The Skyscraper Museum
@skyscrapermuseum.bsky.social
The Skyscraper Museum in Battery Park City. Free Admission, Book a Timed Ticket Wednesday-Saturday, Noon - 6pm https://linktr.ee/skyscrapermuseum
Join us for a month of special programs! 25th Anniversary of September 11th Fri, Sep 11 | 1:15 PM & 2:00 PM Sounds of Park Avenue: Scores & Encores Kids’ Edition Sat, Sep 19 | 10:30 AM Skyscraper Equinox Sat, Sep 26 | 10:30 AM All family programs are FREE! RSVP through Ticketstripe — link in bio
Thanks to our panel, Vicki Been, Dan Garodnick, Purnima K., Jonathan Mechanic, and James von Klemperer, for an insightful discussion on Assessing East Midtown Rezoning. The program captured the complex policy, planning and architectural challenges with great clarity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZf4...
Manhattanhenge history, 2016! Silhouettes of the 1916 zoning law! #Manhattanhenge #SkyscraperMuseum #NYC
Join Joshua B. Freeman for a hybrid book event about GARDEN APARTMENTS, hosted by @skyscrapermuseum.bsky.social! Readers interested in housing, urban history and planning, and architecture will want to save the date: Tuesday, April 14 at 6:00 PM Eastern. RSVP or learn more:
Garden Apartments: The History of Low-Rent Utopia - The Skyscraper Museum
In his new book, Garden Apartments: The History of a Low-Rent Utopia, Joshua B. Freeman explains how a form of multifamily housing with idealistic roots became a ubiquitous model dwelling, promoted…
buff.ly
June at the Museum ☀️ We have a busy summer ahead, and these are just a few of the programs coming up in the first half of the month. All programs are free with RSVP! See our website for the full June calendar and RSVP information.
Spring at the Skyscraper Museum 🌸 Join us in April for family programs, a curator’s tour, and a book talk. All programs are free! #NYCEvents #Architecture #Museums
Join us this March at The Skyscraper Museum! Mar 7 – Maya Lin (Family) Read-aloud + sculpture activity Mar 10 – The Skyscraper & The White City (Book Talk) Mar 20 – Curator’s Tour: Park Avenue Mar 21 – Women in Architecture (Family) All programs are free with RSVP!
We are starting 2026 with some exciting programs at The Skyscraper Museum 📚 Book Talk Emery Roth’s New York Apartment Buildings Tue, Jan 27, 2026 | 6:00 PM 👨👩👧 Family Programs New Year, New Buildings! Sat, Jan 24, 2026 | 10:30 AM 📖 Rosie Revere, Engineer Sat, Jan 31, 2026 | 10:30 AM
December at the Skyscraper Museum! City Hall World Tour (Family Program) Sat, Dec 6 • 10:30 AM Hands-on City Hall exploration + design activity. Free w/ RSVP. Men at Work: Empire State Building Tue, Dec 9 • 6 PM Glenn Kurtz on the workers behind Hine’s photos. Zoom (100 seats) + YouTube. RSVP.
🍂 October at The Skyscraper Museum! 🍂 Here’s what we have coming up: Flowers for Skyscrapers! Sat, Oct 4 · 10:30 AM · Wagner Park 👻 Ghostscrapers Sat, Oct 18 · 10:30 AM · At the Museum 🏙️ The Projects: A New History of Public Housing Thu, Oct 16 · 6:00 PM · At the Museum + Livestream #NYCFree
September at The Skyscraper Museum! Family Programs: 🗽Parks & Public Art — Sat, Sep 13 📐 Shigeru Ban Builds a Better World — Sat, Sep 27 Book Talks: ✨ Queens: A History of the Most Diverse Place on Earth — Tue, Sep 9 🏭 Albert Kahn Inc. — Tue, Sep 16 All programs are FREE — RSVP on our website!
Tonight's Book Talk is SOLD OUT! But you can join us and the author of New York’s Scoundrels, Scalawags, and Scrappers: The City in the Last Decade of the Gilded Age on our YouTube livestream at 6PM www.youtube.com/@SkyscraperM... #NYC #BookTalk #NYCBookTalk #Free #Skyscraper #SkyscraperMuseum
SKYSCRAPER MUSEUM
Located in New York City, the world's first and foremost vertical metropolis, The Skyscraper Museum celebrates the City's rich architectural heritage and examines the historical forces and individuals...
