Queens Museum
The Queens Museum is an art museum and educational center at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. Established in 1972, the museum includes the Panorama of the City of New York, a room-sized scale model of the five boroughs of New York City built for the 1964 New York World's Fair.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: art museum in New York, New York
- Also known as: “Queens Museum of Art”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Unisphere and Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Unisphere
Work of art
Arthur Ashe Stadium
Stadium
Photo: jeff horne, CC BY 2.0.
Arthur Ashe Stadium is a tennis arena at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. Part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, it is the main stadium of the US Open tennis tournament and has a capacity of 23,771, making it the largest tennis stadium in the world. Arthur Ashe Stadium is situated 1,500 feet north of Queens Museum.
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Sports venue
Photo: Alexisrael, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is a stadium complex within Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, New York. It has been the home of the US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament, played every year from late August to early September, since 1978 and is operated by the United States Tennis Association. USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is situated 1,400 feet north of Queens Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corona and LeFrak City.
Corona
Neighborhood
Photo: Epicgenius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Corona is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. It borders Flushing and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park to the east, Jackson Heights and Elmhurst to the west, Forest Hills and Rego Park to the south, and East Elmhurst to the north.
LeFrak City
Neighborhood
Photo: Margarettime, CC BY-SA 4.0.
LeFrak City is a 4,605-apartment development in the southernmost region of Corona and the easternmost part of Elmhurst, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.
East Elmhurst
Neighborhood
Queens Museum
- Categories: art museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.74587° or 40° 44′ 45″ northLongitude
-73.84674° or 73° 50′ 48″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Height
50 feet (15 metres)Open location code
87G8P5W3+88OpenStreetMap ID
way 284856409OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Queens Museum” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف كوينز”
- Chinese: “皇后区艺术博物馆”
- Chinese: “皇后區藝術博物館”
- Chinese: “皇后博物馆”
- Dutch: “Queens Museum of Art”
- Egyptian Arabic: “متحف كوينز”
- Esperanto: “Kvinza Muzeo de Arto”
- Estonian: “Queensi muuseum”
- French: “musée d’Art du Queens”
- French: “Musée d’Art du Queens”
- Georgian: “კუინზის ხელოვნების მუზეუმი”
- Georgian: “ქვინზის ხელოვნების მუზეუმი”
- German: “Queens Museum”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון קווינס לאומנות”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון קווינס לאמנות”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון קווינס”
- Italian: “Queens Museum”
- Japanese: “クイーンズ美術館”
- Korean: “퀸스 미술관”
- Korean: “퀸즈 미술관”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Queens Museum of Art”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Queens Museum”
- Norwegian: “Queens Museum”
- Persian: “موزه کوئینز”
- Swedish: “Queens Museum of Art”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Walden Terrace and Flushing Chinatown.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Unisphere and Sea Lion Store & Cafe.
Queens: Must-Visit Destinations
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