About the Museum
The Museum of the City of New York fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world’s most influential metropolis. It engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city’s past, present, and future.
Our History
The Museum of the City of New York was founded in 1923 by Henry Collins Brown, a Scottish-born writer with a vision for a populist approach to the city. The Museum was originally housed in Gracie Mansion, the future residence of the Mayor of New York. Hardinge Scholle succeeded Henry Brown in 1926 and began planning a new home for the Museum. The City offered land on Fifth Avenue on 103rd-104th Streets and construction for Joseph H. Freedlander’s Georgian Colonial-Revival design for the building started in 1929 and was completed in 1932. During the next few decades, the Museum amassed a considerable collection of exceptional items, including 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. Today the Museum’s collection contains approximately 750,000 objects, including prints, photographs, decorative arts, costumes, paintings, sculpture, toys, and theatrical memorabilia.
Board of Trustees
William C. Vrattos, Chair; Whitney W. Donhauser, President & Ronay Menschel Director; James G. Dinan, Vice Chair & Chairman Emeritus; Newton P.S. Merrill, Vice Chair & Chairman Emeritus; Ronay Menschel, Vice Chair
Elizabeth Belfer, Jason Berg, Cynthia Foster Curry, Todd DeGarmo, Barbara J. Fife, Robert Finger, Thomas M. Flexner, Laura Lofaro Freeman, Elba Galvan, Leslie V. Godridge, Budd S. Goldman, Robert Goldstein, Lorna B. Goodman, Elizabeth Graziolo, David Guin, James E. Hanley, John Heller, Stephanie Hessler, Robert A. Jeffe, Leah C. Johnson, Suzanne Karr, Stephen J. Ketchum, Stanford G. Ladner, Naml Lewis, Jeanne Manischewitz, Doris P. Meister, Gurudatta Nadkarni, Jane B. O’Connell, José Pagan, Tracey Pontarelli, Kathryn Prounis, Kevin Rochford, Nathan Romano, Arthur J. Rosner, Valerie Rowe, Michael T. Sillerman, Mitchell S. Steir, Daryl Brown Uber, Peter Volandes
Ex Officio Members
Hon. Bill De Blasio, Hon. Eric Adams, Hon. Gale Brewer, Hon. Richard Carranza, Hon. Ruben Diaz Jr., Hon. Tom Finkelpearl, Hon. Corey Johnson, Hon. Melinda Katz, Hon. James Oddo, Hon. Mitchell Silver, Hon. Scott Stringer, Hon. Jumaane Williams
Trustees Emeriti
David C. Clapp, Chairman Emeritus, Mrs. William T. Comfort, Vice-Chair Emerita, Marvin H. Davidson, Trustee Emeritus, Mrs. Charles H. Dyson (June), Trustee Emerita, Bruno A. Quinson, Trustee Emeritus, Elizabeth Farran Tozer, Trustee Emerita
Trustees Council
Marjorie K. Fortgang, Stephen S. Lash, Martin J. McLaughlin, Hebe Dowling Murphy, Suzanne Randolph
Select Museum Staff
Office of the Director
Whitney W. Donhauser, Ronay Menschel Director & President
Colleen Blackler, Executive Assistant & Manager of Board Relations
Collections
Lindsay Turley, Vice President of Collections
Miranda Hambro, Registrar
Matt Heffernan, Assistant Director, Museum Collections
Lauren Robinson, Metadata & Rights & Reproductions Specialist
Emily Chapin, Collections Access Archivist
Todd Ludlam, Director of Exhibition Installation
Curatorial Affairs
Sarah M. Henry, Deputy Director & Chief Curator
Sean Corcoran, Curator of Prints and Photographs
Steven H. Jaffe, Curator
Susan Johnson, Director of Publications, Senior Curatorial Associate
Sarah Seidman, Puffin Foundation Curator of Social Activism
Phyllis Magidson, Elizabeth Farran Tozer Curator of Costumes and Textiles
Tracy McFarlan, Curatorial Projects Manager
Development
Keith Butler, Vice President, Development
Gabi Barton, Director, Development Operations
