Established | 1985 |
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Location | 32-37 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens, New York |
Coordinates | 40°46′00″N 73°56′17″W / 40.766674°N 73.938127°W |
Director | Amy Hau |
Public transit access | New York City Subway: Broadway MTA Bus: Q104 |
Website | noguchi |
The Noguchi Museum (chartered as The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum) is a museum and sculpture garden at 32-37 Vernon Boulevard in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens in New York City, designed and created by the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988). Opening on a limited basis to the public in 1985, the museum and foundation were intended to preserve and display Noguchi's sculptures, architectural models, stage designs, drawings, and furniture designs. The two-story, 24,000 square feet (2,200 m2) museum and sculpture garden, one block from the Socrates Sculpture Park, underwent major renovations in 2004 allowing the museum to stay open year-round.[1]