Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces Fifth Avenue Renovation Plans

February 8, 2012 – 8:17 am |

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has unveiled plans for a comprehensive redesign of the four-block-long outdoor plaza that runs in front of its landmark Fifth Avenue façade, from 80th to 84th Streets in Manhattan. Rendering showing bird’s-eye view of proposed Fifth Avenue plaza redesign (image: OLIN) The plan also calls for the creation of new fountains—to replace the deteriorating ones that have been in use since they were built in the 1970s along with the existing plaza. The fountains will be ... Read More

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The Museum at Bethel Woods Offers Free Admission on Smithsonian Magazine’s 6th Annual Museum Day

August 28, 2010 – 7:39 pmNo Comment

Bethel, NY – On Saturday, September 25, 2010, The Museum at Bethel Woods will participate in the sixth annual Museum Day, presented by Toyota on behalf of the redesigned 2011 Avalon.

The Museum at Bethel Woods will join participating museums and cultural institutions nationwide to open their doors free of charge to all visitors who download the Museum Day Ticket from Smithsonian.com. A journey to celebrate our world’s dynamic heritage and cultural life, participating Museum Day venues emulate the free admission policy of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington, D.C.-based facilities.

Museum Day 2010 is poised to be the largest to date, outdoing last year’s record-breaking event. Over 300,000 museum-goers and 1,300 venues in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico participated in Museum Day 2009. Last year, two million visitors logged on to www.smithsonian.com/museumday to learn more about the program.

About Bethel Woods Center for the Arts:
The not-for-profit Bethel Woods Center for the Arts’ mission is to enrich, promote and improve the quality of life in our community through culture, education, history and the arts. Located approximately 90 miles from New York City at the site of the 1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, NY, the state-of-the-art 15,000-capacity outdoor performing arts venue, intimate 400-seat Event Gallery, and award-winning Museum at Bethel Woods are set within a bucolic 2,000 acre campus. Bethel Woods offers a diverse selection of popular artists, culturally-rich performances, educational and community programs, including the annual Harvest Festival, which broaden exposure to history and the arts, while fostering community collaboration and outreach.

Bethel Woods Center for the Art 200 Hurd Road, Bethel, NY 12720

www.BethelWoodsCenter.org