Multi-culturalism is the focus of most of the museum’s special
programming, and exhibitions have included Across the Pacific:
Contemporary Korean and Korean American Art; Out of India:
Contemporary Art of the South Asian Diaspora; and Modern
Odysseys: Greek American Artists of the 20th Century.
Inside scoop: The museum is located in the New York City
Building, which was constructed for the 1939 World’s Fair. From
1946 to 1950, the venue hosted the United Nations General
Assembly which created the state of Israel in 1947. While in
Queens, the entity also dealt with the Indian Independence Act of
1947, which dissolved the British Indian Empire, and created the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which decrees that all
human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
Address: Between the Grand Central Parkway and the Unisphere
and www.queensmuseum.org.
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