Things to do / Travel Guide
Address:1109 5th Ave. at 92nd St.
New York, New York
Tel:
(212) 423-3200
Come celebrate 4,000 years of Jewish art and culture! From photography, prints and drawings to ancient ceremonial art, the Jewish Museum is a true tribute to the art and history of a nation.
The Jewish Museum of New York was first established in 1904 with a gift of 26 Jewish ceremonial art objects from Judge Mayer Sulzberger. The museum has a collection of 28,000 objects including paintings, sculpture, archaeological artifacts and many other items important to the preservation of Jewish history and culture. The most popular exhibit is Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey, which tells the story of the Jewish experience from ancient times through today. A Third Century Roman burial plaque, 20th-century sculpture by Elie Nadelman, rotating exhibits focusing on specific Jewish artists or a period of Jewish history and endless other contemporary art make this museum's collection central to Jewish culture. The museum has daily 45-minute tours available, which are free with admission, led by Museum-trained docents, and kids can enjoy the special audio guides available to make their visit here more fun.
When you're ready for a nosh, the Café Weissman offers a selection of delicious salads, pasta dishes, desserts and beverages.
To reach the museum by subway, take the 4, 5, or 6 trains to 86th Street. Walk west on 86th Street, turn right at 5th Avenue and proceed north to 92nd Street.
From The Jewish Museum of New York City, NY:
The Museum's 2006 fiscal year concluded with a triumph and an experiment. Eva Hesse: Sculpture, the first major New York City museum exhibition of Hesse's innovative and influential sculptures since 1972, is attracting significant interest. Because of her short life, her career was very brief, yet Hesse remains an icon of 20th-century American art, and this exhibition provides a rare opportunity to see some of her most important work. Media coverage has been extensive and often laudatory. Time Out New York described the artist's work as "…profound and provocative…" and called the exhibition "exquisite." Audiences responded positively to two public programs featuring artists and art historians speaking about Hesse's work and the cultural context of the 1960s, when there was tremendous change in the New York art scene and when The Jewish Museum was very much at the center of that change.