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1977

The New Museum was established by an independent curator Marcia Tucker in 1977.

1983

The New Museum remained there until 1983, when it rented and moved to the first two and a half floors of the Astor Building at 583 Broadway in the SoHo neighborhood.

1999

In 1999, Marcia Tucker was succeeded as director by Lisa Phillips, previously the curator of contemporary art at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

2001

In 2001 the museum rented 7,000 square feet of space on the first floor of the Chelsea Art Museum on West 22nd Street for a year.

2003

In 2003, the New Museum formed an affiliation with Rhizome, a leading online platform for global new media art.

2005

In 2005, the museum was among 406 New York City arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $20 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation, which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.

2007

On December 1, 2007, the New Museum opened the doors to its new $50 million location at 235 Bowery, between Stanton and Rivington Streets.

2008

In April 2008, the museum's new building was named one of the architectural New Seven Wonders of the World by Conde Nast Traveler.

2019

On January 24, 2019, eligible employees at the New Museum voted 38-8 to unionize, with a plan to join NewMuU-UAW Local 2110.

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1977
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Kathleen O’Grady,Adam Lindemann,Andrea Kramer,Gael Neeson,Hunter Gray,Laura Skoler,Michael Novogratz,New York Magazine,Noel E. D. Kirnon,Richard Mumby,Robert Lehman Foundation,Rubell Family,Tanya Bonakdar Gallery,Zoltan Varga,Marcia Tucker
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