Noguchi Museum

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Noguchi Museum

Address

9-01 33rd Road

Long Island City, NY 11106 

Phone

718.204.7088

Area

Neighborhood

Long Island City

Price

$10

Web Page

http://www.noguchi.org/index.html

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Art museum

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Description

The Noguchi Museum – chartered as The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum – is the first museum in America to be founded, curated and initially funded by an artist for the display of his own work. The Museum and its encircling garden were also designed by Isamu Noguchi. An unusual aspect of the Museum is that it grew out of Noguchi's studio practice. Part of the Museum was Noguchi's studio; many of the Museum's staff members are or were artists and four key staff members served as Noguchi's studio assistants. This has led to a rare relationship of the staff to the Museum – the staff has an extraordinary familiarity with the collection and understanding of Noguchi's use of materials and of the artist's intention. All are strongly committed to the Museum's mission.

Once a seasonal museum, the Museum is now open year-round and continues to offer visitors the opportunity to interact with works of art from the permanent collection in an atmosphere of reflection and contemplation. The Noguchi Museum now also organizes changing exhibitions that offer new perspectives on Noguchi's art. This shift in focus enables the Museum not only to show Noguchi as a gifted artist but also to articulate the cultural time in which he worked, the many major cultural figures with whom he engaged and his influence on the art of today. The Museum also offers an expanded series of programs for children, families and a growing general public. The educational programs allow families and children to experience the full breadth of Noguchi’s artistry and vision and to explore the multi-layer meaning of his work, while discovering their own creativity through personal and meaningful art-making projects. The New York State Council on the Arts has recognized the Museum's educational program, Art for Families, as a stellar example of a community outreach program, and Art for Tots as a “superb approach” in making young children comfortable in a museum setting.

Today, the Museum continues to manage the world’s most extensive collection of Noguchi’s sculptures, architectural models, stage designs, drawings, and furniture designs. It serves the international community by loaning works to other institutions for special exhibitions, organizing traveling exhibitions, and offering scholars access to the artist’s extensive archives, including his correspondence, manuscripts and photographs. [1]

Hours Subject to change. Always verify.

• Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 10am-5pm
• Saturday & Sunday: 11am-6pm
• Monday & Tuesday: CLOSED