Five Must-See Museumsin New York City

Avraham Glattman

The Morgan Library & Museum

225 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016

The Morgan Library & Museum

5 Fast Facts:1. Originally designed in the Classical Revival style by Charles Follen McKim

2. Founded as a private library in 1906.

3. The museum was made a public institution in 1924 by J. P. Morgan's son

in accordance with his father's will.

4. Belle da Costa Greene, J.P. Morgan's personal librarian, became the

library's first director and remained in the role until her retirement in 1948.

5. The Morgan has one of the world's greatest collections of ancient Near

Eastern cylinder seals, small stone cylinders finely engraved with images for

transfer to clay by rolling.

The Noguchi Museum

9-01 33rd Rd, Queens, NY 11106

The Noguchi Museum

5 Fast Facts:1. Chartered as The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum.

2. Designed and created by the Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi.

3. The museum underwent serious renovations in 2004 so that it can now

remain open all year long.

4. In February 2004, the institution earned formal recognition as a museum,

and granted 501(c)(3) public charity status.

5. The New York State Council on the Arts has recognized the Museum's

educational program, Art for Families, as a stellar example of a community

outreach program.

The Tenement Museum

103 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002

The Tenement Museum

5 Fast Facts:1. The museum's exhibits include restored apartments that depict the lives

of immigrants who lived at 97 Orchard Street between 1869 and 1935.

2. This five-story brick tenement building has been home to around 7,000

people from over 20 countries.

3. The Tenement Museum was founded in 1988 by Ruth J. Abram and

Anita Jacobson.

4. The National Defense Authorization Act for the 2015 fiscal year

expanded the National Historic Site designation to also include the

tenement at 103 Orchard Street.

5. The museum emphasizes tolerance and an informed historical

perspective.

New York Transit Museum

Boerum Pl & Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

New York Transit Museum

5 Fast Facts:1. The main Museum is located in the decommissioned Court

Street subway station.

2. There is a smaller satellite Museum Annex in Grand Central

Terminal.

3. The Museum includes subway, bus, railway, bridge, and

tunnel memorabilia and other exhibits including vintage signage,

models and dioramas of subway, bus and other equipment.

4. Various turnstiles from the history of subways are on display

at the NYC Transit Museum, dating as far back as the subway's

opening in 1904.

5. Most of the subway cars in the Transit Museum's fleet are still

operable.

Skyscraper Museum

39 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280

Skyscraper Museum

5 Fast Facts:1. The museum celebrates the architectural heritage of New York and the

forces and people that created New York's skyline.

2. The focus is on skyscrapers as products of technology, objects of design,

sites of construction, investments in real estate, and places of work and

residence.

3. The Skyscraper Museum was founded and is directed by Carol Willis, a

professor of architectural history and urban studies at Columbia

University.

4. The original site of the museum was located very close to the World

Trade Center.

5. Besides in-house exhibitions, the museum also sponsors external shows

and programs at various locations in the city.