Queens Museum (Queens Museum of Art)
The Queens Museum, formerly the Queens Museum of Art, is an art museum and educational center located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the borough of Queens in New York City, United States. The museum was founded in 1972, and has among its permanent exhibitions, the Panorama of the City of New York, a room-sized scale model of the five boroughs originally built for the 1964 New York World's Fair, and repeatedly updated since then. It also has a large archive of artifacts from both the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs, a selection of which is on display.
The Queens Museum is located in the New York City Building, the historic pavilion designed by architect Aymar Embury II for the 1939 World's Fair. From 1946 to 1950, the pavilion was the temporary home of the United Nations General Assembly, and was the site of numerous defining moments in the UN's early years, including the creation of UNICEF, the partition of Korea and the authorization by the UN of the creation of Israel.
In 1964, the building was renovated by architect Daniel Chait and was once again used as the New York City Pavilion for the 1964 World's Fair, where it displayed the Panorama of the City of New York, which is still on display. The pavilion had originally infront of it the Trylon and Perisphere, the central monument of the 1939 fair, which was dismantled after the fair, but after a circular arrangement of flags at the site, for the United Nations Assembly, the site was used for the still standing Unisphere of the 1964 fair.
In 1972, with minor alterations, the north side of the New York City building was converted into the Queens Center for Art and Culture, later renamed the Queens Museum of Art. In 1994, the building underwent a further renovation, with architect Rafael Viñoly reconfiguring the structure into galleries, classrooms, and offices. For many years, half of the building was an ice skating rink.
The museum embarked on a $69 million expansion project in 2009, which was originally slated to be completed in October 2013. Grimshaw Architects, along with the engineering firm of Ammann & Whitney, developed plans to add an additional 50,000 ft2 of exhibition, education and office space as well as eight new artist studios, thereby doubling the museum's size to 100,000 sqft, as it will take over the entire New York City Building. The ice skating rink, which had occupied the southern half of the building for six decades, was relocated to a new facility in the northeastern section of Flushing Meadows–Corona Park. The expanded museum reopened in November 2013 with a new entrance at Grand Central Parkway.
In 2016, the Queens Museum was unexpectedly closed from September 3–13 due to security restrictions for events at the nearby Grandstand Stadium for the US Open tennis competition. , it is not clear whether or not heavy security for future sports events will affect the museum's accessibility to the public.
The Queens Museum is located in the New York City Building, the historic pavilion designed by architect Aymar Embury II for the 1939 World's Fair. From 1946 to 1950, the pavilion was the temporary home of the United Nations General Assembly, and was the site of numerous defining moments in the UN's early years, including the creation of UNICEF, the partition of Korea and the authorization by the UN of the creation of Israel.
In 1964, the building was renovated by architect Daniel Chait and was once again used as the New York City Pavilion for the 1964 World's Fair, where it displayed the Panorama of the City of New York, which is still on display. The pavilion had originally infront of it the Trylon and Perisphere, the central monument of the 1939 fair, which was dismantled after the fair, but after a circular arrangement of flags at the site, for the United Nations Assembly, the site was used for the still standing Unisphere of the 1964 fair.
In 1972, with minor alterations, the north side of the New York City building was converted into the Queens Center for Art and Culture, later renamed the Queens Museum of Art. In 1994, the building underwent a further renovation, with architect Rafael Viñoly reconfiguring the structure into galleries, classrooms, and offices. For many years, half of the building was an ice skating rink.
The museum embarked on a $69 million expansion project in 2009, which was originally slated to be completed in October 2013. Grimshaw Architects, along with the engineering firm of Ammann & Whitney, developed plans to add an additional 50,000 ft2 of exhibition, education and office space as well as eight new artist studios, thereby doubling the museum's size to 100,000 sqft, as it will take over the entire New York City Building. The ice skating rink, which had occupied the southern half of the building for six decades, was relocated to a new facility in the northeastern section of Flushing Meadows–Corona Park. The expanded museum reopened in November 2013 with a new entrance at Grand Central Parkway.
In 2016, the Queens Museum was unexpectedly closed from September 3–13 due to security restrictions for events at the nearby Grandstand Stadium for the US Open tennis competition. , it is not clear whether or not heavy security for future sports events will affect the museum's accessibility to the public.
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