Founded in 1923, and charged with the consideration of “All Things New York,” the Museum of the City of New York is now the premier institution dedicated to the exploration and preservation of the rich history and distinctly diverse culture of the five boroughs of New York City. While the museum displays many pieces of art in its collections, it is not an art museum; its focus is to educate through the scheduling of a series of exhibitions that not only embrace the past but look toward and celebrate a bright future. Climate controlled galleries showcase a stunning assemblage of over 750,000 objects including theater artifacts, decorative arts, exquisite furniture, paintings, prints, toys, sculpture and many examples of fine photography. Fabulous current collections presented in ongoing interdisciplinary exhibitions – Timescapes, Palaces for the People, Activists New York, City as Canvas and Gilded New York – explore the city’s past, present and future through dynamic offerings detailing unique cross sections of time, culture, individual and collective New York perspective and artistic interpretation. An array of exciting upcoming exhibitions: Saving Place, Letters to Afar, Folk City, Mac Connor, A New York Life and Assembled Realities – promise to engage, entertain and enlighten visitors in the museum’s grand tradition while introducing them to New York City’s distinctive character and heritage of diversity, blessed opportunity, and perpetual transformation. A favorite field trip destination, the museum perseveres in its cornerstone mission of serving and educating the city’s younger generations, and is an excellent addition to any NYC student travel itinerary.