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Subway maps are the subject of a new exhibit at the New York Transit Museum, but according to the museum’s director, Concetta Bencivenga, these wayfinding diagrams are about much more than ...
And in so doing, maps reflect the story of how New York, as we know it, came to be," said Museum Director Concetta Bencivenga. Navigating New York is open to the public through September 8th, 2019.
The show is filled with photographs, artifacts and other treasures from the Transit Museum's archives, including A Bronx Morning — a 1931 silent short film by Jay Leyda.
Check out the new Second Avenue line exhibit at the New York Transit Museum that celebrates nearly 100 years of history on "The line that almost never was".
Following up on my essay “What’s a Museum”? and the discussion on The Brian Lehrer Show, I’ve been on an informal tour of museums large and small looking for what works and what doesn’t. One of my ...
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — The underground New York Transit Museum, whose entrance is on Schermerhorn Street, is commemorating the 120th anniversary of the city subway system with a new exhibit and a ...
New York's beloved Transit Museum laid off a third of its staff last month, former employees told The Post — citing pandemic-induced hardship one year after COVID-19 broke out in the city.
The exhibit is open to the public through January 17, 2021 at the New York Transit Museum in Downtown Brooklyn, which is located in a decommissioned subway station at 99 Schermerhorn Street.
The train leaves Manhattan from the 96th Street station on the Q line at 10 a.m. Once in Coney Island, the usual summer attractions await along with a special New York Transit Museum exhibit at the ...
A historic 118-year-old subway car is once again trekking across New York City, this time to carry essential workers in the Big Apple's upcoming Hometown Heroes ticker tape parade.