Puffin Foundation

This exhibition chronicles the four ways that ordinary New Yorkers have organized across the decades to make change that would not have happened without their efforts.

This exhibit was created with support from the Puffin Foundation, which previously sponsored a longtime exhibit at the same museum called Activist New York.

In the same space that it currently is at right now, but now we're joined by Sarah Seidman, the curator of the Raise Your Voice New York City Activism ongoing permanent exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, and also Neal Rosenstein, president of the Puffin Foundation.

Welcome both of you to the show.

Thanks, John.

Could you just speak about how this show differs from Activist New York and what the curatorial process looked like when you were reimagining this new exhibition?

Sure.

So, you know, through our continued partnership with the Puffin Foundation, we were able to really expand on the work that we did with the previous show, Activists New York, by focusing on the show on the tactics of activism, as well as highlighting more objects from the museum's large collection, making it more sustainable and organic in terms of how the show evolves since it's an ongoing exhibition and making it more hands on for visitors of all ages.