Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Marcus Garvey Park
A black nationalist who encouraged emigration to Africa, Garvey became a hero of
the Black Pride movement, and the park's name was changed from Mount Morris
in 1973 to honor him. It adjoins the Mount Morris Historical District of handsome
houses and churches from an earlier, affluent, German-Jewish era. In the 1920s, as
HarlembecamemostlyAfrican-American,thesynagoguesbecamechurches,andthe
houses were divided up.
• West 120th to West 124th Sts, between Lenox & 5th Aves
Studio Museum in Harlem
Opened in 1967 as an artists' studio, the organization expanded to become an im-
portant center for work by black artists. A local bank donated space for the present
building, which opened in 1982 and has undergone a major expansion to add more
gallery space, an enlarged sculpture garden, an auditorium, and a café.
• 144 West 125th St, at Lenox Ave
• Open noon-9pm Thu & Fri, 10am-6pm Sat, noon-6pm Sun
• Donations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
This complex, opened in 1991, houses the largest research center for African and
African-American culture in the U.S. The immense collection was assembled by the
late Arthur Schomburg, who became curator when the collection was given to the
New York Public Library. The original building was the unofficial meeting place for
writers in the black literary renaissance of the 1920s, and the present building in-
cludes a theater and two art galleries.
• 515 Lenox Ave at 135th St
• Open noon-8pm Tue-Thu, 10am-6pm Fri & Sat
• Free
