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This historic world-famous landmark in Midtown Manhattan is not simply a transportation hub—it’s also a shopping, dining, and cultural destination with 60 shops, 35 places to eaT, and a full calendar of events all under one magnificent roof.

Opened to the public in February 1913, Grand Central Terminal is a story of great engineering, survival, and rebirth. In 1978, architect Philip Johnson and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis campaigned to secure landmark status for the Terminal, ensuring the building would serve New Yorkers for generations to come.

Grand Central Terminal is one of the country’s great architectural achievements and New York City’s unofficial meeting place with thousands of people choosing to “meet me at the clock” – rendezvousing with friends and loved ones each day at the opal-faced Main Concourse Information Booth Clock.

Hailed as a temple to the everyday commuter, this cathedral-like building was constructed to honor you, its visitors.

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The One World Observatory is located on the top floors of the One World Trade Center, the sixth tallest skyscraper in the world, and offers a spectacular 360-degree view of the landmarks of New York.

The experience, for the guests, will go far beyond the simple panorama, since the three floors hosting the observatory will be a continuous source of innovation and inspiration.

To get to the observatory there are 5 lifts (called Sky Pods), which lead to the top in less than 60 seconds.

The main space of the observatory is at the 100 st floor. In this level there is also the Sky Portal, where you can access a circular space of about 4 meters, with HD view in the floor, of the streets that are below.

the One World Observatory is perfect for guests of all ages and has a price of about 38 euros

As for the time, if you want to have more space to shoot and take photos in the morning is the ideal time, The most beautiful time is obviously at sunset

To visit it on average it will take you about one to two hours, depending on what you decide to stop.
-Cavazzola Nevenka

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High Line is an elevated urban park, built on the ancient railway line of New York. The design project was carried out by James Corner Field Operations.

The elevated platform was abandoned in 1980 and 23 years later it began to think about how to give it a new use. The project was completed in 2014.
High Line Elevated Park is more than 2 km long and runs from Gansevoort Street to Route 34 in the west of New York City. The park is divided into three sections and you can enter it from various accesses.
Throughout the route the High Line park is full of benches to sit or even lie down, being a very used place to sunbathe in the summer. The park offers several activities: Pilates classes, guided tours and included astronomy lessons are just some of the activities that are regularly carried out on the High Line, free of charge and managed by volunteers.
-Michela Romano

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The UN building, also called the Glass Palace, is the headquarters of the UN located in New York, built between 1949 and 1950 and inaugurated on January 1951, is a 154m high skyscraper and is the focus of the headquarters of the United Nations.
It is a complex of buildings and is a piece of international territory belonging to 193 nations.
The land on which it rises cannot be the subject of acts of government of the United States of America as it enjoys the right of extraterritoriality.
While the headquarters and organization of the United Nations have changed over the years, the building has remained a landmark of the city and an international symbol of cooperation and progress.
To visit the UN building, guided tours are available from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 4:30 pm. Tickets can only be purchased online and the price of each varies according to the age group.
- Pamela Andretto

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The National September 11 Memorial is a memorial in New York city commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. It is an eight acre plaza set within the dense urban fabric of Lower Manhattan, where the former World Trade Center Twin Towers once stood. The Memorial Plaza is an integral part of the project, formed by two reflecting pools. They are recessed thirty feet into the ground and are lined by waterfalls, delineating the location of the former towers. The water table and the voids are clad in a dark gray granite. The names of the victims are incised into darkly patinated bronze panels and appear as shadows during the day, while at night they are illuminated from within. The names are not written in a random way, they are placed in order to reflect social and professional relationships of the victims. Between the trees around the site, one of them has a really strong meaning: a pear tree known as the "survivor tree", because it was found in the rubble on September 11, it was nursed back to health and returned there as a symbol.
-Alice Iossa

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One World Trade Center is also known as Freedom tower and is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, NY. The WTC is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the sevent tallest in the whole world.The structure has the same name as the North Tower of the original WTC, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Its construction started in April 27, 2006 and finished in May 10, 2013. The complex has a total cost of 3.9 billion dollars. It has 94 floors (+5 below ground), 73 elevators and also an observatory.

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the american capitalism is represented by Wall Street. it refers to all the banks and securities traders that are the foundation of American financial system, and geographically is located in the centre of Manhattan on 11 Wall Street.
the history of wall street ran along a physical wall built when New York was still a Dutch Colony. Then-Governor Peter Stuyvesant wanted a 10-foot wooden wall to protech the peninsula from the British and Native Americans. It later became a market and bazaar street. In 1792 these traders formalized the rules of the market and created the New York Stock Exchange.

