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The museum is operated by the Sandy Ground Historical Society and its annual festival is a celebration of black history, culture and freedom. [5] The museum is also chartered by the New York State Department of Education to bring education and awareness of Sandy Ground to adults and children alike through guided tours, exhibits, interactive ...
Museum of the City of New York: Museum Mile: Manhattan: Multiple: Art and local history National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Financial District: Manhattan: Memorial: Memorial and museum dedicated to victims of 9/11 attacks New-York Historical Society: Upper West Side: Manhattan: History: History of New York and the United States Statue of ...
The New York Historical (known as the New-York Historical Society from 1804–2024) is an American history museum and library on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The society was founded in 1804 as New York's first museum. It presents exhibitions, public programs, and research that explore the history of New York and the nation.
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a research library of the New York Public Library (NYPL) and an archive repository for information on people of African descent worldwide. Located at 515 Malcolm X Boulevard ( Lenox Avenue ) between West 135th and 136th Streets in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City , it has ...
This list of museums in New York is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
56 years ago today on Oct. 21, 1959, the Guggenheim Museum sparked the curiosity of millions when its abstract design popped up on New York City's elite Fifth Avenue.
National Museum of Catholic Art and History, closed in 2010; New York Jazz Museum in Manhattan; New York City Police Museum; New York Tattoo Museum in Staten Island; Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, closed in 2015; Ripley's Believe It or Not!, midtown Manhattan, 2007-2021; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex, opened in SoHo in 2008, closed in 2010
New York City New York: 1984 [9] [a] African American Civil War Memorial Museum: Washington: D.C. 1999 [13] African-American Research Library and Cultural Center: Fort Lauderdale: Florida: 2002 [14] African American Firefighter Museum: Los Angeles: California: 1997 [15] African American Military History Museum: Hattiesburg: Mississippi: 2000 [16]