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The Studio Museum in Harlem

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Paintings, photos & other works by artists of African descent, as well as programs & workshops. People often mention museum, Harlem, visit, renovation, closed, years, nice, time, friendly, exhibits,


Address

144 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027

Website

www.studiomuseum.org

Contact

(212) 864-4500

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (265 reviews)

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Frequently mentioned in reviews: museum (16) Harlem (10) visit (10) renovation (10) closed (8) years (7) nice (7) time (7) friendly (7) exhibits (6)
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  • 5/5 Nat T. 6 years ago on Google • 416 reviews
    Really enjoyed this with artistic and thought provoking exhibits on three levels. Some but not all items make strong social commentary that should make one reflect. They told us they will close in 10 days for over a year to knock down and rebuild a larger museum facility on the same plot.
    7 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Stephan W. 2 years ago on Google • 10 reviews
    work is in progress at the moment, it will be amazing after completion 👏
    9 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sandy M. 6 years ago on Google
    The Studio Museum in Harlem generally offers a fascinating multiplex perspective on African and African American life for those who are open to it. We didn't get to see much, as the exhibits are being packed for moving out of the building, which is going to be torn down; a new, gorgeous building is planned, and we look forward to seeing it in the future! For people considering visiting this museum, check the website for information, as exhibits will be available in nearby locations beginning in May 2018. The museum store alone is well worth a visit! It and the small amount we were able to see let us know this is a fabulous museum to which we will plan another visit. As for the perspective that the museum is located in "a dangerous neighborhood" shared by one reviewer; I disagree. That comment is incorrect, and, frankly, it sounds racist. We walked all over that neighborhood completely safely, going first to the museum, then to Best Market Harlem, and then to Lee Lee's Bakery. We were never bothered--and I'll bet that other reviewer was never bothered, either. My husband and I were struck by how alive Harlem feels--a wonderful energy and spirit permeates the entire area. Go with an open mind--you won't regret it!
    8 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Miles M. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) artsy of (Original) artsy af
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Treesa O. 7 years ago on Google • 170 reviews
    This is a fantastic museum that definitely deserves more visitors. The culture and art of Harlem is truly displayed in this space. It's also a very instagramable location.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Amy H. 6 years ago on Google • 186 reviews
    Museum galleries are closed while under renovation for the next 3 years but you can visit various instillations by checking out their website. Just a heads up for anyone trying to visit in the near future.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ohodgee N. 5 years ago on Google
    The Studio Museum in Harlem is nice place to go see different paintings because they have nice paintings from really good artists who make the nice masterpieces drawing different paintings and those artists are very artistic drawing those paintings they made for people to see how famous the artists are doing nice artwork.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Edward G. 5 years ago on Google
    A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR CITIZENS AND ART CONNOISSEURS OF THE WORLD. GREAT COLLECTIONS FOR PROFESSIONALS AND LAY CONSUMERS OF CULTURAL GEMS FROM ALL OVER. PLUS A GREAT AND INSPIRING BOOKSTORE//GIFT SHOP ON THE GROUND FLOOR SHOULD MOTIVATE PATRONS TO SIGN-UP FOR AT LEAST A ONE-YEAR MEMBERSHIP. THANKYOU. EDDIE G. HARLEM/U.S.A.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 فيصل �. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) (Translated by Google) I got here by chance after hours on their last day before a three-year stopover for a major renovation. It turned out that there was a party and ended up dancing to unconventional music, drinking beer and a good time, really off the beaten tourist track. Everyone was super friendly and inviting. I hope the restoration works well and we can go back after three years and see it. Good luck, God reward you! (Original text) Got here by accident after hours on their last day before a three year hiatus for a major renovation. Turned out there was a party and we ended up dancing to funky music, drinking beer and having a good time, really off the tourist beaten track. Everyone was super friendly and inviting. Hope the renovation goes well and we can come back in three years and see it. Good luck! (Original) (مترجم بواسطة Google) حصلت هنا عن طريق الصدفة بعد ساعات في يومهم الأخير قبل توقف لمدة ثلاث سنوات لتجديد كبير. تبين أنه كان هناك حفلة وانتهى بالرقص إلى موسيقى غير تقليدية وشرب الجعة ووقت جيد ، حقا خارج المسار السياحي للضرب. كان الجميع سوبر ودية ودعوة. آمل أن تتم عملية الترميم بشكل جيد ويمكننا العودة بعد ثلاثة أعوام ونراها. حظا طيبا وفقك الله! (النص الأصلي) Got here by accident after hours on their last day before a three year hiatus for a major renovation. Turned out there was a party and we ended up dancing to funky music, drinking beer and having a good time, really off the tourist beaten track. Everyone was super friendly and inviting. Hope the renovation goes well and we can come back in three years and see it. Good luck!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Patrick A. 6 years ago on Google • 60 reviews
    Excellent place to go to see art from known and unknown harlem artists.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Studio V. 6 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Magnificent ! The history of Black America, with a capital "N", with all the dignity due to my Black friends. (Original) Magnifique ! L'histoire de l'Amérique Noire, avec un "N" majuscule, avec toute la dignité dûe à mes amis Noires.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Olga C. 3 years ago on Google
    I was watching on HBO A SPECIAL on black artist and and I can't wait to go to studio museum I did not know of it so you learn something all the time thankyou sincerely Olga
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Rina S. 1 year ago on Google
    What does it take to update to “temporarily closed”?
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 justine j. 5 years ago on Google
    It's a beautiful space. Staff can be very helpful. Maybe I look a little bit too white?
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 ごんごん 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It is a studio museum in Harlem. (Original) ハーレムのスタジオ博物館です。
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Elad R. 5 years ago on Google
    Got here by accident after hours on their last day before a three year hiatus for a major renovation. Turned out there was a party and we ended up dancing to funky music, drinking beer and having a good time, really off the tourist beaten track. Everyone was super friendly and inviting. Hope the renovation goes well and we can come back in three years and see it. Good luck!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 orit g. 6 years ago on Google
    Small , interesting and very important. Don't miss the ME=WE work
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tracy T. 11 years ago on Google
    I attended a fashion and visual performance here for Harlem Fashion Week and what a superb show, but I didn't expect anything less. A close friend of mine was one of the models so I was lucky enough to be on the guest list, which was the only way to enter this night. The event was extremely well curated with compelling visual imagery throughout all rooms. The models stood in other rooms and painfully posed steady for hours. It was amazing. I hope to attend a show there again soon.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 SASHA A. 7 years ago on Google • 100 reviews
    Amazing views of blackart with quiet surroundings and cool factor. The art and history will make you go WOW!

