Moma PS1 in Long Island City is home to contemporary art and live performances at a former school building on Jackson Avenue. Courtesy of MoMA PS1
From June to
September, MoMA
PS1 presents Warm
Up, a Saturday music
series introduces
audiences to the best
in experimental live
music at 22-25 Jackson
Ave.
Noguchi Museum
Travel up Vernon
Boulevard and you
will find the Noguchi
Museum which was
designed by Japanese-
American sculptor
Isamu Noguchi in
1985 at 9-01 33rd Road
in Long Island City.
Just across the
street is the Socrates
Sculpture Park, New
York City’s only
public area dedicated
to giving artists the
chance to exhibit
large-scale creations.
The center was once
an abandoned landfill
along the East River
which became an
illegal dumping site.
Kaufman Astoria
Arts District
Back at the
Kaufman Astoria Arts
District you will find
the Museum of the
Moving Image which
offers multimedia
exhibits on just about
every aspect of film,
television, internet,
cartoons and even
video games.
MOMI is located
at 36-01 35th Ave.
and it is home to the
permanent Jim Henson
Exhibition which
features more than
300 objects on display
including puppets of
famous Sesame Street
characters Kermit the
Frog, Miss Piggy, Big
Bird and Elmo.
Louis Armstrong
House Museum
In Corona, where
Louis Armstrong lived
from 1943 until his
death, you will find
his home at 34-56 107th
Street transformed
into a museum.
The inside is just as
it was when Satchmo
and his wife Lucille
lived there and guided
yours are enhanced
by audio clips of
him making music,
socializing, and
even eating.
Flushing Quaker
Meeting House
If historic homes
are of interest, you will
find plenty in Queens
such as the Flushing
Quaker Meeting House
built in 1694, New York
City’s oldest structure
in continuous use for
religious purposes
located at 137-16
Northern Boulevard.
Bowne House
Historical Society
Nearby you will
find the Bowne House
Historical Society
at 37-01 Bowne St.
In 1661, immigrant
John Bowne opened
his home as a meeting
spot for Quakers.
Though he didn’t
sign it, Bowne was
a leading force
behind the Flushing
R e m o n s t r a n c e ,
a 1657 petition
requesting freedom
to practice religion
that is considered
the precursor of the
freedom of religion
provision in the Bill
of Rights.
King Manor
And then there is
King Manor in the
vicinity of Jamaica
The permanent Jim Henson Exhibition is a popular feature of the Museum of
Moving Image in Astoria. Courtesy of the Museum of Moving Images
and 89th Avenue
which was home
to the youngest
signer of the U.S.
Constitution. Rufus
King was a senator,
an ambassador to
Great Britain, and
a candidate for
president.
King was also
an early voice in
the anti-slavery
movement who
employed and paid
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