6/8/09 32nd Annual Museum Mile Festival

June 8th, Tuesday from 6pm to 9pm. Rain or shine.

Subway: 6 to 77th Street; 4, 5, 6 to 86th Street
(212) 606-2296

Cost: Free
All ages

http://www.museummilefestival.org/

New York City has officially designated Fifth Avenue from 82nd to 104th Streets as “Museum Mile” because of the vast richness and diversity of the cultural institutions found there.

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 to 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.

In celebration of their 40th anniversary, El Museo del Barrio will kick-off the Festival at 5:45pm on the steps of their museum at 104th street!

Plus, follow the mile with street muralist De La Vega – grab a piece of chalk and make your mark!

* FREE ACCESS 6pm to 9pm to all the museums along the mile

* 23 car-free blocks on 5th Avenue between 82nd & 105th Streets * Live bands * Entertainment * Art-in-the street * Activities for kids

See map: http://www.museummilefestival.org/events/

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The museums along the mile are:

104th Street
El Museo del Barrio
(212) 831-7272
www.elmuseo.org

103rd Street
Museum of the City of New York
(212) 534-1672
www.mcny.org

94th Street
International Center of Photography

(212) 860-1777
www.icp.org

92nd Street
The Jewish Museum
(212) 423-3200
www.thejewishmuseum.org

91st Street
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
(212) 849-8400
www.cooperhewitt.org

89th Street
National Academy of Design
(212) 369-4880
www.nationalacademy.org

88th Street
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
(212) 423-3500
www.guggenheim.org

83rd Street
Goethe Institut New York/German Cultural Center

(212) 439-8700
www.goethe.de/newyork

82nd Street
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(212) 535-7710
www.metmuseum.org