  • 5/5 tasha c. 1 year ago on Google • 58 reviews
    March 2016... the space is great. Place nice and also clean. Workers present that day were very nice . guy at desk took time to talk with us about some history and also about the artists.. suggested price except Sundays (free) is $7 but u can give whatever you have. I'm not really artsy so maybe i don't understand some of the pieces!? Maybe i was supposed to think deeper but I was 2 tired to think. I hear the art changes so everytime u go maybe something different. This is a pure review from my drafts folder written after that visit (not sure how Ive never checked that folder:( . I had to give them their props no matter how long ago!! Update 2022 I see they're listed temporarily closed I wonder if Covid affects.. Anyway I wish them well

  • 4/5 Ramya Jawahar K. 6 years ago on Google • 28 reviews
    The installations and peices are beautiful but quite abstract. We were not only out of towners but out-of-countryers, as appreciative as we were, the nuance must have been lost on us. Still worth the visit and exploring!

  • 4/5 Damon M. 6 years ago on Google
    All fun to be had at this family friendly establishment.

  • 5/5 Douglas B. 6 years ago on Google
    Love This place.

  • 3/5 Edge3 C. 6 years ago on Google
    Setting. Train. Tt

  • 3/5 Flavio E. 6 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It is closed and will remain so for a few years until they begin and complete the work on the new building. (Original) Está fechado e permanecerá assim por alguns anos até que comecem e concluam a obra do novo prédio.

