"Activist New York"

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Museum of the City of New York

Until Tue Dec 31

Activist New York

Photograph: Courtesy Library of Congress

Strike Pickets, 1910, Bain News Service photograph
Photograph: Courtesy Museum of the City of New York

Shackles, 1860s, from "Activist New York" at the Museum of the City of New York
Photograph: Courtesy Museum of the City of New York

Beaker engraved with anti-Jacobite slogans, 1707-08, in "Activist New York" at the Museum of the City of New York
Photograph: Courtesy Museum of the City of New York

Gay Bob doll with box and booklet, 1977, from "Activist New York" at the Museum of the City of New York
AIDS was another issue suffering from the mayor’s indifference. The lack of response to the epidemic on both the local and federal levels, however, sparked the creation of such gay-activist organizations as the GMHC and ACT-UP.

Activist New York

Photograph: Courtesy Library of Congress

Strike Pickets, 1910, Bain News Service photograph

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Time Out says

Wed May 2 2012

Long before Occupy Wall Street, New Yorkers were hitting picket lines to ask for civil rights, sexual equality and other freedoms. See artifacts and photographs that tell the stories of Gothamites protesting as far back as the 17th century. The show also inaugurates the museum's new Puffin Foundation Gallery, dedicated to social activism.

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Name:
Museum of the City of New York
Address:
Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Ave
East Harlem
New York

Cross Street:
between 103rd and 104th Sts
Phone:
212-534-1672
Website:
mcny.org
Opening hours:
Daily 10am–6pm
Transport:
Subway: 6 to 103rd St
Price:
Suggested donation $10, seniors and students $6, children 12 and under free
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1. Museum of the City of New York
  - 1220 Fifth Ave
    East Harlem
    New York
  - 212-534-1672
  - mcny.org
  - 40.792495,-73.951905