Albany Institute of History & Art

Albany (New York) / Stati Uniti d'America

The Albany Institute of History & Art is a museum in Albany, New York, United States, "dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting and promoting interest in the history, art, and culture of Albany and the Upper Hudson Valley region". It is located on Washington Avenue in downtown Albany. Founded in 1791, it is among the oldest museums in the United States.Several other institutions have merged over time to become today's Albany Institute. The earliest were learned societies devoted to the natural sciences, and for a time it was the state legislature's informal advisory body on agriculture. Robert R. Livingston was the first president. Joseph Henry delivered his first paper on electromagnetism to the Institute. Its collections of animal, vegetable and mineral specimens from state surveys eventually became the foundations of the New York State Museum. Later in the century it became more focused on the humanities, and eventually merged with the Albany Historical and Art Society. It has had its present name since 1926. Over the course of the 20th century it has become more firmly established as a regional art museum. The institute's three-building complex includes the late 19th-century Rice Building, the only freestanding Beaux-Arts mansion in the city, designed by Richard Morris Hunt and donated to the institute by one of its former benefactors. Its main building is a 1920s Classical Revival structure designed by local architect Marcus T. Reynolds. A more modern glass structure connects the two. The original two buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. At the beginning of the 21st century, the institute completed an extensive renovation in which the entrance building was constructed and new climate-controlled storage space for the collections was built.

New York State Museum

Albany (New York) / Stati Uniti d'America

Il Museum of Modern Art si trova a Midtown Manhattan, New York, sulla 53ª strada, tra la Quinta e la Sesta Avenue. Ha avuto una straordinaria importanza per lo sviluppo dell'arte moderna ed è stato spesso considerato il principale museo moderno del mondo.La collezione del museo propone un'incomparabile visione d'insieme dell'arte moderna e contemporanea mondiale, poiché ospita progetti d'architettura e oggetti di design, disegni, dipinti, sculture, fotografie, serigrafie, illustrazioni, film e opere multimediali. La biblioteca e gli archivi del MoMA raccolgono oltre 300.000 libri e periodici, oltre alle schede personali di più di 70.000 artisti.