G
Poster of a woman in a dress waving at a passing cruise ship against a city skyline.
Sep 3, 2024
Travel to New York by Sea: From Steerage to Floating Palaces
Rating: G
Aug 16, 2024
A Week with Rick Griffith
Rating: G
Photograph of a young woman gesturing enthusiastically to wall text.
Jul 29, 2024
Le Lido de Paris
Rating: G
A photo of a woman placing a poster on a wall
Jul 24, 2024
Fifth Anniversary Block Party Recap
Rating: G
Poster of a horse head made out of a giant wave.
Jul 15, 2024
Introducing the Living Archive Wall
Rating: PG-13
Jun 28, 2024
A Message from Our Chief Curator: Five Years of Poster House
Rating: G
Poster of a black and white silhouette of a face surrounded by orange and yellow text.
May 31, 2024
Lights, Camera, Soul!
Rating: G
Psychedelic poster of a man flying through space above a lake and island dotted landscape.
Apr 19, 2024
Earth Day in Posters
Rating: G
Poster of a man looking at the solar eclipse.
Apr 5, 2024
It’s a Poster Eclipse!
Rating: G
Photographic poster of Black men protesting.
Apr 1, 2024
The Crumbling Walls of Attica
Rating: PG-13
Photographic poster of a man in lipstick.
Mar 28, 2024
The Tolerance Project Pop Up in NYC
Rating: PG-13
Poster of a group of Germanically dressed people standing outside a train.
Feb 27, 2024
Ludwig Hohlwein’s Poster for the Isidor Bach Clothing Store
Rating: G
Poster of a woman in a feathered dress smoking and eating mints.
Jan 12, 2024
Two Posters by Leonetto Cappiello: Cigarettes, Seduction, & an Elephant
Rating: PG-13
Photograph of the interior of a colorful gallery.
Nov 29, 2023
Poster House’s First Awards!
Rating: G
Photograph of two people working on a press bed.
Nov 15, 2023
Four Days with Amos Kennedy
Rating: PG-13
A group of people stand behind a table
Oct 31, 2023
West Side Fest Recap!
Kid-Friendly, Rating: G
A poster of a globe floating in the middle of a room.
Sep 26, 2023
Seven Environmental Success Stories 
Rating: G
Psychedelic poster of a man flying through space above a lake and island dotted landscape.
Sep 18, 2023
Building An Environmental Playlist
Rating: G
A letterpress poster of the word
Sep 15, 2023
Environmental Activism: Resources
Rating: G
Photograph of a woman kneeling in front of a metal type case.
Aug 21, 2023
How I Spent My Summer Vacation As A Letterpress Printer
Rating: G
A woman smiles with a cochlear implant in front of a forested background.
Jul 31, 2023
Disability Pride Is Here: An Interview with Poster House’s Accessibility Coordinator, Sarit Cahana
Rating: G
A Black woman stands by an art piece featuring the image of a mountain.
Jul 1, 2023
Hidden. Found. Remembered.
Rating: G
Photograph of a framed work of art featuring black and white images of dancers on top of an MTA announcement poster.
Jun 12, 2023
You Depend on Us: A Close Look at a Poster
Rating: G
A picture of Kyohei Inukai in his studio.
Jun 1, 2023
Kyohei Inukai: Rediscovering a Japanese American Artist’s Legacy
Rating: G
A lithographic poster of a window with the words
Mar 31, 2023
Female Spies of World War II
Rating: G
A couple looking at Air-India ephemera in a glass case at a museum gallery.
Mar 13, 2023
Here’s a Look At All of Poster House’s Free Offerings
Rating: G
A Black woman in a black dress pointing to an image on display at an art museum.
Feb 17, 2023
Black Power to Black People: An Interview with Curator Es-pranza Humphrey
Rating: G
A group of people dance in an open plaza against a city building.
Aug 30, 2022
Poster House Block Party Recap!
Rating: G
A large crowd of well dressed artsy people attending a party at Poster House.
Sep 20, 2021
Free Admission Every Friday!
Rating: G
A photograph featuring a colorful booklet cover with a butterfly, snail and beetle on a hot pink background. Text reads Poster House How To Print.
Aug 5, 2021
How to Print
Rating: G
Lithographic poster in brown and black hues of a woman in an elaborate headdress
Jun 1, 2021
Julius Klinger: A Little Blog of Terms
Rating: G
Photographic poster of a woman's face in greyscale with bright brown eyes and a moth covering her mouth.
