National Academy of Design

Website: http://www.nationalacademy.org/
Tel: (212) 369-4880

The National Academy of Design, is an honorary association of American artists, with a museum and a school of fine arts. It was founded in 1825 by Samuel F. B. Morse, Asher B. Durand, Thomas Cole and others “to promote the fine arts in America through instruction and exhibition”. It houses a public collection of over five thousand works of nineteenth and twentieth century American art. It has had several homes over the years, but since 1942 has occupied the former mansion of Archer Milton Huntington and his sculptor wife Anna Hyatt Huntington at Fifth Avenue and 89th Street.

Address: 1083 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10128

Hours:
Wed-Sun 12pm-5pm

Admissions:
Adults $8.00