Museum of the City of New York

Founded in 1923, the Museum of the City of New York is dedicated to the documentation and interpretation of the city's past, present, and future. Its collection contains approximately 750,000 objects, including prints, photographs, decorative arts, costumes, paintings, sculpture, toys, and theatrical memorabilia. In the collection are several of Eugene O'Neill's handwritten manuscripts, a complete room of Duncan Phyfe furniture, 412 glass negatives taken by Jacob Riis and donated by his son, a man's suit worn to George Washington's Inaugural Ball, and the Carrie Walter Stettheimer dollhouse, which contains a miniature work by Marcel Duchamp. Changing exhibitions celebrate different aspects of the city's vibrant and changing culture. Wheelchairs are available for visitor use free of charge, subject to availability. All exhibition videos are open captioned and assistive listening devices are available for various programs in the Ronay Menschel Hall.