48th Annual Museum Mile Festival
Over 15 museums and neighborhood partners are once again coming together for the 48th annual Museum Mile Festival, New York City’s biggest block party, which will take place, rain or shine, on Tuesday, June 9, from 6 to 9 pm.
Festival attendees can walk Museum Mile along Fifth Avenue from 82nd Street to 110th Street, enjoying free admission at participating museums that are open during the event, and experiencing a wide range of outdoor programming, performances, and activities presented by some of New York City’s leading cultural institutions.
The museums participating in this long-standing collaboration are: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Neue Galerie New York; Guggenheim New York; Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; The Jewish Museum; Museum of the City of New York; El Museo del Barrio; the Museum of Modern Art, and The Africa Center.
The Church of the Heavenly Rest, the New York Academy of Medicine, Asia Society, AKC Museum of the Dog, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, the New York City Civic Engagement Commission’s People’s Bus, Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education, and 92NY will also participate in the festival as neighborhood partners.
The Museum Mile Festival’s opening ceremony takes place at 5:45 p.m. at El Museo del Barrio (1230 Fifth Avenue). Audiences can join the festivities using #MuseumMileFestival on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and X throughout the evening.
At the Jewish Museum:
LIVE MUSIC: GILI YALO
Gili Yalo, whose music combines his Ethiopian roots with Soul, Funk, Psychedelic, and Jazz music, will perform multiple live sets outside of the Jewish Museum on Fifth Avenue. Presented as part of an ongoing collaboration with Bang on a Can.
FAMILY ART ACTIVITY
Families are invited to create a playful artwork inspired by the work of artist Paul Klee whose work is on view in the exhibition Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds.
AT THE SHOPIn celebration of the Museum Mile Festival, The Jewish Museum Shop will offer a free gift with any Shop purchase of $10 or more.
EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW
Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds
Identity, Culture and Community: Stories from the Collection of the Jewish Museum
Including Circa 1776: Jews in Colonial America in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
About Museum Mile
Museum Mile received its name because of the cultural diversity and vast richness of the museums located on the stretch of 5th Avenue on the Upper East Side from 110th Street to 82nd Street. Since its inception, upwards of two million visitors have come from all over the country to take part in this annual celebration. The Museum Mile Festival was established in 1978 to increase public awareness of its member institutions, promote public support of the arts, and bring communities together.