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The Empire State Building is a skyscraper in the city of New York, located in the Midtown district of the Manhattan district, all between Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street.
The building, which stands on 103 floors and has a total height of 443.2 meters, every year is a tourist destination for over three million visitors who flock to the panoramic terrace of the eighty-sixth floor and the observatory on the one hundred and second. It was also chosen as the hypothetical location for the final scene of the famous film King Kong.
The name was chosen in honor of the state of New York, historically known as Empire State, but it was also suggested by the coincidence with the name of the Indiana quarry where the stone used for the external coating, called Empire Mill Land, came from.
The building houses exclusively commercial offices, including about forty television and radio studios from private broadcasters, a Bank of America branch, some shops, a supermarket and half a dozen restaurants and cafés.
From the terrace of the eighty-sixth floor of the skyscraper it is possible to observe a vast 360-degree panorama of the city and on particularly clear days, it is even possible to see the territories of the four neighboring states: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

- Micol Paganini

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Broadway is one of the oldest roadways in New York City and parts of the street date back to pre-colonial times.
The term "Broadway" comes from the street in New York City, famous for its theaters, restaurants, and bright lights and it is best described as a theatre district but not all Broadway theatres are located on this street. In New York there are three streets called Broadway (one in Queens, one in Brooklyn and a third in Staten Island) and other minor streets called East Broadway, West Broadway and Old Broadway.
In 1900, after expansions and new construction, Broadway was the centerpiece of American musical theater and fast becoming the most important commercially in the world, enticing European stars.
Near the end of the 19th century, Broadway was completed by connecting several separate road segments, including the original Native American footpath.
Broadway shows are practically synonymous with New York City, and the word Broadway is often used as shorthand for theater itself.
One of its famous stretches near Times Square, the Great White Way, in Midtown, is home to many Broadway theaters, which hosts an ever-changing offer of theatrical performances, especially musical ones.
Visiting the Great White Way means attending one of 41 large theaters concentrated near Times Square. Millions of tourists flock to the city every year to see the best Broadway shows  and recent hits.
-Denise Perotti

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The World Trade Center Transportation Hub, better known by the name of Oculus, is the new transport hub of the city of Lower Manhattan and develops in the underground area between tower 2 and tower 3 of the World Trade Center.

The immense structure, which is characterized by the wonderful glass vault that rises towards the sky, was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava who with Oculus wanted to depict a white dove freed from the hands of a child.

Symbolically, the architectural structure represents the revival of the city of New York, and in particular of Manhattan, after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.

Oculus, inaugurated on March 3, 2016, from a transport point of view connects 11 subway lines, Path trains and the Hudson Ferry Terminal, but it is also the main access point to reach the World Trade Center, the 9/11 Memorial and Brookfield Place.

The sunlight, which filters from outside the structure through the glass panels, gives life to a play of lights that guarantees excellent lighting. Internally, the large central room is characterized by the bright Italian white marble floor, which is a fascinating sight for visitors who access the structure.

The main function of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub is to represent the main transport hub of Lower Manhattan with all the other districts of the city of New York and beyond.

But one of the key points of Oculus is also the Westfield World Trade Center, a shopping center that is spread over several floors on the sides of the structure, totally managed by Westfield Corporation.

The new shopping center replaces the famous The Mall, which was located at the World Trade Center and which was destroyed during the attacks.
- Sallemi Letizia

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Also known as "the Crossroad of the World", Times square is a large area, located in Manhattan, intersected of Seventh Avenue, 42nd Street, and Broadway.
It is also a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, the centre of the Theatre District and entrertainment center. It is one of the world's busiest pedestrian areas, and it is busy with people and bright lights 24h/24h.
Since December 1907 it is the site of the annual New Year's Eve ball drop.
Times square was formerly known as Longacre Sqaure, but it was renamed in 1904 after the NY Times moved its headquarters to the Times Building.
The shape of this area is not geometrically a square, it has two triangles emanating roughly north and south and the name of the northem triangle is "Father Duffy Square". It was dedicated to Chaplain Francis P. Duffy of New York City's.
- De Pieri Celeste

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EarthCam takes you on a virtual tour of the most visited spot in New York City: Times Square! Our exclusive webcams feature aerial views of the action below and the world famous street-level camera with audio. Interact with both live streaming views from the HD presets, as well as updating high resolution still images from the MP (megapixel) presets. Be a part of the new FanCam every day at 1 p.m. ET when our GigapixelCam pans Times Square, creating a 1 billion pixel image. The souvenir panorama is available the next day as a keepsake from The Crossroads of the World!

