Curatorial Tour of Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS
Join curator Ian Bradley-Perrin for a guided tour of his exhibition Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS. This show traces the powerful graphics that emerged from New York’s […]
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Members-Only Tour: Love & Fury
Join curator Ian Bradley Perrin for a private, members-only tour of Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS. When AIDS hit New York, posters spoke when institutions stayed silent. In a city wired for visual competition—crowded streets, subway ads, nightclub flyers—posters became lifelines. They helped people to find clinics, mourn the dead, demand justice, […]
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In-Person Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Poster History Timeline
Every month, Poster House offers 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 both in person and online through Zoom. These tours are given by our Lead Educators, allowing you intimate access […]
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Virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Poster History Timeline
Every month, Poster House offers 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 both in person and online through Zoom. These tours are given by our Lead Educators, allowing you intimate access […]
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Members-Only Tour: Joan Semmel at the Jewish Museum
Jewish Museum 1109 5th Ave at 92nd St, New York, NY, United StatesPoster House members are invited to the Jewish Museum for a private tour of Joan Semmel: In the Flesh at the Jewish Museum. This tour will be jointly led by Isometric Studios, the team behind the exhibition’s design, and the museum’s curator of contemporary art, Rebecca Shaykin. Born in 1932 into a secular Jewish family […]
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Docent Tour: Act Black
Join the Poster House education team on guided docent tours of our current exhibitions! Gain a deeper understanding of the historical context and the design techniques behind one of the museum’s shows in an informative yet casual setting. The tours, along with your admission ticket, are always free! This Thursday, we will be focusing on […]
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First Friday
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Museum members can check in at the Info Desk to receive one free drink ticket to use at the bar from 6–9pm. Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, performance, or activity throughout the day. […]
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Poster Kids: Give More Books—Make More Books!
We are free to read books, and free to write them too! In celebration of Poster House’s new exhibition, Reading Under Fire: Arming Minds & Hearts During Wartime, craft and bind your own blank book, turning it into a storybook or a journal. We’ll learn how to sew the pages together using a needle and […]
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Members-Only Tour: Reading Under Fire
Poster House 119 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, United StatesJoin curator Molly Guptill Manning for a private, members-only tour of Reading Under Fire: Arming Minds & Hearts During Wartime. During World Wars I and II, nearly every combatant nation recognized that it was necessary to provide materials to maintain the wellbeing and morale of its soldiers—and books soared in popularity. Between lulls in action […]
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Screen, Stage & Spirits: Cocktails Inspired by Act Black
What better way to experience the museum’s latest exhibition than with a drink in hand? Join Poster House for a very special evening of showstopping cocktails inspired by Act Black: […]