Final Extra Credit Assignment

Posted: Tue, Nov 11, 2025

Due: Monday, December 8, in hard copy, at the beginning of class.
Format: 2–3 pages.

As we turn fully to socially-engaged ethics, I want to encourage you all to go out and engage with the incredible social history of New York City. Please visit one of the museums/exhibitions suggested below and reflect on two of the most interesting (surprising, challenging, inspiring, frustrating, etc.) things you learned from it. This extra credit assignment will contribute up to 3% to your final exam.

Check the hours ahead of time and remember to bring your Barnard/Columbia student ID!

• Museum of the City of New York ($14 for students; pay-as-you-can for NYC residents with ID; free on Wednesdays)
• Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space ($5 suggested donation; 90-minute East Village history walking tours on weekends at 3pm, $25)
• Barnard Digital Collections (online exhibitions, free)
• New York Transit Museum ($10, no student discount)
• New York Historical Society ($13 for students; pay-as-you-can from 5–8 pm on Fridays; free tours at 1:00 and 2:30 pm)
• Tenement Museum ($30, no student discount)
• List of museums curated by the CUNY Gotham Center
• Email me if there’s another museum you’d like to visit!