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EarthCam presents an extensive collection of live webcams, featuring the most exciting views of New York City's famous Times Square. For the past century, Times Square has been a mecca for music and the arts and has truly become a must-see for millions of tourists every year.

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Central Park is the biggest urban park in Manhattan, New York City, created by landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted and architect Calvert Vaux in 1858 and completed in 1876.
It has gone through major developments and restoration over time to carry on its initial purpose as an open-air oasis for a metropolitan city.
The park is 2.5 miles long and is full of New Yorkers, playing, jogging or just relaxing. It has several lakes and ponds, two ice-skating rinks, a zoo, and a theatre.
During summertime, the park is also the venue for concerts. Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States and one of the most visited tourist attractions worldwide, with 37.5 million visitors a year.

- Matteo Beschi

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It is one of the most famous bridges in the world and is the first bridge built in steel, for a long time it has also represented the largest suspension bridge in the world, with 1800 meters in length and 84 in height, using massive steel cables and two Gothic stone towers to support it. The construction of the bridge began in 1869 and was completed in 1883 on a project by the German engineer John Augustus Roebling, commissioned by the New York Bridge Company. Before starting work, J. A. Roebling died and was replaced by his son Washington Roebling (who was paralyzed during the work) and by Emily Warren Roebling, his son’s wife. Once construction was completed, a plaque was awarded to the Roebling family for their contribution. It required the workforce of 600 workers, 27 of whom died during the work. Six days after the inauguration, 12 people died and 100 injured, in the confusion, due to a false alarm for a possible collapse of the bridge. Later a test was done, to verify that the bridge was stable and safe, where they transported 21 elephants from one side of the bridge to the other. This bridge crosses the East River and connects Manhattan and Brooklyn, two neighborhoods of New York and it was intended to facilitate the movement (not only of people but also of goods) between these two areas.
- Masaia Mattia

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The Rockefeller Center is a real city within the city.

The complex was built by John D. Rockefeller between 1932 and 1939 in downtown Midtown Manhattan, between 48th and 51th Street. It covers an area of nearly 90000 square meters and consists of 19 buildings. It was declared a National Historical Monument in 1987.
WHAT TO SEE:
-RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL: magnificent theater capable of hosting 6000 spectators, home to the Rockettes and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, the traditional Christmas show.
-GE (General Electric) BUILDING: 266 meters high building and the heart of the Rockefeller Center. Inside there are the offices of the Rockefeller family, the studios of NBC and the famous restaurant Rainbow Room. On the roof there is the observatory of the Top of the Rock, one of the most beautiful places from which to admire the city of New York. On the 70th floor, it offers 360-degree views of Manhattan. Opposite the building is the Rockefeller Plaza, where every year the huge Christmas tree is lit. In the square is set up every winter the famous skating rink The Rink, opened in 1936, much loved by New Yorkes and tourists. The GE Building is the most important skyscraper in the complex.
-UNDERGROUND CONCOURSE: below the complex of the Rockefeller Center there is a real shopping center: many shops (clothing Store, Starbucks, Lego Store, Nintendo Store…) and restaurants, connected by underground walkways that cover the entire area from 47th Street to 51th Street and from Fifth to Seventh Avenue. To access the shops you have to go down the stairs of the 6 main buildings or use the elevators near the ice rink.

Anna Chiaramonti

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Is located in the harbour of New York colse by tue Statue of Liberty. Here the immigriants were checked for health and criminal records before being allowed to enter the USA. Ellis Island is now a museum with family history research facilities, interactive exhibitions, walking tours and movies showing the hardships and challenges faced by the immigrants. Both stories from immigrants and people working here at the time is presented with pictures, clothes, bags, documentation etc.
Outside the Main Bulding you will find the Wall of Honor it is a long wall with caraved names of over 600.000 persons. This is way to pay tribute to all immigrants and their surviving relatives. It is placed with a beautiful view of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan Skyline.
-Alice Serina

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Madison Avenue in New York City, located between 23rd and 142nd streets, is a long avenue that runs through Manhattan, starting from Madison Square Park, passing through Midtown (the Upper East Side) until  Harlem River Drive.
Thanks to its location and what it offers, it has made it one of the most important shopping streets not only in Manhattan, but in all New York. Here there are, in fact, some of the most prestigious boutiques in the world, but also locals, beauty salons, bars and restaurants, which attract every year  tourists visiting from all over the world.
Prada, Dolce and Gabbana, Emporio Armani, Cartier, Gucci… these are just a few of the luxury labels and brands you’ll come across along Madison Avenue, also known as the Golden Coast of Shopping.
This way of fashion is born from Madison Square, from which it takes its name and which, in turn, is named to honor the fourth President of the United States, James Madison. To date, Madison Avenue is linked to the concept of shopping, major brands and, in general, the American advertising industry. Parallel to 5th Avenue, it is one of the main arteries of the Upper East Side and therefore connects very well the whole area.
- Giolo Elisa

