NYC Gives $26.4 Million to Queens Museum Expansion
Earlier this week New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city has allocated $26.4 million to support the […]
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Brooklyn Museum Employees Vote to Unionize
Employees at the Brooklyn Museum have voted to unionize with the support of ninety-six percent of the bargaining unit. The […]
New-York Historical Society’s Expansion to House LGBTQ Museum
At the beginning of the month, the New-York Historical Society announced that it will be expanding with a new addition […]
NY’s Natural History Museum Cleared to Remove Roosevelt Statue
In June 2020, amidst nationwide protests against police violence and racism, the American Museum of Natural History in New York […]
Met Museum Installs Land Acknowledgement Plaque
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has installed a plaque on its facade recognizing that the museum sits on the […]
Bill Introduced to Expand NY’s African Burial Ground Monument into Museum
At the beginning of April, lawmakers in the US Senate and House of Representatives reintroduced a bill that would expand […]
Artist Collective Pulls Out of Museum of Chinese in America Exhibit Over Mass Incarceration Concerns
The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) had planned to open a retrospective on activist artist collective Godzilla in May. […]
Guggenheim Museum Signs Contract with New Union
On Tuesday, February 16 the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City signed the first union contract in the […]
New Interactive Map Shows Historic Landmarks Related to Black History
This week the New York City Landmark Preservation Commission launched an interactive story map that highlights historic landmarks related to […]
Underground Railroad Stop in Brooklyn Designated Historic Landmark
Following a nearly fifteen-year long fight, a historic home in Brooklyn connected to the Underground Railroad has been designated a […]