May 18, 2021
Movie Posters That Changed Entertainment Marketing
Rating: G
Photographic poster of a man in a white suit laughing in a chair
Dec 20, 2020
Armin Hofmann: 1920–2020
Rating: G
A letterpress poster on a red and yellow background with black text stating the only tired i was was tired of giving in
Dec 1, 2020
Letterpress Artist Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.’s Rosa Parks Series
Rating: G
A photo featuring a red devil figurine inside a wooden casket on a gray background.
Dec 1, 2020
2020 Poster House Staff Holiday Gift Guide
Rating: G
A poster of a drawn red fist against a black and blue background with the words we the people over it.
Sep 22, 2020
We The People by ThoughtMatter
Rating: G
A montage photo of four interns smiling on Zoom, on a mauve background.
Aug 18, 2020
Interning at Poster House: Summer Edition!
Rating: G
A poster of a black locomotive traveling through a pastel mountainous range with stars and a moon above.
Aug 5, 2020
Railway Posters from Britain: 1923–1939
Rating: G
A digital poster of a mountain meant to represent NYC's battle with COVID19. There are many, many details of the various steps the city took over 111 days.
Jul 14, 2020
A Case for Cuomo’s Posters
Rating: G
A man in a black sweater.
Jun 27, 2020
A Tribute to Milton Glaser
Rating: G
A black and white poster of a mod woman surrounded by beardsley drawings.
Jun 26, 2020
Alice Boots and Suffragette Shoes
Rating: PG-13
A lithographic poster of a black man leading a protest.
Jun 25, 2020
The Civil Rights Movement in China
Rating: PG-13
A lithographic poster of a woman in silhouette.
Jun 16, 2020
Eckersley-Lombers: Poster Partnership, 1934–46
Rating: G
An illustrational black panther poster.
Jun 13, 2020
A Century of Posters Protesting Violence Against Black Americans
Rating: PG-13
A black and white poster of a burst skull blowing out gas.
May 14, 2020
Posters & The Environment
Rating: PG-13
An illustrative poster of a person surfacing from water and pointing a finger at the viewer.
Apr 30, 2020
A Brief History of PSA Posters
Rating: PG-13
An illustrative poster of a family standing outside a bustling shopping mall.
Apr 22, 2020
Hisui Sugiura and the New Woman in Japan
Rating: G
A poster of 3 women in different occupations wearing red and blue uniforms and the text, women work for victory.
Apr 12, 2020
WPA Posters
Rating: G
An illustrational poster of an Indian deity that is advertising soap.
Apr 9, 2020
Learning From The Women At Home
Rating: G
A poster for a music festival displaying an image of a french horn.
Apr 5, 2020
Collecting Swiss Posters
Rating: G
An illustrational poster of a man driving a classic car up a hill.
Mar 31, 2020
Alex Kow: 1901–78
Rating: G
An illustrational poster featuring an Asian man and woman dressed traditionally within a domestic interior.
Mar 29, 2020
The Sleeping Giant: Background to the Tour I Have Yet to Give
Rating: G
A photomontage poster of a soldier coughing on the food of his comrades.
Mar 24, 2020
Public Health Tips
Rating: PG-13
illustrational poster with abstract shapes colored shades of blue and brown
Mar 22, 2020
Desert Island Posters
Rating: G
A photomontage poster of women raising their fists.
Mar 18, 2020
A History of American Protest
Rating: PG-13
A poster with a silhouette of a blue face on a yellow background that says combat the virus not the people.
Mar 17, 2020
Digital PSA Posters
Rating: G
A black and white illustration featuring a peacock on a psychedelic inspired background.
Mar 11, 2020
Wes Wilson: From Art Nouveau to Psychedelic
Rating: PG-13
An aerial view of a village in black and white.
Feb 24, 2020
Follow the Golden Ratio from Africa to the Bauhaus for a Cross-Cultural Aesthetic for Images
Rating: G
A photo of a textile made from combining various colored strips of cloth arranged in a geometric pattern with orange, yellow, white and gold paisley.
Feb 23, 2020
Improv & Weaving: Recombinant Methods of Co-production in Design
Rating: G
A typeface graphic in colorful lettering on a black background. Text reads The Bold Principle Dapifer typeface designed by Joshua Darden.
Feb 23, 2020
An Open Letter
Rating: G
A photo featuring a variety of colorful digital posters with images of Black performers and text overlapping one another.
Feb 23, 2020
New Perspectives on Teaching Design
Rating: G
A graphic featuring a multi-layered jumble of images, type, swirling pop geometry and reproduced local imagery in blue on white.
Feb 22, 2020
GRIDS are games: notes on a 
relationship
Rating: G
Three women adding to the 1950's inspired dry-erase board in the Children's Space at Poster House.
