The Studio Museum in Harlem is an American art museum devoted to the work of artists of African descent. The museum's galleries are currently closed in preparation for a building project that will replace the current building, located at 144 West 125th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Lenox Avenue in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, with a new one on the same site. Founded in 1968, the museum collects, preserves and interprets art created by African Americans, members of the African diaspora, and artists from the African continent. Its scope includes exhibitions, artists-in-residence programs, educational and public programming, and a permanent collection.
Entrance (2013)
David Hammons' African-American Flag (1990) flying outside the museum
125th Street, co-named Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, is a two-way street that runs east–west in the New York City borough of Manhattan, from First Avenue on the east to Marginal Street, a service road for the Henry Hudson Parkway along the Hudson River in the west. It is often considered to be the "Main Street" of Harlem.
West 125th Street near Broadway, looking west toward the Hudson River. The 125th Street subway station of the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line can be seen overhead.
The world-famous Apollo Theater
The Studio Museum in Harlem (144 West 125th St.)
Harlem Savings Bank, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (123 East 125th St.)
