Museum Mile Festival 2018
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Taking place Rain Or Shine
Free to all!
Along Fifth Ave from 82nd to 105th Streets
Participating Museums: El Museo Del Barrio, Museum of the City of New York, The Jewish Museum, Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Neue Galerie New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Yours truly has been to Museum Mile Festival in the past and what we got to enjoy were free musical performances of all kinds during our walk as well as free entry to a number of museums which would otherwise have a paid admission.
“Begun as an initiative to spur the development of new museum audiences and to increase support for the arts during the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, Museum Mile was formed as a consortium by the museums that share the Fifth Avenue address. The first festival, held in June of 1978, was an instant success. Not only did it expose New Yorkers and NYC visitors to an incredible collection of New York’s artistic riches, it also brought together disparate New Yorkers. From the barrios of East Harlem and the townhouses lining the Upper East Side, to the winding streets of the Village and the clustered neighborhoods of the outer-boroughs, people came to celebrate their shared pride in their city. Museum Mile Festival promoted public awareness through increased visibility, accessibility and attendance at all the museums, and brought many New Yorkers to upper Fifth Avenue for the first time.”