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The Queens Museum
The Queens Museum
The Queens Museum is an art museum and educational center located in
Flushing Meadow Corona Park in Queens, one of the most ethnically
diverse residential areas in the nation. From 1946 to 1950, the United
National General Assembly had its first temporary headquarters in Queens
in a building designed to be New York City's Pavilion for the 1939
World's Fair. In 1964, the building was renovated for the 1964 World's
Fair and then became the home of the Queens Museum of Art in 1972. In
2009, the museum initiated a $65 million dollar renovation project to be
completed in 2013. With daylight streaming into the new Museum through
high ceilings and skylights, the new space provides room for growing
permanent collections, temporary exhibitions, and educational programs.
The museum's permanent collection consists of approximately 10,000 items
including works by Salvador Dali, Mark Dion, Andrew Moore and William
Sharp. The Queens Museum also maintains the Neustadt Collection of
Tiffany glass and a permanent exhibition, Panorama of the City of New
York, which was commissioned by Robert Moses for the 1964 World's Fair.
Each year, the Queens Museum attracts about 200,000 visitors and another
30,000 adults and children participate in their education and learning
programs.
Source:
queensmuseum.org