| Museum Mile Festival |
| Written by Dja Horry |
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posted by Dja Horry The 31st Annual Museum Mile Festival June 9th, 2009 | 6pm - 9pm (Rain or Shine) Admission: FREE! Various of Museums: * El Museo del Barrio * Museum of the City of New York * The Jewish Museum * Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution * National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts * Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum * Neue Galerie New York * Goethe-Institut/German Cultural Center * The Metropolitan Museum of Art 105th street to 82nd street, Fifth Avenue museummilefestival.org Featuring: * FREE ACCESS 6pm - 9pm to all the museums along the mile * 23 car-free blocks 5th Avenue between 82nd & 105th * Live bands * Entertainment * Art-in-the street activities for kids One day a year, for the past 31 years, nine of the country's finest museums, all ones that call Fifth Avenue home, collectively open their doors from 6pm - 9pm for free to New Yorkers and visitors for a mile-long block party and visual art celebration. This traffic-free, music- and art-filled celebration fills the street and sidewalks of Fifth Avenue from 82nd to 105th street, the mile now officially designated as Museum Mile. Over 50,000 visitors attend the festival annually. This year's 31st annual festival kicks off at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum with an opening ceremony, at 5:45pm, on the steps of its landmark building on Fifth Avenue @ 89th Street. Plus, follow the mile with street muralist De La Vega – grab a piece of chalk and make your mark! |