Museum of the City of New York

The Museum of the City of New York is a history and art museum in , 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.
  • Museum
  • …lies at an elevation of 33 feet (10 metres)
  • …is also known as “MCNY”
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …stands 95 feet (29 metres) tall
  • Description: museum in Manhattan, New York City
  • Address: 1220 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10029

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Park and El Museo del Barrio.
A vast green swath of open space in the heart…
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The Mount Sinai Hospital is a nonprofit teaching… is situated 1,100 feet south of Museum of the City of New York.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Harlem and Manhattan Valley.
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Museum of the City of New York

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Latitude
40.79251° or 40° 47′ 33″ north
Longitude
-73.95191° or 73° 57′ 7″ west
Open location code
87G8Q2VX+26
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Thai—“Museum of the City of New York” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف مدينة نيو يورك”
  • Arabic: “متحف مدينة نيويورك”
  • Catalan: “Museu de la Ciutat de Nova York”
  • Chinese: “紐約城市博物館”
  • Chinese: “纽约市博物馆”
  • Czech: “Museum of the City of New York”
  • Czech: “Muzeum města New York”
  • Dutch: “Museum of the City of New York”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف مدينه نيويورك”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo de la Urbo Novjorko”
  • Finnish: “Museum of the City of New York”
  • French: “musée de la ville de New York”
  • French: “Musée de la ville de New York”
  • German: “Museum of the City of New York”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון העיר ניו יורק”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Kota New York”
  • Italian: “Museum of the City of New York”
  • Japanese: “ニューヨーク市博物館”
  • Japanese: “ニューヨーク市立博物館”
  • Korean: “뉴욕 박물관”
  • Korean: “뉴욕 시 박물관”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Museum of the City of New York”
  • Norwegian: “Museum of the City of New York”
  • Persian: “موزه شهر نیویورک”
  • Romanian: “MCNY”
  • Romanian: “Museum of the City of New York”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul orașului New York”
  • Russian: “Музей города Нью-Йорка”
  • Spanish: “Museo de la Ciudad de Nueva York”
  • Thai: “Museum of the City of New York”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์นครนิวยอร์ก”

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