Online Exhibitions
Our exhibition space, opened in 2019 (with a second room opening May 2021), is home to our temporary exhibits exploring topics of the 19th century world and provides a space for artisans and creatives to showcase their work in the community. Exhibits are on view for a few months before another takes its place, and visitors can experience our exhibition space every time they take a tour.
If you couldn’t come visit us during an exhibition’s run, many of our special exhibitions will become available here online, with interactive elements and all the information you would be able to access if experiencing it in-person. We look forward to welcoming you to our site virtually!
“Transfer at Jamaica!”
August 24 2024 - Jan 1 2024
An exhibition exploring our community as a transit hub from a historical perspective -and a glimpse into the future!
Online content coming 2025
The Ancestor’s Future: An Afrofuturist’s Journey Through Time
August 8 2024 - Nov 2 2024
Artist and historian Cheyney McKnight’s first solo exhibition featuring her performance pieces, photographs, and clothing designs that are transformed into modern textiles while highlighting the Black experience in America with 18th and 19th-century silhouettes comes to King Manor!
The Ancestor’s Future is a significant exploration of Black America’s past, viewed through the lens of Afrofuturism. McKnight’s work delves into a distant future while drawing on the past and present, illuminating the crucial role of Black bodies, health, and joy. McKnight’s creative practice, rooted in history, offers a fresh and enlightening understanding of our shared history and future.
What is America? Remembering the Bicentennial
Coming 2026
As we enter the Nation’s 250th year, this exhibition explores the way the Bicentennial in 1976 shaped our idea of what America is and what it means to be American, through exploring symbolism in commemorative objects, written documentation and oral histories from a broad range of perspectives. Remember 1976? Let us tell your story! Fill out this form to get started
Voices from the Green
Permanent Online Interactive Map
The follow-up to our walking tour: After Emancipation, Voices from The Green explores the lives of early individuals of the black community in the 19th century. This interactive exhibit uses two maps from the 19th century to highlight the origins and development of the community of color in the Village of Jamaica -- now the bustling downtown transportation hub of Jamaica, Queens.
Streamline
Coming 2024
This exhibit uses works by contemporary local artists in conjunction with historical artifacts, maps, and data to explore the relationship between waterways and urban development over time and make suggestions for the future. The exhibit is a dynamic way to explore the historic roots of current issues, fulfilling our mission to foster critical thinking for a healthier democracy.
Online content coming 2024
Identity Fabric
bruk out media, Summer 2022
““Identity Fabric” is a term used in cybersecurity to refer to a ‘set of services that a business uses to manage identify and access management across all of the organization’s data islands’ […] This show aims to create an understanding of how all of us bearing the Caribbean identity are interconnected and how powerful our work is when we perform together.”
Curated by Sharifa Khan. Website developed by Farudh Emiel.
Design for Democracy
October 2021 — January 2022
Design touches everyday lives, from politics to dress. This interactive online version of this exhibit features activities for children and adults that take you into Mary Alsop King’s early 19th-century world including furnishings, decor items, and her beautiful gown evoking the fashions of ancient Rome.
After Emancipation
Permanent Walking tour
In 1827, Wilson Rantous purchased about $250 worth of land in the Village of Jamaica, Long Island to develop a space for the Black community to come together and prosper through fellowship, education, and civic engagement. Discover a grassroots movement toward one of the first Black voting rights conventions in New York State and whose echoes are still felt in the community today.
Let’s Share in the Moment: A Dialogue Around Eating
Jamaica FLUX, Summer 2021
King Manor was home to the works of Hayoon Jay Lee for JCAL’s Jamaica FLUX: Workspace & Windows show which featured local artists across Jamaica. Lee’s installations included elements from King Manor’s collections and started a dialogue about our relationship with food during the 2020 pandemic.
Made in Queens
May 2021
Presented by a collection of artists through the South Queens Women’s March, Made In Queens exists to decolonize the art that we consume and to represent the real talent and stories of Queens, New York.
Queens of King Manor
March 2020 — April 2021
On the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, we celebrate the founders of King Manor. Learn about the world of women trailblazing in historic preservation — their worldview, their imperfections, and their successes that carried the field forward.
Traditions Festival Online
Summer 2020
In 2020, the global pandemic forced us to put our favorite tradition on hold. Instead, Traditions Fest went online to celebrate the diversity of the World’s Borough, highlight social justice issues, and support creators and artisans in our community. Enjoy this online gallery of their works!