I would like to inform fellow members of ARLIS/NA about the recent changes that took place at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Due to the sale of the Whitney's Annex and adjacent brownstones on Madison Avenue, all staff offices were moved to various locations around Manhattan. The Frances Mulhall Achilles Library completed its recent transition from the basement of the Annex on East 74th Street to a bright new home in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.
The Library and four other departments--Registration, Publications, Exhibitions & Collections Management-now occupy approximately one half of the 8th floor of the Bulwark Building at 610 West 26th Street (11th Avenue). The administration and other departmental offices are currently located on Park Avenue. Once construction of the "future Whitney Museum" is completed, (estimated c. 2015), staff will move into the new Museum designed by Renzo Piano, located at the base of the High Line on Gansevoort and Washington Streets.
In addition, the Whitney's Board of Trustees approved a multi-year collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art that will begin in 2015, when the new building is opened downtown. For the next few years, however, the Whitney will continue presenting exhibitions and programs at the Breuer building on 75th Street and Madison Avenue. For more information, please read the press announcement : http://whitney.org/MetCollaboration.
The Library has been officially "closed" to outside patrons in order to carry out the move and then throughout the Whitney's annual "Summer Internship Program." On September 1st, we will resume accepting appointments from outside researchers. Patrons are required to please state their request in the body of an email, in advance, and send the message to [log in to unmask]
Carol Rusk
Benjamin and Irma Weiss Librarian
Frances Mulhall Achilles Library
Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10021
212.570.3649
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