Feb 6, 2020
Our Children’s Exhibition Area
Rating: G
An illustrational billboard of a suited man holding a crystal ball that resembles Earth.
Feb 6, 2020
Carter the Great
Rating: G
A poster inside of an MTA subway car of two creatures wearing capes from the Star Wars films.
Feb 3, 2020
Star Wars Transit Authority
Rating: G
A graphic soliciting votes for the Reader's Choice award with a photo of guests sitting by a billboard.
Feb 1, 2020
Vote for Poster House!
Rating: G
An illustrational poster of grapes, sunflowers, and crawling ants on top of a plaid tablecloth.
Jan 12, 2020
Café des Affiches Gets a Makeover
Rating: G
A lithographic image of a woman in a green dress riding a red horse on a black background.
Jan 12, 2020
Poster Timeline Installed
Rating: G
A hand-painted poster of a man with short curly hair holding a chest with a creature inside.
Dec 24, 2019
Top Five Movies In Baptized By Beefcake
Rating: R
An illustrational poster of a woman wearing an embellished head piece.
Dec 13, 2019
Poster House Staff Holiday Gift Guide
Rating: G
An illustrational poster of a woman with many flowers surrounding her kneeling on a beach.
Nov 1, 2019
Mucha & Modern Advertising
Rating: G
A neon green poster with an illustration of short navy blue hair and pink text.
Oct 1, 2019
Paula Scher: The Public Theater Collection
Rating: PG-13
A movie poster of an astronaut floating in space with a spacecraft and a planet behind them.
Oct 1, 2019
Renato Casaro: Master of Movie Posters
Rating: G
An illustrative poster of a statue of a person with arms out as rays of light and clouds surround it.
Sep 19, 2019
Posters of the Green New Deal
Rating: G
An illustrative poster of a person in a kimono eating by a table with washing hands in the background.
Sep 4, 2019
Posters of the Japan Red Cross Society
Rating: G
A train station advertisement of Poster House with a black cat poster near a station exit.
Aug 19, 2019
Station Domination: An Underground Exhibition
Rating: G
A poster of the front of a big, black and white cruise ship in a body of water.
Jul 3, 2019
What is Art Deco?
Rating: G
The head of a white dog overlaying onto a poster promoting a magician with the Poster Photo Booth.
May 18, 2019
Our Poster Photo Booth!
Rating: G
A poster of a ship arriving to New York and passing the Statue of Liberty as a crowd greets them.
Mar 23, 2019
The Immigrant & American Advertising
Rating: G
A phone booth with a poster mocking realtor agencies of Trump Towers and the 2016 presidential elections.
Mar 6, 2019
A Presidential Parody
Rating: PG-13
A black poster of a mostly nude female pumping air into a flower as its pollen pops out.
Feb 12, 2019
Remembering Tomi Ungerer
Rating: R
A red poster of a baby holding a gold object as pink flowers, red fish, and gold surround her.
Feb 5, 2019
The Year of the Pig!
Rating: G
A red poster of a warrior with a galea helmet, spear, and shield while also wearing a safety vest.
Jan 21, 2019
Contemporary Poster Roundup: 2018 Edition
Rating: R
A black hand drawn poster of a flexing arm with a blue and red text of
Jan 9, 2019
Hot Poster Tips!
Rating: PG-13
A yellow poster of Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat in boxing attire and boxing gloves.
Dec 11, 2018
Andy Warhol-From A to P(osters)
Rating: G
A rainbow poster with abstract overlays that shape into a soldier, a person, and a child holding flowers.
Nov 30, 2018
Happy Hanukkah!
Rating: G
A poster of a person using a shovel with a text of
Nov 8, 2018
Poster Animation Competition
Rating: G
A woman in a black tutu is posing in a poster illustration filter of a clown in a small car.
Oct 31, 2018
A Poster Halloween
Rating: G
A collage poster of 2 people leaning on a fence with blue red and white stripes in the background.
Oct 17, 2018
Poster House + The Library of Congress
Rating: G
A tile wall with a white poster of a man wearing a safety vest, helmet, and gloves.
Oct 2, 2018
Winston Tseng & the Viral Subway Takeover
Rating: R
A smiling man wearing a safety best is holding a large roll of poster in a train station.
Sep 18, 2018
The Secret Life of Billposters
Rating: G
A pair of hands pasting a poster advertising the NY art book fair onto a wall.
Sep 7, 2018
Poster House & The NY Art Book Fair
Rating: G
A poster of a person smoking a cigar with red suspenders over a plaid shirt and sparkly bracelets.
