National Jazz Museum in Harlem
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The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is a museum dedicated to preservation and celebration of the jazz history of Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. The idea for the museum was conceived in 1995. The museum was founded in 1997 by Leonard Garment, counsel to two U.S. presidents, and an accomplished jazz saxophonist, Abraham David Sofaer, a former U.S. district judge who gave the initial gift in honor of his brother-in-law Richard J. Scheuer, Jr., and matching funds from the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation.[1] For more than 15 years, the museum was based in East Harlem at 104 East 126th Street.
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Established | 1995 |
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Location | 58 West 129th Street Manhattan, NY 10027 |
Coordinates | 40.8055°N 73.9380°W / 40.8055; -73.9380 |
Director | Managing Director Tracy Hyter-Suffern, Co-Artistic Director Jonathan Batiste, Co-Artistic Director Christian McBride[1] |
Public transit access | Subway: at 125th Street Bus: Bx15, M1, M7, M60, M100, M101, M102 |
Website | www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org |
On February 1, 2016, the museum re-opened in a new space on the ground floor of 58 West 129th Street in Central Harlem with approximately 1900 square feet of exhibition space.[2][3]