From the Ronay Menschel Director

I am happy to welcome you to the Museum of the City of New York. Among the city’s museums there is only one with the words New, York, and City in its name, and this is precisely what makes this Museum unique: we explore the past of this fascinating and particular place for lessons about our future and we celebrate New York’s heritage of diversity, opportunity, and perpetual transformation.

Whether you visit our landmark home on New York’s Museum Mile or enjoy the Museum online, you’ll discover that the Museum is addressing its present and its future in new ways.

First, an $85 million expansion and modernization of our very outdated facility is well underway, with $68 million already secured. A three-level addition — a new curatorial center topped by the James G. Dinan and Elizabeth R. Miller Gallery — provides state-of-the-art climate control for our collections of photographs, prints, theater memorabilia, costumes, and more. With new offices on the fourth and fifth floors completed in August, 2010, construction is now focused on three floors of gallery space in the south wing, which will be ready in the fall of 2011.

At the same time, we have been working hard to revitalize the mission of the Museum, with exhibitions that draw from the Museum’s collections and present cutting-edge, cross-disciplinary scholarship, engaging public and school programs, and publications.

Additionally, we have been hard at work behind the scenes on collections stewardship and access, starting first with our photography collection. And we are very proud that over 50,000 images are now available on our Web site for the enjoyment and education of all.

We are deeply grateful to our members and those who support us in other ways, and I encourage you to consider supporting the Museum by becoming a member — benefits include free admission and so much more.

I hope to see you very soon at Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street.

Susan Henshaw Jones

President and Ronay Menschel Director of the Museum of the City of New York

To view the Museum's latest Annual Report, click here.

Board of Trustees

James G. Dinan, Chair

Newton P.S. Merrill, Vice Chair and Chairman Emeritus

Susan Henshaw Jones, President and Ronay Menschel Director

Thomas M. Flexner, Vice Chair

Ronay Menschel, Vice Chair

James E. Quinn, Vice Chair

Bruno A. Quinson, Vice Chair

Lawrence J. Simon, Vice Chair

Jane B. O’Connell, Treasurer

Mitchell S. Steir, Assistant Treasurer

Deidre G. O’Byrne, Secretary and Counsel

Elizabeth Farran Tozer, Assistant Secretary

James A. Lebenthal, Of Counsel

Todd DeGarmo, Of Counsel

Leslie V. Godridge, Of Counsel

Hilary Ballon

Jeremy H. Biggs

Michael Bruno

James E. Buckman

James Cacioppo

Jill Chalsty

Marvin H. Davidson

James P. Druckman

Vernon Evenson

Barbara J. Fife

Laura Lofaro Freeman

Mark F. Gilbertson

Lorna B. Goodman

James E. Hanley

Sylvia Hemingway

Jane Hoffman

Robert A. Jeffe

Joan Khoury

Stanford G. Ladner

Stephen S. Lash

Nancy Mahon

Martin J. McLaughlin

Hebe Dowling Murphy

Gurudatta Nadkarni

Tracey Pontarelli

Allison Whipple Rockefeller

Valerie Rowe

Mary Burwell Schorr

Jeffrey S. Tabak

Daryl Brown Uber

William C. Vrattos

Paula Zakaria

David C. Clapp, Chairman Emeritus

Mrs. William T. Comfort, Vice Chair Emerita

Ex Officio Representatives

Hon. Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York

Hon. John C. Liu, Comptroller, City of New York

Hon. Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate for the City of New York

Hon. Christine C. Quinn, Speaker, New York City Council

Hon. Ruben Diaz, Jr., Bronx Borough President

Hon. Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President

Hon. Helen Marshall, Queens Borough President

Hon. James P. Molinaro, Staten Island Borough President

Hon. Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President

Hon. Kate D. Levin, Commissioner, Department of Cultural Affairs

Hon. Dennis Walcott, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education

Hon. Veronica M. White, Commissioner, City of New York Parks and Recreation

Trustees Council

Margery Fortgang

Donald Oresman

Suzanne Randolph

Financial Information

For a copy of the Museum of the City of New York’s most recent financial statement, contact the Museum's Office of Development at 212.534.1672, ext. 3300, or the Office of the Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271. To view the financial statement online, visit www.guidestar.org.

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