Studio Museum in Harlem

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Studio Museum in Harlem
Established	1968
Location	144 West 125th Street, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Director	Thelma Golden
Website	http://www.studiomuseum.org

The Studio Museum in Harlem is an American fine arts museum in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, New York. It was founded in 1968 as the first such museum in the U.S. devoted in the art of African-Americans,^[1] specializing in 19th and 20th century work as well as exhibits of Caribbean and African art. It is located on 125th Street, between Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd. and Lenox Avenue.

The collection contains over 1,600 works, including pieces by Romare Bearden, Robert Colescott, Jacob Lawrence, Norman Lewis, Chris Ofili, Betye Saar, Lorna Simpson, Kara Walker and Hale Woodruff. The museum is custodian of an extensive archive of the work of James VanDerZee, photographer of the Harlem community from 1906 to 1983.

In 2005, it was among 406 New York City arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $20 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation, which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.^{[2] [3]}

[edit] See also

• List of African-American firsts
• List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] References

• Studio Museum in Harlem (official website)