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Museum of the City of New York

"MCNY" redirects here. For the college, see Metropolitan College of New York.

Museum of the City of New York
The main facade of the museum, facing Fifth Avenue
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Established1923 (1923)
Location1220 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029
U.S.
Coordinates40°47′33″N 73°57′07″W / 40.79250°N 73.95194°W / 40.79250; -73.95194
Visitors320,000(2019)
FounderHenry Collins Brown
Public transit access New York City Subway: New York City Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M106 buses
Websitewww.mcny.org

The Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) is a history and art museum in Manhattan, New York City, New York. It was founded by Henry Collins Brown,[1][2] in 1923[3] to preserve and present the history of New York City, and its people. It is located at 1220–1227 Fifth Avenue between East 103rd to 104th Streets, across from Central Park on Manhattan's Upper East Side, at the northern end of the Museum Mile section of Fifth Avenue.

The red brick with marble trim[4] museum was built in 1929–30[4] and was designed by Joseph H. Freedlander in the neo-Georgian style, with statues of Alexander Hamilton and DeWitt Clinton by sculptor Adolph Alexander Weinman facing Central Park from niches in the facade.[5]

The museum is a private non-profit organization which receives government support as a member of New York City's Cultural Institutions Group.[6] Its other sources of income are endowments, admission fees, and contributions.[4][7]

  1. ^ Gray, Christopher (November 6, 2005). "Preserving the Past, Planning the Future". The New York Times. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  2. ^ Morrone, Francis (April 28, 2008). "New Life for the Museum of the City of New York". The New York Sun. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  3. ^ Beard, Rick. "Museum of the City of New York" in Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (2010). The Encyclopedia of New York City (2nd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 868–69. ISBN 978-0-300-11465-2.
  4. ^ a b c "Museum of the City of New York Designation Report" Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (January 24, 1967)
  5. ^ White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 463. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
  6. ^ "City-Owned Institutions – History of City-Owned Cultural Institutions". NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
  7. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1939). New York City Guide. New York: Random House. pp. 377–380. ISBN 978-1-60354-055-1. (Reprinted by Scholarly Press, 1976; often referred to as WPA Guide to New York City.)

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