The City Electric

New York's Gilded Age Opens March 12, 2027 Visit MCNY on Instagram Visit MCNY on Facebook Visit MCNY on Threads Visit MCNY on TikTok Visit MCNY on Youtube Sign up for our mailing list The City Electric: New York’s Gilded Age takes visitors inside the mansions, wardrobes, and social rituals of gilded New York, then steps outside into a city where record immigration, Black migration from the South, and a booming industrial economy were remaking New York at the same moment its wealthiest families were building palaces on Fifth Avenue. The exhibition pairs the Museum’s renowned collection of Gilded Age fashion, jewelry, and decorative arts with the story of a city remade by wealth, immigration, migration, and invention. New York’s dynamism ran far deeper than its gilded image. A historic wave of immigration reshaped the city’s streets, industries, and culture. Across the East River, Black Brooklynites forged a community of lasting social and political influence.

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