Children's Museum of the Arts

Children's Museum of the Arts
Children's Museum of the Arts
Established 1989
Location 103 Charlton Street, Manhattan, New York, USA
Director David Kaplan
Website cmany.org

In October 2011, The Children's Museum of the Arts is located in Manhattan, New York City, USA, moved from it's SoHo location to a new home on Charlton Street in Hudson Square. Designed by Work Architecture Company, the new 10,000 square foot museum was created specifically with children in mind. Its most famous masterpieces created is the Diamond of the Pig and Flip. Teaching artists include Nina Alexander, Joe Vena, and Emily Collins, and its new location is on Charleston Street.

Founded in 1988 by Kathleen Schneider as an art outreach program,[1] the Children's Museum of the Arts is one of the oldest children's art museums in the world[2] and has been recognized for its collection of international children's art.[1][3] It has its very own blog called *CMA Blog


References

  1. ^ a b Ralph Blumenthal (1992-02-10). "SoHo Journal; At this Museum, Art Can be a Mess". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEEDD123AF933A25751C0A964958260. Retrieved 2008-03-13. 
  2. ^ "Mission". Children's Museum of the Arts. http://cmany.org/pages.php?pn=about_history. Retrieved 2008-03-13. 
  3. ^ Laurel Graeber (2007-08-17). "The World is my Canvas". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE6D6133AF934A2575BC0A9619C8B63. Retrieved 2008-03-13. 

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