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The Museums collections allow us to retrace the history of photography, in all its aspects, from the technical and artistic to its social and popular usage. They comprise almost six million appliances and optical objects and more than two million images on various materials.

The Photography Collection comprises about 55,000 positives and 30,000 negatives in which the beginnings and development of Czech photography is followed.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, was one of the earliest museums in the country to collect photography, initiated in 1924 when Alfred Stieglitz donated twenty-seven of his photographs.

The Museum's holdings of more than 25,000 works dating from approximately 1840 to the present constitute one of the most important collections of photography in the world.

The Museum of Television & Radio is a nonprofit organization founded by William S. Paley in 1975 to collect and preserve television and radio programs and to make these programs available to the public.

The museum covers all five boroughs of NYC. Use the "Search" box to find Staten Island information.

The Nara City Museum of Photography, designed by Kisho Kurokawa, is a focal point highlighting and preserving the Citys culture.

The Museum's renowned collection includes more than three million items of historical, social and cultural value.

The Nederlands Fotomuseum occupies a unique position with its multifaceted collection of negatives, transparencies and prints from 70 Dutch photographers.

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The Photography Collection contains nearly 300,000 original photographic prints, representing an international range of photographers and comprising a thorough survey of subjects and processes.

A Greek Revival temple houses Snug Harbor Cultural Center's own Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art which has exhibitions in 15,000 feet of gallery space, plus outdoor and off-site projects, educational programs, 30 artists studios on site and an international artist residency program.

Northlight Gallery presents photographic exhibitions of contemporary and historical significance.

Housing some 140,000 works of art, the Department of Prints, Drawings and Photographs is nationally recognized for the breadth and depth of its collections as well as the flair and scholarship of its exhibitions.

Unique in their scope and richness, the Prints and the Photographs collections today number more than 13.7 million images. These include photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings.

This magnificent collection of over 150,000 photographs, books, items of equipment and other unique material, covers the whole evolution of photography and the variety of photographic processes, illustrated by the work of such early pioneers as Talbot, Fenton, Cameron and Robinson.

Located in Salamanca, NY.

"The Archives of American Art, founded in 1954 and a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution since 1970, provides researchers with access to the largestcollection of documents on the history of the visual arts in the United States."

The Museum is a vibrant and vital meeting place of ideas and has an excellent reputation for its dynamic exhibitions, programs and publications.

New York City's only general interest museum, explores the arts, natural science, and local history through permanent and changing exhibitions. Also known as the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences (SIIAS).

Historic Richmond Town is New York Citys living history village and museum complex. Visitors can explore the diversity of the American experience, especially that of Staten Island and its neighboring communities, from the colonial period to the present.

Founded in 1971 to serve the diverse community of the Bronx and the metropolitan area. The Museum offers exciting exhibitions, provides quality education programs to children and adults, and presents popular public programs.

The International Center of Photography is a museum, a school and a center for photographers and photography. ICP's mission is to present photography's vital and&nbsp central place in contemporary culture, and to lead in interpretation issues central to its development.

The Museum of Modern Art's collection includes more than 100,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, architectural models and drawings, and design objects. MoMA also owns some 14,000 films and four million film stills, as well as 140,000 books, artist books, and periodicals, all part of the Museum's library.

A maritime museum and education center with galleries, children's programs, a library, archives and a working lithography studio. The collection focuses on the history of Sailor's Snug Harbor and maritime artist John A. Noble.

The Museum began acquiring photographs in 1852 and its collection is now one of the largest and most important in the world.