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New York City (NYC)
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.
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queensmuseum.org