Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The new location at 2 Columbus Circle, with more than 54,000 square feet (5,000 m 2), more than tripled the size of the museum's former space.It includes four floors of exhibition galleries for works by established and emerging artists; a 150-seat auditorium in which the museum plans to feature lectures, films, and performances; and a restaurant.
The museum originated with the Da-Co-Tah Indian Club, which began campaigning in September 1951 to use the Union Indian Agency building to house a local museum. [1] In 1954, the club sponsored legislation, H.R. Bill No. 8983 by U.S. Representative Ed Edmondson, that petitioned the return of the building to the municipal government of Muskogee, Oklahoma.
The Mmuseumm was founded by Alex Kalman [3] [4] and the Safdie brothers. [5] [6] It curates its content and locations by "seasons", reflective of its original summer hours, [7] and has called two locations home on Cortlandt Alley between Franklin Street and White Street, sometimes known as Mmuseumm Alley. [8]
In 1997, newly appointed director Annette Blaugrund rebranded the institution as the "National Academy Museum and School of Fine Art", to reflect "a new spirit of integration incorporating the association of artists, museum, and school", and to avoid confusion with the now differently understood term "design". [7] This change was reversed in ...
The National Museum of the American Indian–New York, the George Gustav Heye Center, is a branch of the National Museum of the American Indian at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Manhattan, New York City. [1] The museum is part of the Smithsonian Institution. The center features contemporary and historical exhibits of art and ...
Bring your night out up a notch with fine art, music, and culture at the museum — First Fridays are back. ... These 21+ events not only give you special after-hours access to the museum, but ...
New York City Manhattan Anya and Andrew Shiva Art Gallery, [59] [60] Keuka College: Private Keuka Park: Yates: Ginzburg Gallery, Lightner Art Gallery [61] Kingsborough Community College: Public New York City Brooklyn: Kingsborough Art Museum [62] Lehman College: Public New York City The Bronx: Lehman College Art Gallery [63] Manhattan Community ...
The Tally-ho Road Coach (1875) was given to the museum by the Museum of the City of New York in 2008. Made by Holland & Holland, of London, the carriage was purchased and brought to the United States by Col. Delancey Astor Kane (1844–1915), a wealthy founder of New York's Coaching Club. A canary yellow and beautifully-proportioned road coach ...