Museum Mile - New York City
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N 40° 46.720 W 073° 57.767
18T E 587523 N 4514704
About a dozen fine museums are located near each other on upper 5th Avenue in Manhattan.
Waymark Code: WMKB2H
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member DougK
Views: 23

The coordinates here correspond to the entrance of the Metropolitan Museum of Art which is the largest art museum in the country and averages over 5 Million visitors per year.
Wikipedia's article for Fifth Avenue (visit link) has a section about the Museum Mile:

"Museum Mile is the name for a section of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan in the city of New York, in the United States, running from 82nd to 105th streets on the Upper East Side, in an area sometimes called Upper Carnegie Hill. The Mile, which contains one of the densest displays of culture in the world, is actually three blocks longer than one mile (1.6 km). Nine museums occupy the length of this section of Fifth Avenue. A tenth museum, the Museum for African Art, joined the ensemble in 2009, however its Museum at 110th Street, the first new museum constructed on the Mile since the Guggenheim in 1959, opened in late 2012. In addition to other programming, the museums collaborate for the annual Museum Mile Festival, held each year in June, to promote the museums and increase visitation.
Museum Mile Sign.jpg

Museums on the mile

110th Street – Museum for African Art (opened fall 2012)
105th Street – El Museo del Barrio
103rd Street – Museum of the City of New York
92nd Street – The Jewish Museum
91st Street – Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum (part of the Smithsonian Institution)
89th Street – National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts
88th Street – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
86th Street – Neue Galerie New York
83rd Street – Goethe-Institut New York/German Cultural Center
82nd Street – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Additionally, on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 70th Street lies the Henry Clay Frick House which houses the Frick Collection, though this is not part of Museum Mile.

Museum Mile Festival

The annual Museum Mile Festival traditionally takes place here on the second Tuesday in June from 6 – 9 p.m. It was established in 1979 to increase public awareness of its member institutions and promote public support of the arts in New York City. The first festival was held on June 26, 1979. The ten museums are open free that evening to the public. Several of the participating museums offer outdoor art activities for children, live music and street performers. During the event, Fifth Avenue is closed to traffic."

The 1,000 Places To See Before You Die in the USA & Canada book provides similar information.
Name of Source Book: 1,000 Places To See Before You Die in the USA & Canada

Page Location in Source Book: 184

Type of Waymark: Site, Experience

Location of Coordinates: Entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cost of Admission (Parks, Museums, etc.): 0.00 (listed in local currency)

List Available Hours, Dates, Season:
Open 7 Days a Week Sunday–Thursday: 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.* Friday and Saturday: 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.* Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, January 1, and the first Monday in May


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