Museum of the City of New York

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Founded, 1923

The Museum of the City of New York was founded in 1923 by Henry Collins Brown, a Scottish-born writer with a vision for a populist approach to the city. The Museum was originally housed in Gracie Mansion, the future residence of the Mayor of New York. Hardinge Scholle succeeded Henry Brown in 1926 and began planning a new home for the Museum. The City offered land on Fifth Avenue on 103rd-104th Streets and construction for Joseph H. Freedlander`s Georgian Colonial-Revival design for the building started in 1929 and was completed in 1932.

Constructed, 1932

Renovation, 2015

Designations

New York City Landmark in Jan 24, 1967

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Museum of the City of New York

Henry Collins Brown,Founder

Archibald Gracie,The Museum of the City of New York was originally housed in Gracie Mansion.

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Gracie Mansion (Archibald Gracie House)-The Museum of the City of New York was originally housed here.

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Designated a New York City landmark in 1967

Georgian Colonial-Revival design

The Jewel at the top of Museum Mile

5,283 points of light

Light installation is suspended above the Rotunda.

The light installation accentuates the Rotunda’s sweeping circular staircase

2015 - Renovation

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2015 - Renovation - Images

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2015

Rotunda and staircase during renovation

2015

Rotunda and staircase after renovation

2015

Gallery 2 during renovation

2015

Gallery 2 after renovation - World City, 1898-2012

1932 - Constructed

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1935

Built in London for Col. De Lancey Kane, the "Tally-Ho"

1934

One view of Calache at the Museum, 1934

1928

Under construction, Dec 15 1928

1929

Under construction, May 30 1929

1929

Under construction, Nov 1 1929

The MCNY Contains records of the growth, past history, customs and exhibits of the city

View from Central Park looking east

1932 - Constructed - Drawings and documents

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1893

103rd Street Near Madison Avenue, 1893

1928

Rendering, accepted design, 1928 by the Wurts Bros.

1928

Financial Chronicle, May 1928 - “The MCNY boasted that it would be built ‘entirely by voluntary subscriptions’; it would be the city’s most ‘democratic’ museum. ”

2002

(Almost) Collapse of the MCNY - R. J. Matson. New York Observer, 2002

1923 - Founded

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Two-story wooden mansion

1923

Interior of the Museum of the City of New York when it was housed in Gracie Mansion, 1923-1932

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