Neuberger Museum of Art Receives $150,000 Grant

Tracy Fitzpatrick, Director of the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, SUNY, announced that the museum received a $150,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant supports the Neuberger’s “Activating Our Cultural Legacies” initiative, an infrastructural project that will allow the Neuberger to sort and store its analog and digital historical materials related to its collections, exhibitions, and programs. The grant is for a period of three years, beginning May 1, 2019.

“We are truly grateful to The Andrew W. Mellon foundation for their generous support. As one of the largest university museums in the country this grant is a necessary first step toward actualizing our vision of providing our communities better access to the Neuberger and its vast resources,” said Dr. Fitzpatrick

President of Purchase College, SUNY, Thomas J. Schwarz observed, “The generous Mellon Foundation grant supporting this project will allow the Neuberger to better serve our students, faculty, and staff, enhancing the many ways in which the museum enriches the curriculum at Purchase. We are very grateful to the Mellon Foundation for their confidence in our institution and commitment to broadening public access to the arts.”

The grant from the Mellon Foundation will enable the Neuberger to improve access to its cultural legacies by laying the groundwork for the museum to excavate, label, and sort the Museum’s historical information into a new architecture of information. The funding will also allow the Museum to hire an archivist. Opened on the campus of Purchase College, SUNY, in 1974 with a core collection donated by Roy R. Neuberger, one of the greatest private collectors, philanthropists, and arts advocates of the twentieth century, the museum’s almost 50-year history is rich in content. The grant will be a first step in making that rich history accessible to the public.

The Neuberger Museum of Art presents critically acclaimed exhibitions, tours, lectures, and interactive programs for patrons of all ages, making the Neuberger a center of teaching and learning for all stages of life.

Address

The Museum is located at 735 Anderson Hill Road in Purchase, New York.

914.251.6100

nma@purchase.edu

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Hours

Wednesday* to Sunday: noon-5 pm

Open late to 8 pm on Wednesdays during the semester

Closed Monday, Tuesday and major holidays

Admission

$5.00 General Public (Ages 12 to Adult)

$3.00 Seniors 62+

FREE Children under 12, Museum members, and Purchase College students, faculty, and staff

FREE for all the first Saturdays of every month

The NEU Museum Store

Open during Museum hours, the NEU Museum Store features a broad selection of art books, art cards, handcrafted jewelry, children's items, and one-of-a-kind limited edition gifts.

Tours

Self-guided or docent-led school and adult group tours are available by appointment.

Contact the Museum’s Education Department at nma.education@purchase.edu for more information.

DIRECTIONS

By Car

Driving Directions

· From the North or South

Take the Hutchinson River Parkway to Exit 28. Turn left onto Lincoln Avenue to Anderson Hill Road. Turn right onto Anderson Hill Road. Turn left at first traffic light into Purchase College campus.

· From Northern Westchester on I-684

Take Exit 2 (Route 120), drive over the bridge and turn right on Route 120 south (Purchase Street). Make the first left onto to Anderson Hill Road. Turn left onto Anderson Hill to second traffic light. Turn left at traffic light into Purchase College campus.

· From the East

Take Route 287 (Cross Westchester Expressway) to Exit 8E. Take second left over Expressway onto Anderson Hill Road. Follow signs to SUNY Purchase. Turn right at traffic light into Purchase College campus.

Parking

Neuberger Museum visitors' parking is in Purchase College Parking Lot W1. There are parking meters.

Special Needs Parking

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By Bus

The Bee-Line Bus Route #12 serves the Purchase College campus. Please call 914-813-7777 or visit http://beelinebus.westchestergov.com for schedule and fare information.

By Train

Use the Harlem Line of the Metro-North Railroad to arrive in White Plains. Taxicabs are readily available for hire to Purchase College. Please call (800) METRO-INFO or visit http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mnr