Brittany Benham, Assistant Manager, Institutional Giving
Susan Beyrle, Director of Major Gifts
Olivia Cothren, Director of Corporate Relations
Samantha Fleck, Associate Director, Special Events
Arianna Galluzzo, Prospect Research Coordinator
Charley Harris, Manager of Patron Services
Jennifer Hernandez, Development Assistant
Chanice Hughes-Greenberg, Senior Manager, Annual Fund and Membership
Corin Infantino, Director, Institutional Giving
Camille Mark, Special Events Associate
Lizzy Marmon, Manager, Institutional Giving
Jackie Zirman, Director, Special Events
Education Programs
Maeve Montalvo, Acting Director, Professional Learning
Joanna Steinberg, Acting Director, Student Programs
Sarah Greenbaum, Manager, Education
Anastasia Colzie, Education Manager, Family and Community Programs
Cody Lee, Education Coordinator
Pilar Jefferson, Education Coordinator
Hannah Diamond, Education Coordinator
Finance
Osman C. Kurtulus, Chief Financial Officer
Jordi Valls, Controller
Information Technology
Julius Erwin Quito, Director of Information Technology
Marketing and Communications
Sheryl Victor Levy, Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Marissa Martonyi, Design Director
Nate Lavey, Multimedia Producer
Joan Bright, Group Tours Coordinator
Chie Miyajima, Digital Producer
Matthew Cifarelli, Marketing Coordinator
Operations
Jerry Gallagher, Chief Operating Officer
Cherisse Challenger, Director of Event Sales
Lindsay Vint, Retail Buyer
Public Programs
Frances A. Rosenfeld, Director of Public Programs
Lillian Lesser, Manager of Public Programs
Vera Penavic, Public Programs Coordinator
Annual Reports
- To view the Museum's Biennial Report for 2017–18, click here.
- To view the Museum's Biennial Report for 2015–16, click here.
- To view the Museum's Biennial Report for 2013–14, click here.
- To view the Museum's Biennial Report for 2011-12, click here.
- To view the Museum’s Annual Report for 2010, click here.
- To view the Museum’s Annual Report for 2009, click here.
- To view the Museum’s Annual Report for 2008, click here.
Form 990
- To view the Museum’s IRS Form 990 for 2017 (FY2018), click here.
- To view the Museum’s IRS Form 990 for 2016 (FY2017), click here.
- To view the Museum’s IRS Form 990 for 2015 (FY2016), click here.
- To view the Museum’s IRS Form 990 for 2014 (FY2015), click here.
- To view the Museum’s IRS Form 990 for 2013 (FY2014), click here.
- To view the Museum’s IRS Form 990 for 2012 (FY2013), click here.
- To view the Museum's IRS Form 990 for 2011 (FY2012), click here.
Audited Financial Statements
- To view the Museum’s Audited Financial Statements for FY2018 and FY2017, click here.
- To view the Museum’s Audited Financial Statements for FY2017 and FY2016, click here.
- To view the Museum’s Audited Financial Statements for FY2015 and FY2014, click here.
- To view the Museum’s Audited Financial Statements for FY2014 and FY2013, click here.
Acknowledgements
The relaunch of the Museum of the City of New York’s website has been made possible in part by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation in honor of Susan Henshaw Jones.
The Museum is also grateful to the Altman Foundation for its support of digital initiatives.
Website Accessibility
The Museum of the City of New York is committed to being accessible to all, and we have worked hard to ensure that this website is accessible to people with disabilities. If you encounter problems accessing our online content or have suggestions or questions, please let us know. We will do our best to get you what you need. You can reach us by e-mail at website@mcny.org. Please included 'Website Accessibility' in the subject line.