  • 5/5 James B. 6 years ago on Google
    We had a wonderful time exploring this amazing cultural spot in Harlem.

  • 4/5 Gary R. 4 years ago on Google
    Can't recall, or I must've been a passersby with my phone on! Otherwise I would've remembered more. Clearly

  • 4/5 Andre L. 6 years ago on Google
    We loved it but unfortunately the exhibits are closed due to major renovation. Will be back in 2021!!!

  • 4/5 Harold C. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Is very good (Original) Es muy bueno

  • 1/5 Sam S. 5 years ago on Google
    Very disappointed that there was no notification that it was closed and under renovation.

  • 1/5 Ezra P. 1 year ago on Google
    9/2022 Do not come! This is a construction site!!! Google, pls temporarily remove this museum from the map

  • 5/5 Aleek B. 5 years ago on Google
    Copy

  • 1/5 Marie L. 5 years ago on Google
    Now closed and still on the app. Please update !

  • 4/5 Kennetta R. 5 years ago on Google
    I love it took my son jonathan and my baby said mommy awsome

  • 5/5 Meta H. 7 years ago on Google
    Thoroughly enjoyed the place. The art was great and very much so appreciated. The gift shop was nice gifts - got a shirt and bracelet as a gift. The employees weren't as friendly as I would have preferred - a bit unnecessarily snappy but nothing too crazy. Overall I enjoyed the experience and would definitely recommend it.

  • 5/5 cosmic r. 6 years ago on Google
    One of my favorite museums in New York City. I am appreciative of the exhibits that showcase African American art. I look forward to attending special events and concerts! The museum is located near public transportation . The postcard collection is interesting and free for visitors to take a postcard or two. Whenever family or friends visit I take them here.

  • 5/5 C. 5 years ago on Google
    Love this place! Great art resides here, the exhibits are always so thought-provoking. Come here to see fantastic black art.

  • 5/5 Joe S. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice

  • 5/5 Lucais H. 4 years ago on Google
    I enjoyed the exhibit although it is small. It focused on african and spanish art in various media formats. I enjoyed... because it gave me a sense of NYC hip hop culture, 80s...and was thought provoking on various topics. The gift shop is an area that can be improved. They did not have some of the key exhibitors latest works (books) available. I highly recommend if you are the area... nominal fee/ donation accepted and the staff is very friendly and helpful.

  • 5/5 Debby Y. 4 years ago on Google
    Loved it

  • 5/5 Emilia B. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Nice museum (Original) Lindo museo

  • 5/5 Jerry T. 5 years ago on Google
    Nice art and Visual items

  • 4/5 A D. 5 years ago on Google
    Gorgeous art

  • 5/5 Nalani Latrish W. 5 years ago on Google
    Amazing museum!

  • 5/5 Jonathan B. 5 years ago on Google
    Arguably the best-curated museum in NYC.

  • 5/5 Dan The M. 5 years ago on Google
    my kids love this place, they wanna go every darn weekend lol...it's great

  • 5/5 Hunter d. 5 years ago on Google
    Great experience.

  • 5/5 Maurizia B. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Unfortunately I could not visit it because they are changing location but I have seen some photos on display. I have to go back to NY to visit it. (Original) Purtroppo non ho potuto visitarlo perchè stanno cambiando sede ma ho visto qualche foto esposta. Devo tornare a NY per visitarlo.

  • 5/5 Cordelia D. 5 years ago on Google
    A Harlem must visit.

  • 5/5 Rafael C. 5 years ago on Google
    Excelent museum

  • 5/5 Julian R. 5 years ago on Google
    Can't wait till the new museum opens

  • 5/5 Jeannie T. 5 years ago on Google
    A much needed documentations of black history in the mecca of black history, Harlem. Enjoyable experience, and 125th street is completely gentrified at this point, so much less dangerous than years past...

  • 1/5 Dominic S. 5 years ago on Google
    Currently closed

  • 3/5 Lotus W. 5 years ago on Google
    MUSEUM IS CLOSED FOR ANOTHER 2 YEARS! !! It is not open for the public


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    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible parking lot

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