Members-Only Tour: War Stories, Spies, & Propaganda

Members are invited to not one, but two back-to-back curatorial tours of our latest hallway exhibitions, Schoolgirls at War: French Propaganda Posters from World War I and With My Little Eye: Warnings for the Homefront. Starting upstairs, Chief Curator Angelina Lippert will introduce guests to France's largest all-female rationing campaign from World War I, exploring how children were used to create […]

First Friday

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. […]

PH x Teens: Making the Message with the Young Lordes Collective

Teens are invited to a special a back-to-back PH x Teens event! In partnership with the Young Lordes Collective, PH x Teens invites you to a zine making workshop. The YLC will facilitate a discussion about the use of posters/pamphlets/other printable media in activism. After discussion, teens will make a zine about something that they […]

PH x Teens: Watercolor Haiku

Teens are invited to a special a back-to-back PH x Teens event! Inspired by Satō Kochi’s Five Seasons (1988), teens are invited to learn how to write a haiku using watercolor and calligraphy. Participants will take home a finished artwork, and are encouraged to explore the exhibition Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art. PH x […]

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Black Power to Black People

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, allowing you intimate access to the items […]

Milton Glaser: POP with AIGA NY

Join AIGA NY for a dynamic conversation with the authors of Milton Glaser: POP, a landmark overview of the work of legendary illustrator and designer Milton Glaser during the 1960s and ’70s, which includes hundreds of examples of Glaser’s work from this quintessential period that have not been seen since their original publication. This conversation […]

Genius on Display with Zipeng Zhu

Poster House is thrilled to welcome the talented multi-hyphenate Zipeng Zhu for a Genius on Display artist’s talk. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from the prolific designer about his expansive practice and distinctive visual style. Questions are strongly encouraged! Zipeng Zhu is a Chinese-born artist, designer, art director, illustrator, and animator in New York […]

Poster Kids: Puppet Party

Did you know the Black Panther Party wrote a Ten-Point Program aimed at bettering the lives of Black people? They also used to create puppets with children in their community to teach ideas and words that were important to the Black Panther Party. Together, we'll learn about this powerful organization and write our own plans […]

Members-Only Tour: To Fight for the Poor with My Pen

Poster House members are invited to join independent scholar Eve M. Kahn at the Grolier Club for a tour of To Fight for the Poor with My Pen: Zoe Anderson Norris, Queen of Bohemia. Although little remembered today, Norris is considered a foremother of modern-day social-justice advocates and confessional bloggers baring souls in print. In millions […]

Person Place Thing with Nicholas Lowry

Poster House is thrilled to partner with Randy Cohen of Person Place Thing for a live recording of this popular public radio series. He will be joined by Poster House Advisory Board member and tartan legend, Nicholas “Nicho”  Lowry. Nicholas wears many poster-related hats: auctioneer, specialist,  lecturer, curator, historian, enthusiast, and collector. He is perhaps […]