Aug 14, 2018
Hot Poster Gossip: Mistinguett Edition
Rating: G
A poster of a face with long hair and an embroidered headpiece while the zodiac signs are behind them.
Aug 4, 2018
The Poster Zodiac
Rating: PG-13
A red poster of an illustrative outline of a white bird resting on a blue and green guitar.
Jul 17, 2018
Hot Poster Gossip: Woodstock Edition
Rating: PG-13
A hand is holding a flyer, with the pride flag, that is announcing a train message.
Jun 24, 2018
Hop Aboard the #PrideTrain
Rating: PG-13
A yellow poster of a speech bubble by a woman rolling up the sleeve of her jump suit to flex her arm.
Jun 8, 2018
Hot Poster Gossip: Rosie Edition
Rating: G
A poster of a person with a black beret and coat holding onto a stick as a shadowy figure is behind him.
Jun 5, 2018
Poster Pride!
Rating: PG-13
An orange poster of 3 heads with geometric abstract afros and bubbly patterns around the text.
May 15, 2018
From Woodstock to Broadway: The Poster Art of David Byrd
Rating: PG-13
An orange poster of a graphic gray hand with the thumb and index finger out to form a finger gun.
May 7, 2018
Hot Poster Gossip: ThoughtMatter Edition
Rating: PG-13
A vase with flowers are extending from a black poster advertising a concert.
Apr 21, 2018
Plants of Posters: An Interview
Rating: G
A blue poster with yellow text advertising Manhattan Mini Storage.
Apr 10, 2018
Hot Poster Gossip: Manhattan Mini Storage Edition
Rating: PG-13
A telephone booth with a poster of a blue person at the corner of a busy New York street.
Mar 9, 2018
Interview: Art in Ad Places
Rating: G
A poster of Uncle Sam in a white top hat and blue blazer as he points to the viewer.
Mar 4, 2018
Hot Poster Gossip: Uncle Sam Edition
Rating: G
A poster of 2 profile figures that are pursing their lips towards a cup that a cherub statue is holding.
Feb 13, 2018
For the Love of Posters
Rating: PG-13
A red poster of a man with shoulder length hair and a black beret.
Jan 27, 2018
Hot Poster Gossip: Che Edition
Rating: PG-13
A flyer that resembles a NYC MTA announcement on a red column in the 34th street train station.
Jan 19, 2018
Angela Kim’s Scratch n’ Sniff Subway Posters
Rating: G
A blue poster of an illustrative nude woman with ballerina shoes and a bubbly water background.
Jan 2, 2018
Five Vintage Parties that Outdid your New Year’s Eve Plans
Rating: PG-13
The entrance of Poster House at 23rd street with blackout windows.
Dec 16, 2017
Hot Poster Gossip: THINX Edition
Rating: PG-13
A man with short hair and their hand placed agains their chin with a collar shirt.
Dec 8, 2017
Goodbye Ivan
Rating: G
A poster of someone opening their mouth as 5 teeth have holes similar to spots on dice.
Nov 27, 2017
Collecting Contemporary Posters
Rating: PG-13
A poster of a skeleton in a toga dancing with a woman in a dress and fainting people on the floor.
Oct 29, 2017
Happy Halloween!
Rating: PG-13
The director of Poster House is jumping in front of a group of five people.
Oct 7, 2017
Pop-Up Party
Rating: G
an illustrated poster featuring a miniature devil whispering in a bald man's ear.
Aug 18, 2017
What is a poster?
Rating: G
Director of Poster House wearing a light green dress and standing by a window and a newspaper poster.
Aug 18, 2017
A Message from Our Director
Rating: G
The president of Poster House posing in front of a window that is in between newspaper posters.
Aug 18, 2017
A Message from Our President
Rating: G
A woman is sitting on a couch while she holds 3 large posters and 3 more posters are hanging on the wall.
Aug 18, 2017
A message from Our Curator
Rating: G
A text collage poster of a man with glasses at the corner and different book covers.
Aug 16, 2017
Interview with Steven Heller
Rating: G
Many logos of Poster House with different font sizes and in different areas.
Jul 26, 2017
Paula Scher on her logo for Poster House
Rating: G
An illustrative poster of many figures laying on their stomach as one person sticks their head up.
Jul 25, 2017
Eight Posters That Will Up Your Beach Game This Summer
Rating: G
A collage poster of an illustrative man with a text of
Jul 25, 2017
Price Your Poster: Pro Tips on Assessing Condition
Rating: G
A poster of an orange square with a silhouette of a person and a red square with a list of names.
Sep 26, 2016
Anatomy of a First Step
Rating: G