Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in Midtown, Manhattan the weekend of Oct 2–4, 2026: 11 picks, refreshed weekly.
11 picks · checked Sep 7
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanRare Surrealist artists' books by Andre Breton, Claude Cahun, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst and Toyen, drawn from MoMA's holdings.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanRare Surrealist artists' books by Andre Breton, Claude Cahun, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst and Toyen, drawn from MoMA's holdings.
Midtown, ManhattanNew York City Center's 23rd Fall for Dance Festival packs world-class companies — The Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, A.
Midtown, ManhattanNew York City Center's 23rd Fall for Dance Festival packs world-class companies — The Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, A.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanMoMA's fall photography opening: Marianne Wex's 1977 feminist landmark in dialogue with seven contemporary artists, every contemporary work new to the museum's walls.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanMoMA's fall photography opening: Marianne Wex's 1977 feminist landmark in dialogue with seven contemporary artists, every contemporary work new to the museum's walls.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanJason Persse · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThirty works of digital and analog information design in MoMA's street-level gallery, which is free and open to the public.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanJason Persse · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThirty works of digital and analog information design in MoMA's street-level gallery, which is free and open to the public.
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Midtown, Manhattan(vincent desjardins) from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWinnie-the-Pooh's original stuffed animals, a Gutenberg Bible and Jefferson's handwriting, free inside the Fifth Avenue library.
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Midtown, Manhattan(vincent desjardins) from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWinnie-the-Pooh's original stuffed animals, a Gutenberg Bible and Jefferson's handwriting, free inside the Fifth Avenue library.
Midtown East, ManhattanThe Noguchi Museum reunites Isamu Noguchi with Lever House seventy years after his unrealized plan for its plaza, filling the lobby and courtyard of Gordon Bunshaft's 1952 landmark with sculpture, models and.
Midtown East, ManhattanThe Noguchi Museum reunites Isamu Noguchi with Lever House seventy years after his unrealized plan for its plaza, filling the lobby and courtyard of Gordon Bunshaft's 1952 landmark with sculpture, models and.
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Midtown, ManhattanThe library behind the lions marks 250 years of the Declaration with founding documents, free to walk in and see.
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Midtown, ManhattanThe library behind the lions marks 250 years of the Declaration with founding documents, free to walk in and see.
Midtown, ManhattanThe choreographer takes over MoMA's Marron Atrium as a daily workspace, dancing with a rotating cast during museum hours - and s turning the room over to anyone who wants it.
Midtown, ManhattanThe choreographer takes over MoMA's Marron Atrium as a daily workspace, dancing with a rotating cast during museum hours - and s turning the room over to anyone who wants it.
Laura Pels Theatre, Midtown, ManhattanA Catskills bungalow colony, a traveling blouse salesman and the summer of the moon landing — the film, remade as a musical.
Laura Pels Theatre, Midtown, ManhattanA Catskills bungalow colony, a traveling blouse salesman and the summer of the moon landing — the film, remade as a musical.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMoMA opens a century of animation from its own collection, from early hand-drawn cells to contemporary experiments.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanMoMA opens a century of animation from its own collection, from early hand-drawn cells to contemporary experiments.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanWiiii · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Indian painter's first solo show in New York - five decades of work on displacement, memory and Kashmir, co-organized with KNMA.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanWiiii · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Indian painter's first solo show in New York - five decades of work on displacement, memory and Kashmir, co-organized with KNMA.
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