#museum of the city of new york

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New York Observer

Detail of stairwell decoration created by Michael Beirut of Pentagram design, Museum of the City of New York, 103rd Street and Fifth Avenue.

[hippography]

Madison Square.

Description: A horse-drawn carriage and its driver. 

Dated: ca. 1905

Creator: Byron Company (New York, N.Y.)

Accession number: 93.1.1.18017 

Museum of the City of New York

[manhattanstepbystep]

Streets of El Barrio: Museum of the City of New York East 103rd Street and Fifth Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

[artphotocollector]

“New York - I'm connected. This is my core. I feel like if I'm not connected to New York, then I don't even know what to do with myself.”--Jay-Z

This is the 100th year of the Museum of the City of New York. Tucked away in East Harlem next to El Museo del Barrio, the museum has always housed an impressive collection of photography. For New Yorkers, especially, the museum has held a treasure-trove of our history and culture. Not always given the wider attention it deserves, the MCNY has always been a powerhouse.

Marking its inaugural photography triennial, “New York Now: Home,” the curatorial team solicited images from over a 1000 artists, and found its way down to 33 individuals whom they chose to represent “home” in all of its fluid manifestations. Some of the artists are established and known, while others are emerging. The curators Sean Corcoran and Thea Quiray Tagle have presented us with an array of representation, as diverse and innovative as the city itself.

Featuring the work of established artists such as Anders Jones, Linda Troeller, Maureen Drennan  and Jamel Shabazz , New York: Home also shows younger artists like Cheryl Mukherji  and Diana Guerra  both of whom were new discoveries. The exhibition takes us on a wide-ranging experience through New York. We see it afresh through new eyes. While “home” has infinite meanings that transcend language and location, the representations we see in this inaugural triennial of our great city are as diverse and wonderful as the people who live here. In New York: Home we feel connected. --Lane Nevares

[offtheleashart]

The Art of the Streets

Futura, one of the graffiti artists of 1980's New York. #art #graffiti #museums

Above Ground. A graffiti exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York These works were donated to the museum by Chinese American painter Martin Wong. He had befriended many of the young artists who were creating graffiti in 1980’s New York and collected their works. He co-founded the Museum of American Graffiti in the East Village in 1989. Issues with the space, the top floor of a townhouse,…

[goingplacesfarandnear]

Anne Frank House in New York City Headlines Fall Culture Calendar

De Boekenkast: bookcase in front of Secret Annex. New Yorkers will have the opportunity to actually tour a re-creation of Anne Frank’s hiding place, never before seen outside Amsterdam (© Anne Frank House, photographer Cris Toala Olivares) By Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com New York is one of the premier cultural capitals of the world and fall is when the…

[designmiss]

130 Years Of Brooklyn Bridge Photos, Decade By Decade https://www.design-miss.com/130-years-of-brooklyn-bridge-photos-decade-by-decade/ Il famoso ponte sospeso di Brooklyn di New York ha da poco compiuto 130 anni e ny.curbed.com gli dedica una galleria fotografica storica, decade dopo decade, dalla costruzione e dall’inaugurazione del 24 maggio […]

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[amnhnyc]

🗣️ College students: Do you want to inspire curiosity in a captivating environment where science, community, and communication intertwine? Become a Museum intern! Applications for the Museum Education Experience Program (MEEP) are open through August 23. Apply today!

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Central Park and the Plaza, William Anderson Coffin, 1917-18

Oil on canvas 24 ¼ x 29 ¼ in. (61.6 x 74.3 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, USA

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Streets of El Barrio: East 104th Street between Madison Ave and Fifth Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

Museum of the City of New York

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Magic, past and present, the MET

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New York’s Guggenheim Museum opened on October 21, 1959.

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Visit to the Museum of New York. Portrait is of German naturalist, Alexander von Humboldt.

[amnhnyc]

If you’ve visited the Museum, you’re certainly familiar with today’s Fossil Friday feature: the Barosaurus and Allosaurus in the Rotunda! Rising 50 ft (15 m) above the ground, it’s the world’s tallest freestanding dinosaur mount. In this scene, a Barosaurus rears up to defend her young from an Allosaurus. How does the huge skeleton of Barosaurus—whose name means “heavy reptile”—stay up? The Barosaurus is built from casts of real fossil bones, while the originals are housed in the Museum’s collections. Real fossil bones would be too heavy to support this way.

Photo: D. Finnin / © AMNH