Museum of Arts and Design

The Museum of Arts and Design, based in , , collects, displays, and interprets objects that document contemporary and historic innovation in craft, art, and design.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
    October 14th: closed
  • Email: info@madmuseum.org
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum in New York City
  • Also known as: “American Craft Museum”, “American Craft Museum (1979-2002)”, “MAD”, and “Museum of Contemporary Crafts (1956-1979)”
  • Address: 2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Columbus Circle and Carnegie Hall.

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is a traffic circle and busy road junction in the borough of , at the intersection of Eighth Avenue, Broadway, Central Park South, and Central Park West, at the southwest corner of .

Arts center
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is a concert venue at 881 Seventh Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets, in , New York City. Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by its namesake, industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, the venue is one of the most prestigious in the world for both classical music and popular music. is situated 1,000 feet southeast of Museum of Arts and Design.

Museum
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The is an art museum located in , New York City, on 53rd Street between and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, and includes over 200,000 works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated and artist's books, film, as well as electronic media. is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Museum of Arts and Design.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lincoln Square and Theater District.

Neighborhood
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is the name of both a square and the surrounding neighborhood on the of in . is centered on the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and 66th streets.

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Broadway. Times Square. Madison Square Garden. The name says it all: the is the entertainment hub of the city, and possibly the entire nation.

Neighborhood
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Museum of Arts and Design

Latitude
40.76738° or 40° 46′ 3″ north
Longitude
-73.98201° or 73° 58′ 55″ west
Elevation
154 feet (47 metres)
Height
148 feet (45 metres)
Roof shape
flat
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
87G8Q289+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 109269297
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
9409597
Wiki­data ID
Q6940773
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Museum of Arts and Design” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف الفنون والتصميم”
  • Chinese: “藝術和設計博物館”
  • Dutch: “MAD”
  • Dutch: “Museum of Arts and Design”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف الفنون والتصميم”
  • Estonian: “Museum of Arts and Design”
  • French: “Contemporary Crafts”
  • French: “MAD”
  • French: “Museum of Arts and Design”
  • German: “American Craft Museum”
  • German: “MAD”
  • German: “Museum of Arts and Design”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון לאמנויות ועיצוב”
  • Italian: “Museum of Arts and Design”
  • Japanese: “ミュージアム・オブ・アーツ・アンド・デザイン”
  • Persian: “موزه هنر و طراحی”
  • Portuguese: “Museum of Arts and Design”
  • Russian: “Музей искусств и дизайна”
  • Slovenian: “American Craft Museum”
  • Slovenian: “MAD”
  • Slovenian: “Museum of Arts and Design”
  • Spanish: “Museum of Arts and Design”

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