Intern Instagram Takeover: Maya

Poster House is currently wrapping up its inaugural cohort of summer interns. Four amazing people joined our nine-week, paid summer internship program this June–August, giving them remote access to all parts of running a museum. In these final weeks, they will be revealing their final projects, writing for our Blog, and creating unique content for […]

Virtual Talk & Tasting: Cheese Posters!

If there's one thing we can all agree upon, it's that everyone loves cheese. There's a cheese for every occasion, every palate, every mood—and what better way to celebrate this dairy delight than with a night of guided tasting and cheese poster appreciation. Poster House is thrilled to partner with Stephen Gellert of the The […]

Intern Instagram Takeover: Danielle

Poster House is currently wrapping up its inaugural cohort of summer interns. Four amazing people joined our nine-week, paid summer internship program this June–August, giving them remote access to all parts of running a museum. In these final weeks, they will be revealing their final projects, writing for our Blog, and creating unique content for […]

Intern Instagram Takeover: Michelle

Poster House is currently wrapping up its inaugural cohort of summer interns. Four amazing people joined our nine-week, paid summer internship program this June–August, giving them remote access to all parts of running a museum. In these final weeks, they will be revealing their final projects, writing for our Blog, and creating unique content for […]

Virtual Lecture: Chinatown’s Historic Signage

The streets of Chinatown have historically been defined by an intensity of urban life whose vitality almost overwhelms the senses of visitors from less frenetic places. Commercial signs and outdoor advertising have long been a key feature of Chinatown's unique urban landscape. But with so much to look at in these streets, signs tend to […]

Remote Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: The Sleeping Giant

Every month, Poster House offers Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for the low vision and blind community. Explore one of the museum’s shows with an experienced educator trained in the art of verbal description and learn more about the history of printed posters. Due to the current public health crisis surrounding COVID-19, we’re bringing our description […]

Alphonse Mucha: Online Talk with the NYPL

Embark on a virtual journey through the Paris portion of Alphonse Mucha’s career, as featured in the exhibition Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau/Nouvelle Femme that recently debuted at Poster House. Afterward, we’ll have a Q&A with the museum's Chief Curator, Angelina Lippert—any and all questions about Mucha or general poster history are welcomed and encouraged!   […]

Virtual Summer Vacation: Travel Poster Cocktail Party

Our ongoing Posters & Cocktails parties have been met with rave reviews, so we are giving the summer one last hurrah with another mixological blend of drinking and design! Our Chief Curator will once again be hosting Nicholas Lowry of Swann Auction Galleries and Don Spiro of The Green Fairy Society over Zoom as they […]

Virtual Talk: New York City in Posters

New York City didn’t become the capital of the world overnight. The Big Apple also relied on world class advertising to attract visitors.  Before it was a tourist destination, New York City was (and still very much is) a port town, a terminus for ships arriving from Europe and beyond. Between 1892 and 1924, over […]

Virtual Chinese Cooking Class with Nom Wah

Poster House is thrilled to once again partner with Nom Wah, one of New York's oldest dim sum houses, in honor of the exhibition The Sleeping Giant: Posters & The Chinese Economy. Tune in to this live cooking event where Nom Wah's chefs will guide you through two authentic Chinese recipes highlighted in their upcoming […]