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Quiz about NYC Museum Mile Festival A Night at the Museums

NYC Museum Mile Festival: A Night at the Museums Quiz

Every year in June, New York City throws a huge uptown block party - closing Fifth Avenue to vehicles from 82nd to 110th Streets between 6 and 9 p.m. Participating museums along the route offer free admission. Let's take a virtual tour.

A multiple-choice quiz by Whitney37. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Whitney37

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
369,454

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Beginning at 82nd Street and Fifth Avenue, this major NYC attraction is a universal museum, the largest in the western hemisphere, with two million works from all parts of the world. The grand staircase leading to the entry is a popular spot to sit and people watch, and has been featured in numerous movies and television programs. At which museum have we begun our tour up the avenue? Hint

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

The Hermitage

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Question 2 of 10

2. Moving north we arrive at a little gem of a museum in a townhouse at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 86th Street. Founded by a wealthy scion of a famous cosmetics family, what museum features early 20th century German and Austrian art and design? Hint

The Lauder Museum of German and Austrian Art

Galerie St. Etienne

Neue Galerie New York

The Kunsthauswein

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Question 3 of 10

3. Arriving at Fifth Avenue and 88th Street, we see an architectural icon designed by Frank Lloyd Wright that is either loved or loathed, and has pejoratively been compared to a car park or a commode. What museum have we reached? Hint

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

The New Museum

The Wright Museum of Contemporary Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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Question 4 of 10

4. Moving northward between 89th and 90th Streets, we see a Beaux-Arts style mansion which is home now to a museum begun elsewhere by 19th century American artists. Where are we? Hint

The Studio Club

National Academy Museum

American Fine Arts Society

The American Art Union

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Question 5 of 10

5. Further along the avenue, at the corner of Fifth and 91st Street, another mansion is home to a museum dedicated to decorative art and design. What museum is this? Hint

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

The Fashion Institute of Design

The Museum of Art and Design

Parsons Museum

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Question 6 of 10

6. Again moving north, between 93rd and 94th streets, we arrive at a magnificent Neo-Gothic chateau-style mansion that now houses a collection of religious art and artifacts dating back to antiquity. Where are we? Hint

Museum of Jewish Art and Culture

The Jewish Museum

Museum of Jewish Heritage

The Felix M. Warburg Center for Jewish History

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Question 7 of 10

7. Ten blocks further up the avenue we arrive at a Georgian Colonial-Revival building. Construction began in the heart of the Depression and it was opened to the public in 1932. The land was donated by the city to provide a permanent locale for which museum? Hint

The New York City Police Museum

The American Museum of Natural History

The New York Historical Society

The Museum of the City of New York

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Question 8 of 10

8. Our last stop is at 104th Street and Fifth Avenue. This museum is dedicated to Latino, Caribbean and Latin American art and culture. What museum is this? Hint

The Hispanic Society

The Art Museum of the Americas

The Studio Museum in Harlem

El Museo del Barrio

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Question 9 of 10

9. If you need a respite from art appreciation, Fifth Avenue boasts a six-acre formal garden between 104th and 106th streets in Central Park featuring French, English and Italian garden design. What is the name of the garden? Hint

The New York Botanial Garden

The Conservatory Garden

The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Memorial Garden

The Rockefeller Rose Garden

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Question 10 of 10

10. Though technically not a part of Museum Mile, just twelve blocks south of the Metropolitan Museum, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 70th Street, is the mansion museum of a Gilded Age millionaire who willed his residence, including art, furniture and decorative objects to the city as a public museum. Who was this coal and steel magnate and philanthropist, with exquisite taste in art and interior design whose home you can still enjoy today? Hint

J. P. Morgan - The Morgan Library and Museum

Henry Clay Frick - The Frick Collection

Andrew Carnegie - The Carnegie Museum of Art

William Vanderbilt - The Vanderbilt Chateau Museum

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Metropolitan Museum of Art

My personal recommendation for anyone visiting the Met is to take the elevator to the rooftop sculpture garden for a "must see" view of the city. If you can manage a visit on a summer night when the museum is open late, a real treat is to watch the sun set behind the apartment buildings lining Central Park West. The city glows pink and gold. Breathtaking!

Answer: Neue Galerie New York

In keeping with the theme of the museum's collection, the lobby Caf� Sabarsky recreates a delightful turn-of-the-century Viennese caf� - with period furniture and fixtures. You won't find a more charming spot for "a spot of tea 'mit strudel'" without purchasing a plane ticket to Vienna.

Answer: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Wright was commissioned to construct a museum for the Solomon R. Guggenheim art collection in 1943, but the building didn't open to the public until October 21, 1959, six months after Wright's death. He didn't live to hear either the praise or censure of the critics. Today the Guggenheim is considered one of the great architectural masterpieces of the 20th century.

4. Moving northward between 89th and 90th Streets, we see a Beaux-Arts style mansion which is home now to a museum begun elsewhere by 19th century American artists. Where are we?

Answer: National Academy Museum

The National Academy of Design was founded in 1825 by Thomas Cole, Asher Durand and Samuel Morse of the Hudson River School of landscape painters. Their mission was to emulate the function of the British Royal Academy to promote "home-grown" art and artists.

The lobby entrance boasts a magnificent spiral staircase and bronze statue of "Diana of the Chase," cast by Anna Hyatt Huntington, a prominent American sculptor, at a time when there were few women artists. Huntington donated the residence she had shared with her husband to the National Academy in 1939.

5. Further along the avenue, at the corner of Fifth and 91st Street, another mansion is home to a museum dedicated to decorative art and design. What museum is this?

Answer: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

If you are interested in the graphic arts, design, textiles and even wallpaper, this mansion/museum of the late steel magnate Andrew Carnegie is for you. The Cooper-Hewitt is now part of the Smithsonian Institution.

Answer: The Jewish Museum

New York City's Jewish Museum, which was founded at the turn of the century in 1904, is the oldest, still extant, Jewish Museum in the world. Their priceless and beautiful collection offers something for everyone to enjoy.

Answer: The Museum of the City of New York

This museum is a "must see" for anyone who loves "the city", as New York is somewhat presumptuously called by residents, former residents, most residents of northern New Jersey and most former residents of northern New Jersey. The story of "the city" is told from its earliest days as a small Dutch outpost to its current status, arguably, as "the capital of the world".

The Theater Collection alone merits a visit.

8. Our last stop is at 104th Street and Fifth Avenue. This museum is dedicated to Latino, Caribbean and Latin American art and culture. What museum is this?

Answer: El Museo del Barrio

During the Museum Mile Festival the museum hosts live music performances in their courtyard. Come for the art; stay for the dancing!

Answer: The Conservatory Garden

Open from 8 a.m. to dusk, the Conservatory Garden is an officially designated "quiet zone". Blooming guides are online for flower lovers and gardeners planning a visit to New York.

Answer: Henry Clay Frick - The Frick Collection

Henry Clay Frick died in 1919, however his will stipulated that the conversion from residence to museum could not take place until the death of his widow. With her passing in 1931, the project got underway and the house museum opened to the public in 1935.

It is one of New Yorkers' most beloved museums, and for the price of admission, you can, at least for a few hours, experience what it feels like to be a Gilded Age millionaire.

Source: Author Whitney37

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