Museum of the City of New York
New York City · founded 1923
The Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) is a history and art museum in Manhattan, New York City. It was founded by Henry Collins Brown in 1923 to preserve and present the history of New York City and its people. It is located at 1220–1227 Fifth Avenue between East 103rd to 104th Streets, across from Central Park on Manhattan's Upper East Side, at the northern end of the Museum Mile section of Fifth Avenue.
- Founded
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What to see
Electric Light dress
Charles Frederick Worth, 1883.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Laura Prime Jay (Mrs. John Clarkson Jay)
Daniel Huntington, 1872.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Portrait of Mrs. Alexander Hamilton
Ralph Earl, 1787.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Equestrian statue of George III, New York
Joseph Wilton, 1766.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
![Olivia Peyton Murray Cutting [Mrs. William Bayard Cutting]](/guides/museum-of-the-city-of-new-york/olivia-peyton-murray-cutting-mrs-william-bayard-cutting.jpg)
Olivia Peyton Murray Cutting [Mrs. William Bayard Cutting]
Alexandre Cabanel, 1887.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.mcny.org before you travel.
Getting there
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On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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