Studio Museum in Harlem
144 West 125th Street
New York, NY 10027
Phone 212.864.4500 www.studiomuseum.org 

The Museum and Shop are open:
Wednesday through Friday
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Studio Museum is the foremost exhibitor of the work of African-American artists in the United States. The permanent collection contains works by James Van Der Zee, who photographed Harlem scenes and celebrities from the 1920s through the '80s; important African and Caribbean artifacts; and paintings by post-World War II artists. An outdoor sculpture garden displays large-scale works.

The Museum also offers are professional conferences, panel discussions, literary readings, jazz concerts, dance performances and film programs by top African-American critics, artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers and choreographers. The museum was founded in 1968.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY 10037-1801
(212) 491-2200
www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a national research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the history and experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world.

Dwyer Cultural Center
258 St. Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY  10027
(212) 222-3060
www.dwyercc.org/

Dwyer Cultural Center is the city’s first state-of-the-art multimedia cultural center devoted exclusively to the culture, traditions, and history of Harlem. Created in partnership with Community Works and International Communications Association, DCC offers a year-round calendar of activities including:

The Museum of the City of New York embraces the past, present, and future of New York City and celebrates the city’s cultural diversity. It does so through its rich collections, a lively schedule of exhibitions, and an array of programs for adults and children. The Museum is dedicated to fostering an understanding of New York’s evolution from its origins as a settlement of a few hundred Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans to its present status of one of the world’s largest and most important cities. The Museum of the City of New York was founded in 1923. Its first home was Gracie Mansion. The Museum opened the doors of its new building at 1220 Fifth Avenue in 1932.

El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029

General Information
T. (212) 831-7272
F. (212) 831-7927
info@elmuseo.org

Group Visits
T. (212) 660-7113
tours@elmuseo.org

Heralded by The New York Times as “an institution in its ascendancy”,

El Museo del Barrio was founded in 1969 by artist Raphael Montañez Ortiz with the support of a group of Puerto Rican educators, artists, parents and community activists in East Harlem’s Spanish-speaking El Barrio. Since then, El Museo del Barrio has evolved into New York’s leading Latino cultural institution, having expanded its mission to represent the diversity of art and culture in all of the Caribbean and Latin America.

As the only museum in New York City that specializes in representing these cultures, El Museo del Barrio continues to have a significant impact on the cultural life of New York City and is now a major stop on Manhattan’s Museum Mile on Fifth Avenue. El Museo del Barrio thrives on the sustained excellence of its collections, exhibitions and public programming.

Jumel Mansion
65 Jumel Terrace
New York, NY 10032
212-923-8008 phone

www.morrisjumel.org

Morris-Jumel Mansion, Manhattan's oldest house, was headquarters to General George Washington in September and October of 1776. After Washington's departure, the Mansion played host to a succession of British and Hessian military leaders, served briefly as an inn for weary travelers, and finally returned to its role as country house. And that's just the beginning of the fascinating history of this stately mansion built on a hilltop in 1765.

Academy of Arts & Letters
633 West 155 Street
New York, NY 10032
212-368-5900
fax - 21-491-4615
email: academy@artsandletters.org
www.artsandletters.org

 The American Academy of Arts and Letters is an honor society of 250 architects, composers, artists, and writers. Members of the Academy are elected for life and pay no dues. As vacancies occur, the Academicians nominate and elect new members. The honor of election is considered the highest formal recognition of artistic merit in the United States. Only Academicians may nominate and elect new members.

The Academy's purpose is to foster and sustain an interest in Literature, Music, and the Fine Arts by identifying and encouraging individual artists. This is done by administering awards and prizes, exhibiting art and manuscripts, funding stage readings and performances of new works, and purchasing works of art to be donated to museums. Candidates for awards must be nominated by members of the Academy, with the sole exception of the Richard Rogers Awards for musical theater.

The Academy is headquartered in three Beaux Arts granite and limestone buildings that are part of the Audubon Terrace Historic District, a museum complex in upper Manhattan between West 155 and 156 Streets. The land that comprises the Terrace was donated by academy member Archer M. Huntington, and was the former property of the noted naturalist and artist, John James Audubon.