youtube.com
Don't forget to save your spot for next week's Book Talk! RSVP: skyscraper.org/programs/sco.... #NYC #ThingstodoNYC #BookTalk #BookTalkNYC #EventsNYC #SkyscraperMuseum #ArchitectureBookTalk
August is packed at The Skyscraper Museum! Family programs every other Saturday, walking tours, and a can't-miss book talk. All FREE! —RSVP now at the link in bio! #SkyscraperMuseum #NYCEvents #FamilyFun #Architecture
Thanks so much for highlighting my launch event @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social! 📚 Such a thrill to launch our GLASS PYRAMID in #NYC @skyscrapermuseum.bsky.social with engaged families & a wonderful staff at such a perfect architectural setting focused on creativity! ❤️ @simonkids.bsky.social
@eastwestlit.bsky.social · last yr.As seen in @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social : A “Glass” Act @jeannewharvey.bsky.social celebrated the launch of her picture book The Glass Pyramid: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I.M. Pei (Atheneum/illus. Khoa Le), with an event at the Skyscraper Museum NYC on June 14. #KidlitMegaFeed
Looking for something creative to do with the kids on a Saturday morning? Join us at The Skyscraper Museum! Our free July Family Programs explore architecture, storytelling, and city-building—RSVP now to save your spot! #FamilyPrograms #TheSkyscraperMuseum #NYCFree #ForKids #nycforkids
Hello July 👋 ☀️ Don't forget to sign up for our upcoming FREE programs. RSVP on our website to guarantee your spot
#TheSkyscraperMuseum #FamilyPrograms #FamilyProgramsNYC #Kids #WiththeKids #ArchitecturewithKids
The Skyscraper Museum@skyscrapermuseum.bsky.social · last yr.They’re back… 🎻✨ the violin duo Miolina returns to the Museum with a special kids concert inspired by our new exhibition THE MODERN CONCRETE SKYSCRAPER! Join us for on Saturday, June 21 at 10:30am. it’s free, family-friendly, and full of music, history and fun!
They’re back… 🎻✨ the violin duo Miolina returns to the Museum with a special kids concert inspired by our new exhibition THE MODERN CONCRETE SKYSCRAPER! Join us for on Saturday, June 21 at 10:30am. it’s free, family-friendly, and full of music, history and fun!
Glad to see "The Modern Concrete Skyscraper" getting good reviews...up at the @skyscrapermuseum.bsky.social through the Fall. www.archpaper.com/2025/06/conc...
Decades ago, concrete overtook steel as the predominant structural material for towers worldwide—the Skyscraper Museum’s new exhibition examines why and how
Concrete is all around us, and we haven’t quite wrapped our heads around it. Understanding its history more clearly, the Skyscraper Museum’s new exhibition in Manhattan implies, just might help us emp...
archpaper.com
All images of MNYH were courtesy of L&L Holding Company and 425 Park Avenue. 📸 Photos by: Pursuit (@agencyinpursuit on Instagram)
The Skyscraper Museum@skyscrapermuseum.bsky.social · last yr.Skyscraper Icons! #normanfoster #fosterandpartners #MNYH #skyscrapermuseum #architecture
All images of MNYH were courtesy of L&L Holding Company and 425 Park Avenue. 📸 Photos by: Pursuit (@agencyinpursuit on Instagram)
The Skyscraper Museum@skyscrapermuseum.bsky.social · last yr.On May 27th, The Skyscraper Museum presented architect Lord Norman Foster with the Making New York History Award as more than 200 guests gathered in the Diagrid Club at 425 Park Avenue to salute his contributions to New York City’s skyline. @fosterandpartners.bsky.social
On May 27th, The Skyscraper Museum presented architect Lord Norman Foster with the Making New York History Award as more than 200 guests gathered in the Diagrid Club at 425 Park Avenue to salute his contributions to New York City’s skyline. @fosterandpartners.bsky.social
I'm SOOO excited and honored to launch THE GLASS PYRAMID at the wonderful NYC @skyscrapermuseum.bsky.social! Besides a reading, we'll create paper pyramids and more! And I'll be doing a drawing for a few *FREE* signed books too! Hope to see you there! @simonkids.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social
The Skyscraper Museum@skyscrapermuseum.bsky.social · last yr.Join us and award-winning biographer @jeannewharvey.bsky.social as she tells the story of the renowned architect I. M. Pei and his triumph in redesigning the Louvre for a story time and hands-on activity. RSVP on our Upcoming Family Program page on our website. @blueslipmedia.bsky.social
Join us and award-winning biographer @jeannewharvey.bsky.social as she tells the story of the renowned architect I. M. Pei and his triumph in redesigning the Louvre for a story time and hands-on activity. RSVP on our Upcoming Family Program page on our website. @blueslipmedia.bsky.social
Exciting events coming up in the month of June! Book Talks, Family Programs, Curator's Tour and Waking Tours downtown! RSVP on our website. All events are FREE ☀️
