The Museum of the City of New York is an art gallery and history museum founded in 1923 to present the history of New York City and its people. In 1982, the Museum received The Hundred Year Association of New York's 1982 Gold Medal Award "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York." It is located at the northern end of the Museum Mile section of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, between 103rd and 104th Streets, facing Central Park. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ... The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... // Main article: History of New York City (prehistory-1664) Prehistory in the area began with the geological formation of the peculiar territory of what is today New York City. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The logo of The Hundred Year Association of New York The Hundred Year Association of New York was founded in 1927 to recognize and reward dedication and service to the City of New York by businesses and organizations that have been in operation in the City for a century or... Museum Mile is the name for a section of Fifth Avenue, an avenue in Manhattan in the City of New York, running from 82nd to 105th streets on the Upper East Side in a neighborhood known as Carnegie Hill. ... Street sign at Fifth Avenue and East 57th street Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in New York City. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... A Central Park landscape Central Park is a large public, urban park (843 acres or 3. ...

Contrary to popular misconception, the Museum is a private non-profit organization and receives no more government support than any other cultural institution in New York City.

The imposing brick and limestone building it occupies was designed by Joseph J. Freedlander in the neo-Georgian style. Construction began in 1928 and was completed in 1930. A new expansion and renovation project will have its groundbreaking on August 2, 2006. This project includes construction of new state of the art collections storage and expansion and renovation of the existing galleries.

Collection

”The Bay and Harbor of New York” by Samuel Waugh (1814-1885), depicting the arrival of the Junk Keying in New York harbour in July 1847 (watercolor on canvas, c.1853-1855, Museum of the City of New York).

The museum's collections include paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs featuring New York City and its residents, as well as costumes, decorative objects and furniture, toys, rare books and manuscripts, marine and military collections, police and fire collections, and a theater collection (documenting the golden age of Broadway theater). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1281x660, 165 KB)Junk Keying in New York harbour, 1847. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1281x660, 165 KB)Junk Keying in New York harbour, 1847. ... ”The Bay and Harbor of New York” by Samuel Waugh (1814-1885), depicting the Junk Keying in New York harbour in July 1847 (watercolor on canvas, c. ... The Junk Keying (Chinese: 耆英; Pinyin: literally Elder. English name is based on Cantonese pronunciation) was a Chinese junk which sailed from China around the Cape of Good Hope to the United States and England between 1846 and 1848. ... NY redirects here. ... Note on spelling: While most Americans use er (as per American spelling conventions), the majority of venues, performers and trade groups for live theatre use re. ...

The museum is known for its comprehensive collection of photographs, which includes works by Jacob Riis and Berenice Abbott, as well as many Depression-era Federal Art Project photographs. The museum is also home to several recreated furnished rooms from the house of John D. Rockefeller, donated by his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. </gallery> Jacob I Have Autism Riis (May 3, 1849 - May 26, 1914), a Danish-American muckraker journalist, photographer, and social reformer, was born in Ribe, Denmark. ... Berenice Abbott [1] (July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991) was an American photographer best known for her black-and-white photography of the streetlife and architecture of New York City during the 1930s. ... The Great Depression was an economic downturn which started in 1929 and lasted through most of the 1930s. ... East Side West Side Exhibition of Photographs, New York City Federal Art Project, WPA, 1938 The Federal Art Project (FAP) was the visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era New Deal WPA Federal One program in the United States. ... John Davison Rockefeller, Sr. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Tweed Courthouse move

In 2000 a plan was floated for the museum to relocate to the historic Tweed Courthouse by City Hall in Lower Manhattan. El Museo del Barrio would then have moved across the street to occupy the former Museum of the City of New York building. In the end, Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided to site the new New York City Department of Education in the Tweed Courthouse instead, causing then direct Robert R. Mcdonald to tender his resignation. The old New York County Courthouse is known as the Tweed Courthouse, built in the American Victorian style with funds obtained by the infamous William M. Boss Tweed. The courthouse is located at 52 Chambers Street, constructed from 1861–1872 by the architect John Kellum and Thomas Little. ... Founded in 1969, El Museo del Barrio is located along Museum Mile in New York City ( USA), and is the only museum dedicated to the celebration of New Yorks Latin American and Caribbean cultures. ... Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is a prominent American businessman, the founder of Bloomberg L.P., and the current Mayor of New York City. ... The New York City Department of Education is a department of the city of New York which runs almost all of the citys public schools. ...

The Museum's new director, Susan Henshaw Jones, recommitted MCNY to its East Harlem neighborhood, by planning an extension to the Museum. The groundbreaking for this extension, which includes new gallery space, is planned for August 2, 2006.

See also

• List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City

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External links

• Official website