Museum Mile Festival Returns for 48th Year on Fifth Avenue
On June 9, the Museum Mile Festival will take place, transforming Fifth Avenue into a vibrant, open-air event with complimentary entry to around eight major museums. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, established in 1870, will feature a performance and showcase exhibitions such as 'Musical Bodies' (running from June 7 to September 27, 2026) and 'Giacometti in the Temple of Dendur' (opening June 12). The Neue Galerie marks its 25th anniversary with a special display of Klimt's 'Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer 1.' The Guggenheim Museum will exhibit a Carol Bove survey until August 2, while the Jewish Museum offers 'Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds' until July 26. El Museo del Barrio will celebrate with a Puerto Rican fiesta, and The Africa Center will present 'Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan' through June 28.
Key facts
- Museum Mile Festival is in its 48th year on June 9.
- Fifth Avenue is closed to cars for the festival.
- About eight core museums offer free admission and special programs.
- The Met and Neue Galerie will merge in 2028.
- Neue Galerie reopens this fall after renovations, featuring Klimt's 'Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer 1'.
- Guggenheim has a Carol Bove survey through August 2.
- Cooper Hewitt was founded in 1897 by sisters Sarah and Eleanor Hewitt.
- El Museo del Barrio was founded in 1969 by Puerto Ricans and Raphael Montañez Ortiz.
Entities
Artists
- Peter Schjeldahl
- Gustav Klimt
- Egon Schiele
- Oskar Kokoschka
- Ronald S. Lauder
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Solomon R. Guggenheim
- Hilla Rebay
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Paul Klee
- Piet Mondrian
- Marc Chagall
- Joan Miró
- Carol Bove
- Christopher Payne
- Devon Turnbull
- Louise Nevelson
- Sol LeWitt
- Mark Rothko
- Gili Yalo
- Abram Champanier
- Raphael Montañez Ortiz
- Lulada Club
- Sophie Rivera
- Susan Mullin Vogel
- Nkumu Katalay
Institutions
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Neue Galerie New York
- Guggenheim Museum
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Jewish Museum
- Museum of the City of New York
- El Museo del Barrio
- Africa Center
- Artnet News
- Bloomberg Connects
- Carnegie Hall
Locations
- New York City
- United States
- Fifth Avenue
- Museum Mile
- El Barrio
- East Harlem
- Vienna
- Sudan
- Congo