The New Museum of Contemporary Art, founded as a forward-looking, show-what's not shown-elsewhere art museum in 1977, recently re-opened in a striking new building on the Bowery, a blossoming section of downtown Manhattan. The Museum presents the work of under-recognized artists, and has mounted ambitious surveys of important figures such as Ana Mendieta, William Kentridge, David Wojnarowicz, Paul...

The New Museum of Contemporary Art, founded as a forward-looking, show-what's not shown-elsewhere art museum in 1977, recently re-opened in a striking new building on the Bowery, a blossoming section of downtown Manhattan. The Museum presents the work of under-recognized artists, and has mounted ambitious surveys of important figures such as Ana Mendieta, William Kentridge, David Wojnarowicz, Paul McCarthy and Andrea Zittel before they received widespread public recognition.

http://www.newmuseum.org/

http://www.newmuseum.org/

The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum dedicated to the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere. The Museum’s George Gustav Heye Center occupies two floors of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Lower Manhattan. The Beaux Arts-style building, designed by architect Cass Gilbert, was completed in 1907. It is a designated...

The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum dedicated to the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere. The Museum’s George Gustav Heye Center occupies two floors of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Lower Manhattan. The Beaux Arts-style building, designed by architect Cass Gilbert, was completed in 1907. It is a designated National Historic Landmark and a New York City landmark. The center’s exhibition and public access areas total about 20,000 square feet (2,000 m2).

http://www.nmai.si.edu/

http://www.nmai.si.edu/

The Brooklyn Museum is the second-largest art museum in New York City, and one of the largest in the United States. Housed in a 560,000 square foot (52,000 m²), Beaux-Arts building, approximately 500,000 patrons visit the museum each year. The museum is well-known for its expansive collections of Egyptian and African art, in addition to 17th, 18th, and 19th century paintings, throughout a wide ra...

The Brooklyn Museum is the second-largest art museum in New York City, and one of the largest in the United States. Housed in a 560,000 square foot (52,000 m²), Beaux-Arts building, approximately 500,000 patrons visit the museum each year. The museum is well-known for its expansive collections of Egyptian and African art, in addition to 17th, 18th, and 19th century paintings, throughout a wide range of schools.

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is a place that fuels creativity, ignites minds, and provides inspiration. It has been singularly important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world. MoMA's library and archives hold over 300,000 books, artist books, and periodicals, as well as individual files on more than 70,000 a...

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is a place that fuels creativity, ignites minds, and provides inspiration. It has been singularly important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world. MoMA's library and archives hold over 300,000 books, artist books, and periodicals, as well as individual files on more than 70,000 artists.

http://www.moma.org/

http://www.moma.org/

It has a permanent collection containing more than two million works of art, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. Represented in the permanent collection are works of art from classical antiquity and Ancient Egypt, paintings and sculptures from nearly all the European masters, and an extensive collection of American and modern art.

It has a permanent collection containing more than two million works of art, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. Represented in the permanent collection are works of art from classical antiquity and Ancient Egypt, paintings and sculptures from nearly all the European masters, and an extensive collection of American and modern art.

http://www.metmuseum.org/

http://www.metmuseum.org/