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, also known as ‘’ The Met ’’ is the largest museum in the western world and, with over six million visitors every year, one of the New York’s most popular attractions. Its headquarters are located on the eastern side of Central Park in New York, along what is called the Museum Mile. But it also has two other locations: The Met Breuer and The Met Cloisters.
The museum was opened in February 1872, when Robert Lee Jenkins donated his private collection to the Museum to bring art to all New Yorkers. Since then it has increased and now has over two million works in its permanent collection. In addition, large itinerant exhibitions are organized and hosted throughout the year.
In its art galleries, the Met holds works of art from classical antiquity, European painters such as Monet, Cézanne or Rembrandt and modern art.
Among the most surprising collections, there is the section of ancient Egypt, where it is possible to see the Temple of Dendur, which was given to the Americans by Egypt as a thank you for having helped save the Abu Simbel temple.
In addition to works, there are several sections that increase the prestige of the museum:
The section dedicated to weapons and armor, the institute of costumes and clothing, the collection of photographs and the collection of musical instruments

- Castelli Alessia

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York: A walk inside in 4K - UHD.

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The National September 11 Museum, the 'People’s Museum' is so defined by those who designed and developed the structure, is the museum dedicated to the tragedy of September 11, located in the area of the World Trade Center, right where the twin towers once stood. The museum tells the attacks of 11/9 and 1993, with the aim of honouring the memory of the nearly 3000 victims of the two events, but above all to tell, to show the world all the meanings of these tragic events, not to forget. The museum develops underground, just where once there were the foundations of the twin towers, so much so that some pieces of the museum are exactly parts of the 2 towers. The history of September 11 is explained through large multimedia screens, archives, authentic finds found on the site of the attack or belonged to those who were there that day. The visit is very touching, also because the memory of what happened is still vivid in many of the visitors, also the audio and video testimonies that you will find in the museum are very touching.
-Simona Loda

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Also called the Hudson Yards ship, is a structure designed by Thomas Heatherwick.
It is a huge steel structure in Manhattan that does not house residents or office spaces. It is the largest real estate project in American history, defined by many as the New York Eiffel Tower.
The 87 carbon steel pieces that make up vessel were pre-fabricated at a plant in Italy, then shipped to the U.S., to the Port of Newark, where they were loaded on a barge and pushed up the Hudson River.
The Vessel includes four skyscrapers designed by some of the world's highest profile architects; a seven-story shopping mal and a captivating cultural center nicknamed Shed.
It is an interactive sculpture that includes stairs and landings on which visitors can climb.
Each building was designed to indicate an open space, creating harmony and balance within a vertical grid of metal and glass.
A project launched with the intention of uniting people to the surrounding space.
- Laura Marino

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Thomas Heatherwick designed the Vessel to "bring people together"

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Called by many New Yorkers "The New Times Tower" , the NY times building is a skyscraper located on the west side of Midtown Manhattan completed in 2007 but commissioned and designed in 2001 by renzo Piano Building workshop. The building, home of the largest and most successful newspaper in the world is promoted as a green structure built with recycled materials that is perfectly integrated in the midtown’s urban fabric. The design incorporates numerous environmentally sustainable features to increase energy efficience;  the glass maximizes light both from inside and outside the building. The first floor is open to public and the courtyard,  the newspaper’s newsroom is nicknamed “the Bakery” because the journalists work all night here preparing the next day’s paper. From the courtyard garden that provides a backdrop 378-seat auditorium is possible to see right through the building the taxis passing on Eighth Avenue outside. In the lobby 560 small digital displays shows the content of the newspaper.With his 220m and 52 floors is the eighth tallest building in NY city.

