The Chrysler Building, the Waldorf-Astoria, Rockefeller Center—these are among the hundreds of Art Deco monuments that during the 1920s and ‘30s helped create the image of New York City as the world’s modern metropolis. In New York, Art Deco evolved through a series of Manhattan skyscrapers into the city’s chief architectural language. Following a massive […]
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, performance, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection. […]
Poster House is thrilled to offer its Members a curatorial tour of the celebrated exhibition Art for the Millions: American Culture & Politics in the 1930s. Currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this exhibition uses over 100 posters, prints, paintings, textiles, sculpture, and other objects and ephemera to tell the complex story […]
In honor of our celebrated exhibition We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020, Poster House Members are invited to an after-hours, private tour of the Climate Museum’s latest show, The End of Fossil Fuel. This new exhibition explores the fossil fuel industry’s history of racism and deception, and spotlights the success of the […]
Celebrate the season by creating your own holiday card with Poster House! A handmade card is the perfect gift for family and friends that truly captures your creative holiday spirit. PH x Teens: Seasons Greetings is a drop-in program for young adults ages 13 to 18. Advanced registration is required but participants are not expected […]
Have you ever wondered what you can create with discarded plastics? Presented in conjunction with the exhibition We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1920-2020, this hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the technique of fusing or layering plastics using an iron. Participants will explore the material affordances of various types of biodegradable, recyclable, […]
Do you want to learn about how posters are printed? This month, Poster Kids focuses on all things printing by looking at the posters from Advertising India’s Sandalwood Film Industry. We’ll discuss how these beautiful posters were made. Afterward, we’ll try printing our own images using foam plates. Join Poster House on select Sunday mornings […]
Every month, Poster House offers virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind or have low vision. In order to reach a wide, art-loving audience around the world, we offer our description tours online through Zoom. These tours are led by our Chief Curator or Educators, allowing you intimate access to […]
On January 11, 1982, a dozen admirers of Art Deco gathered in the Murray Hill apartment of interior designer Henriette Nathan to hold the first official meeting of the newly incorporated Art Deco Society of New York. Interest in the modernistic styles of the 1920s and ‘30s had been growing worldwide since a seminal Paris […]
Poster House Members are invited to a private tour of The Shed’s 2023 Open Call. This large-scale commissioning program is now in its third year and focuses on early-career, New York City-based artists and collectives tapped to create new work. This is a terrific opportunity to witness cutting-edge artistic expression through a host of creative […]