print email comment close The Museum of the City of New York URL: http://www.mcny.org Description: This museum "holds more than 1.5 million paintings, prints, photographs, costumes, toys, rare books, manuscripts, sculptures, decorative arts objects, and other artifacts that comprise a treasury of New York City history." The site features an overview of the collection with selected images, and virtual exhibits on subjects such as Work Projects Administration (WPA) photographs of New York, Al Hirschfeld's New York, and 18th century women's shoes. Searchable. Library of Congress Subject Headings: Historical museums Museums -- New York (State) -- New York New York (N.Y.) -- History LII Database Information: Record 8917 created by Maria Brandt on 08/30/2004 Last modification on 09/01/2004 Published: 08/30/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/8917