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Name Neighborhood Borough Type Summary Metropolitan Museum of Art: Museum Mile: Manhattan: Art: One of the world's largest, and most visited art museums; includes American art and decorative arts, European, African, Asian, Ancient Egyptian, Roman and Greek art, Byzantine and Islamic art, modern art
See also List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City for museums and other visitor attractions including zoos and gardens, performing arts organizations, libraries, and historically-significant sites. See also List of museums in New York (state) for museums in the rest of New York state.
The Cultural Institutions Group (CIG) is a coalition of institutions providing cultural and educational resources to the public in New York City that are subsidized by the city government. The group originated with the new location for the American Museum of Natural History in 1869, and as of 2024, the CIG includes 34 cultural institutions.
The Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA), which prefigured the contemporary DCLA, was created in 1962 by Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. In 1976, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs was established as a separate city agency, headed by the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs, who is appointed by the Mayor. [4]
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The Bronx Museum of the Arts (BxMA), also called the Bronx Museum of Art [2] or simply the Bronx Museum, [3] is an American cultural institution located in Concourse, Bronx, New York. The museum focuses on contemporary and 20th-century works created by American artists, but it has hosted exhibitions of art and design from Latin America, Africa ...
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As the oldest cultural organization on Staten Island, the museum has been instrumental in the founding of many other cultural organizations in the area. These include the New York Botanical Garden (the institute's co-founder Nathaniel Lord Britton became its first director), the Staten Island Zoo (originally the Staten Island Zoological Society ...