-- Boldrini Anna

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NYC Summer Academy at The School of The New York Times

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The Edge is a marvel of architecture, engineering and technology with a panoramic view of New York, inaugurated in March 2020. It is the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, suspended more than 1100 feet, and the fifth highest in the world. Edge is located in Hudson Yards, at hte end of the High Line. The observatory is situated on the 100th floor of 30 Hudson Yards, known also as North Tower. This open-air square protrudes 80 feet and has an area of circa 700 square meters, with a staircase leading to the upper floor. It is surrounded by glass walls inclined outwards from which you can lean out to look at the city from above. A piece of the floor is glass and from it you can see the city under your feet. At the Eastern Point there is space for one person to stand alone and see the landscape.
To visit the Edge there are two price ranges, one for those who book both date and time, one for those who want to book the date but have the flexible time. For the date and time there are different price ranges. Adults pay $36 and there are reductions for over 62 and kids up to 13 years. While for fixed date and free time the cost of the ticket is $52 for the adults. Each visitor will receive a free digital souvenir photo.With a surcharge you can add a photobook or a glass of Champagne.

-Settembrini Andrea Giulia

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An Inside Look at New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

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The New York Guggenheim Museum is the first museum in the world established by the Salomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.

It was designed by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the Museum was opened on 21 March, 1959. In 2008 the building was modified for its 50th anniversary. Until the new building was finished, Guggenheim’s collection was located on 54th Street under the name of the Museum of Non-Objective Painting. Three years after the death of Solomon R. Guggenheim in 1949, the Museum was renamed after its founder.

The museum displays mostly modern art, ranging from Impressionism to contemporary art and has both permanent collection and temporary exhibitions, there are also lectures by artistics and critics, performances and film screenings.

The Museum’s collection has increased over the years and includes work by artists such as Marc Chagall, Vasily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Edouard Manet or Vincent van Gogh. Due to its limited space and the exchange of artwork between the other Guggenheim museums, the exhibition changes several times a year.

-Giulia Gallina

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The Statue of Liberty is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and originated from the speech of the intellectual Edouard Laboulaye at Versailles in 1865. He supported the Union in the American Civil War and came up with the idea of creating a monument symbolizing the idea of brotherhood between France and America and celebrating the centenary of the two revolutions. This monument was created by the french Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and Gustave Eiffel; it is then transported by ship to New York where it is inaugurated in its final seat, that is in the port of the Hudson River (in Manhattan, on Liberty Island), by the American President Cleveland on October 28, 1886. The monument represents a woman, the goddess Ragione, whose torch symbolizes Masonic knowledge. She wears a long gown while her bare feet trample on broken chains (symbol of slaves freedom). In his left hand he holds a table that shows the date of the declaration of American Independence while in his right hand a torch lit (symbol of the eternal fire of freedom and justice). At the head there is a crown with seven points (symbol of the seven seas and seven continents) with 25 hypothetical gems.
-Ferace Emanuela

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Madison Square Garden (MSG) is the most famous and largest indoor stadium in New York, located in Midtown Manhattan between the 7th and 8th Avenue, and it has a capacity of more than twenty thousand people. Today's building is not the original venue built in 1879 in Madison Square, because over the years it has changed four locations, until 1969, with today's stadium located above the Pennsylvania Station. The Garden is used for professional ice hockey and basketball, as well as boxing, ice shows, circuses, professional wrestling, concerts and other forms of sports and entertainment. It is the home of the New York Knicks basketball team and the New York Rangers ice hockey team, and here stars such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Elton John  and the Queen performed in their shows. There is also a cinema, a theater, a restaurant and a conference center, where the Republican convention was held in 2004. To visit the MSG there is the "Madison Square Garden All Access Tour", a special package that gives visitors the opporunity to discover the venue behind the scenes, visiting the changing rooms, VIP suites and reliving the best moments of the arena through a virtual reality experience.

- Montaperto Sabrina

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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa)  is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City; it’s often identified as one of the largest and most influential museums of modern art in the world with  300,000 books and exhibition catalogs, over 1,000 periodical titles, and over 40,000 files of ephemera  about individual artists and groups.

The MoMa’s slogan is: “At The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, we celebrate creativity, openness, tolerance, and generosity. We aim to be inclusive places—both onsite and online—where diverse cultural, artistic, social, and political positions are welcome. We’re committed to sharing the most thought-provoking modern and contemporary art”.

The idea was born in 1929, and  in the next 10 years the Museum moved three times into progressively larger temporary quarters, and in 1939 finally opened the doors of the building it still occupies in midtown Manhattan. Today, MoMa houses a lot of departments including architecture and design, drawings and prints, film, media and performance, painting and sculpture, and photography.

In addition to gallery talks, lectures, and symposia, the Museum offers special activities for parents, teachers, families, students, preschoolers, bilingual visitors, and people with special needs.

Today, The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 welcome millions of visitors every year. A still larger public is served by MoMA’s national and international programs of circulating exhibitions, loan programs, circulating film and video library, publications, Library and Archives holdings, websites, educational activities, special events, and retail sales.

- Garagna Carolina