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http://www.cooperhewitt.org Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum is the only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. The museum presents compelling perspectives on the impact of design on daily life through active educational and curatorial programming. It is the mission of Cooper-Hewitt's staff and Board of Trustees to advance the public understanding of design across the twenty-four centuries of human creativity represented by the Museum's collection. The Museum was founded in 1897 by Amy, Eleanor, and Sarah Hewitt — granddaughters of industrialist Peter Cooper — as part of The Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science & Art. It is housed in the landmark Andrew Carnegie Mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York City. The campus also includes two historic townhouses renovated with state-of-the-art conservation technology and a unique terrace and garden. Cooper-Hewitt events and temporary exhibits are listed on DoingNYC. http://www.doingnyc.com/eventsbyvenuesview.php?vid=182 
http://www.elmuseo.org Founded in 1969 by a group of Puerto Rican artists, educators,community activists and civic leaders, El Museo del Barrio is the only museum in New York City dedicated to the celebration of Puerto Rican, Latin American and Caribbean cultures. Through its extensive collections, varied exhibitions and publications, bilingual public programs, educational activities, festivals and special events, El Museo educates its diverse public in the richness of Caribbean and Latin American arts and cultural history. The museum features an extensive collection of pre-Columbian and traditional artifacts as well as 20th century arts and crafts. El Museo events and temporary exhibits are listed on DoingNYC. http://www.doingnyc.com/eventsbyvenuesview.php?vid=259  http://www.goethe.de/newyork Founded in 1925, the Goethe-Institut is a German non-profit organization whose mission is to promote German language and culture outside of the German-speaking countries. It is mainly financed by the national government of Germany. The New York branch is one of seven in the United States. The handsome stone bulding features about 12,000 books, numerous newspapers and periodicals as well as audio-visual materials. Exhibits, lectures, films and concerts are among the event often held at the center. Goethe events and temporary exhibits are listed on DoingNYC. http://www.doingnyc.com/eventsbyvenuesview.php?vid=263  http://www.thejewishmuseum.org The Jewish Museum, one of the world's largest and most important institutions devoted to exploring the remarkable scope and diversity of Jewish culture, was founded in 1904 in the library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where it was housed for more than four decades. In 1944, Frieda Schiff Warburg, widow of the prominent businessman and philanthropist, Felix Warburg, who had been a Seminary trustee, donated the family mansion at 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street to the Seminary for use as the Museum. A sculpture court was installed alongside the Mansion in 1959, and the Albert A. List Building was added in 1963 to provide additional exhibition and program space. In 1989, a major expansion and renovation project was undertaken. Upon completion in June 1993, the expansion doubled the Museum's gallery space, created new space for educational programs, provided significant improvements in public amenities, and added a two-floor permanent exhibition. Jewish Museum events and temporary exhibits are listed on DoingNYC. http://www.doingnyc.com/eventsbyvenuesview.php?vid=260 
http://www.metmuseum.org Founded in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum Of Art is one of the world's largest and finest art museums. Its collections include more than two million works of art spanning 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe. The museum's two-million-square-foot building has vast holdings that represent a series of collections, each of which ranks in its category among the finest in the world. The American Wing, for example, houses the world's most comprehensive collection of American paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts, presently including 24 period rooms that offer an unparalleled view of American history and domestic life. The museum's approximately 2,500 European paintings form one of the greatest such collections in the world — Rembrandts and Vermeers alone are among the choicest, not to mention the collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist canvases. Virtually all of the 36,000 objects constituting the greatest collection of Egyptian art outside Cairo are on display, while the Islamic art collection is one of the world's finest. Other major collections belonging to the museum include arms and armor, Asian art, costumes, European sculpture and decorative arts, medieval and Renaissance art, musical instruments, drawings, prints, antiquities from around the ancient world, photography, and modern art. Metropolitan Museum events and temporary exhibits are listed on DoingNYC. http://www.doingnyc.com/eventsbyvenuesview.php?vid=122 
http://www.mcny.org The Museum Of The City Of New York embraces the past, present, and future of New York City and celebrates the city’s cultural diversity. It does so through its rich collections, a lively schedule of exhibitions, and an array of programs for adults and children. The museum is dedicated to fostering an understanding of New York’s evolution from its origins as a settlement of a few hundred Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans to its present status of one of the world’s largest and most important cities. City Museum events and temporary exhibits are listed on DoingNYC. http://www.doingnyc.com/eventsbyvenuesview.php?vid=126  http://www.neuegalerie.org The Neue Galerie New York is a museum of early twentieth-century German and Austrian art and design. The name of the museum indicates the twin allegiances of the institution: its embrace of both the city in which it is located and the culture upon which its exhibitions and collections are based. Historically, the name Neue Galerie New York derives in part from the Neue Galerie in Vienna, founded in 1923, which was a vitally important showcase for the work of Klimt, Schiele, and other artists associated with the Secession movement. The word "neue," which means "new," referred in a general sense to the work these artists were creating, and to the novel approach to art and life that their work represented. It is in this same spirit of innovation that the term "Neue Galerie" is used for Neue Galerie New York. Housed in an elegant Beaux-Arts structure built in 1914, the Neue Galerie is divided into two sections: the second floor of the museum houses works of fine art and decorative art from the museum's permanent collection of early twentieth-century Austria; the third floor exhibits various German works from the same era, as well as special temporary exhibitions. The museum also contains a bookstore, design shop, and two Viennese cafés. Neue Galerie events and temporary exhibits listed are on DoingNYC. http://www.doingnyc.com/eventsbyvenuesview.php?vid=258  http://www.guggenheim.org The mission of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is to promote the understanding and appreciation of art, architecture, and other manifestations of visual culture, primarily of the modern and contemporary periods, and to collect, conserve, and study the art of our time. The Foundation realizes this mission through exceptional exhibitions, education programs, research initiatives, and publications, and strives to engage and educate an increasingly diverse international audience through its unique network of museums and cultural partnerships. The Guggenheim is housed in an impressive building designed by famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1959. Guggenheim events and temporary exhibits are listed on DoingNYC. http://www.doingnyc.com/eventsbyvenuesview.php?vid=149 |
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