NEW YORK CITY MUSEUM MILE







Mile Long Block Party and Visual Art Celebration

9 of the Country's Finest Museums on 5th Avenue

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011, 6pm - 9pm

Featuring:

• FREE ACCESS 6pm - 9pm to all the museums along the mile
  
  
  
• 23 car free blocks
  
  
  
• 5th Avenue between 82nd & 105th
  
  
  
• Live bands
  
  
  
• Entertainment
  
  
  
• Art in the street
  
  
  
• activities for kids
  

One day a year for the past 32 years nine of the country's finest museums, all ones that call Fifth Avenue home, collectively open their doors from 6pm - 9pm for free to New Yorkers and visitors for a mile long block party and visual art celebration. This traffic free, music and art filled celebration fills the street and sidewalks of Fifth Avenue from 82nd to 105th street, the mile now officially designated as Museum Mile. Over 50,000 visitors attend the festival annually.

History of the Museum Mile

Begun as an initiative to spur the development of new museum audiences and to increase support for the arts during the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, Museum Mile was formed as a consortium by the museums that share the Fifth Avenue address.

The first festival, held in June of 1978, was an instant success. Not only did it expose New Yorkers and NYC visitors to an incredible collection of New York's artistic riches, it also brought together disparate New Yorkers. From the barrios of East Harlem and the townhouses lining the Upper East Side, to the winding streets of the Village and the clustered neighborhoods of the outer boroughs, people came to celebrate their shared pride in their city. Museum Mile Festival promoted public awareness through increased visibility, accessibility and attendance at all the museums, and brought many New Yorkers to upper Fifth Avenue for the first time.

Museum Mile Festival's reach now goes far beyond New York City. Thousands of tourists from around the country and world make their trip to Museum Mile Festival a yearly vacation tradition. Total attendance records over its twenty-six years have surpassed one million visitors, and because of the success of the festival and the work of consortium the City of New York officially designated Fifth Avenue from 82nd to 105th streets as "Museum Mile" further cementing the area as one of the city's major cultural resources.

MUSEUMS ON THE MILE

105th Street
	Museum for African Art www.africanart.org		El Museo del Barrio (212) 831-7272 www.elmuseo.org
103rd Street
	Museum of the City of New York (212) 534-1672 www.mcny.org
92nd Street
	The Jewish Museum (212) 423-3200 www.thejewishmuseum.org
91st Street
	Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution (212) 849-8400 www.si.edu/ndm
90th Street
	National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts (212) 369-4880 www.nationalacademy.org
89th Street
	Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (212) 423-3500 www.guggenheim.org
86th Street
	Neue Galerie New York (212) 628-6200 www.neuegalerie.org
83rd Street
	Goethe-Institut New York/ German Cultural Center (212) 439-8700 www.goethe.de/newyork
82nd Street
	The Metropolitan Museum of Art (212) 535-7710 www.metmuseum.org